Category: Labor
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On Paid Sick Leave, as with Other Policy, Universal Beats Targeted and Technocratic
California’s 2022 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave law is well-intentioned, but it could have been much more efficient, consistent, and clear.
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SCOOP: Bernie Sanders Raises the Bar for Campaign Employment Practices
Campaign workers are notoriously underpaid and overworked. Bernie Sanders is helping to change that.
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Boycott the Anti-Worker Surcharge
Businesses that add a minimum wage line item to checks are trying to turn customers against the people who work for them.
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Dear Councilman Grosso: Please Be Our Ally and Support 77
Being an ally to women and immigrants, which you’ve been in the past, means raising wages for vulnerable workers.
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Listen to Tipped Workers
The voices of the low-wage majority of tipped workers have been underrepresented in the debate over DC’s Initiative 77. Their stories must be heard.
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Hold Up, Bernie! Stopping BEZOS Requires a Different Approach.
Corporate greed and low wages are the right targets. A new bill from Bernie Sanders is the wrong remedy.
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Written in 2017, Relevant in 2018 and Beyond
GOP lies, Democrats’ illiberalism, media failures, what good policy looks like, and how to win
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34justice Partners with Run It Black
I’m excited to announce that 34justice is partnering with Run It Black, a podcast on “sports, politics, culture, and the intersection of race” from David Tigabu and Mike Mitchell. Mike taught me much of what I know about podcasting, and David is no newcomer to 34justice, having previously authored a great piece for…
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Striking SEPTA Workers Deserve Public Support
Democrats worried about election turnout need to look past SEPTA management’s rhetoric.
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Education Matters, But Direct Anti-Poverty and Inequality-Reduction Efforts Matter More
I once began a K-12 education talk by putting the following two questions on a screen. 1. What is the single policy change that would most improve the quality of K-12 education? 2. What is the single policy change that would most reduce the opportunity gap between low-income and high-income…
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