Ensuring Economic Opportunity and Racial Equity through Good Jobs Access to good jobs is essential for economic opportunity and racial equity in the U.S., providing fair wages, benefits, and protections for workers. The Biden-Harris Administration has made significant strides, including nearly $167 billion in student…
The Biden-Harris Administration’s student debt relief efforts aim to alleviate the burden on borrowers, particularly those from marginalized communities. Despite the Supreme Court blocking broad forgiveness under the HEROES Act, the administration has forgiven $167 billion through targeted measures like the SAVE Plan, which caps…
CLASP seeks to ensure that the Mayor's budget for FY 2025 promotes racial equity and economic opportunity for all in the District of Columbia. This involves: 1) Maintaining funding for D.C.’s Universal Paid Leave program, 2) Enacting the Universal Paid Leave Portability Amendment Act of…
By Emily Andrews, Breanna Betts, Laura Dresser, India Heckstall, Peter Rickman, Teófilo Reyes The Good Jobs Collaborative (GJC) is an evolving collaboration focused on transforming the nation’s workforce development system to advance economic justice, racial and gender equity, workers’ needs, and worker voice and power.…
The recently re-introduced Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act hopes to build on the successes of state models to establish a comprehensive and inclusive federal paid leave policy that meets the needs of workers.
The DOL found that child labor violations increased in 2023: 5,800 children were employed in violation of labor law, an increase of 14 percent from the previous year and 88 percent from 2019. But this likely underestimates the prevalence of child labor across the United…
This brief highlights ASWA's shortcomings and offers groundbreaking solutions to enhance WIOA, paving the way for a more inclusive and worker-centered workforce development system.
By India Heckstall, Christian Collins, Felecia Russell, and Melquin Ramos The report “Fostering Inclusion for Black Immigrant Students at HBCUs” examines the pivotal role of Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) in addressing the educational needs of students of color, particularly Black immigrants, amid systemic…