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January 31, 2023 | News Clip | Sapna Mehta

America’s Lack of Paid Leave Is Devastating Women and Families

Sapna Mehta wrote an op-ed about the impact a lack of paid medical leave has on women and families.

December 22, 2022 | Press Release | Indivar Dutta-Gupta

Omnibus Bill Advances Economic Opportunity and Social Justice, Despite Key Omissions

The 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill offers an important opportunity to advance economic opportunity and strengthen social, gender, and racial justice. Yes, the bill includes some heartbreaks—most particularly by failing to address key immigration issues and neglecting to expand the Child Tax Credit (CTC), which demonstrably…

December 16, 2022 | Blog Post | Lorena Roque

Employers should be held accountable for worker surveillance, employee status

Misclassification of workers as independent contractors is costly to workers, the government, and responsible employers who correctly classify their workforce.

December 13, 2022 | Fact Sheet

Paving a Pathway to Prosperity: Working People

Providing Income to Unemployed Workers  Federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance—enacted by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act—helped people unable to work due to the pandemic. This included self-employed workers, those seeking part-time employment, or people who otherwise wouldn’t qualify for regular unemployment benefits.…

December 13, 2022 | Fact Sheet

Paving a Pathway to Prosperity: Children & Families

Expanding the Child Tax Credit  In 2021, the Child Tax Credit (CTC) lifted 1 million children under 6 and nearly 2 million children between 6 and 17 out of poverty, when using the Supplemental Poverty Measure. The expanded CTC, which disproportionately benefitted Black and Hispanic…

December 6, 2022 | Blog Post | Dashel Lewis

Year-End Congressional Priorities to Advance Economic Equity, Opportunity 

Despite a new legislative agenda when the 118th Congress is sworn in, there’s still time for the current Congress to act on a range of issues important to economic equity and opportunity.

November 30, 2022 | Blog Post | Sapna Mehta

Paid leave – not just a women’s issue

Paid leave isn’t only a women’s issue—just ask a rail worker. Congress must guarantee paid sick leave to all workers.

October 21, 2022 | News Clip

Commentary: Starbucks violated our workplace rights

"According to our research partners at the Center for Law and Social Policy, the number of employers charged with unfair labor practices rose 16 percent in 2022; one out of every five employers is charged with illegally firing workers during a union drive."

September 30, 2022 | News Clip | Indivar Dutta-Gupta

Here’s the reality of the care industry

In this letter to the editor, Indivar Dutta-Gupta urges Congress to "to invest in child-care and home care to transform care jobs into family-sustaining jobs, while establishing a national paid-leave program to help more working people care for their loved ones."

September 13, 2022 | Press Release | Indivar Dutta-Gupta

Federal Programs Fueled 2021 Drop in Poverty—Particularly for Children

Thanks to powerful federal investments in programs that support people seeking economic security, the child poverty rate in 2021 as measured by the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) dropped by nearly half, from 9.7 percent in 2020 to 5.2 percent in 2021, the lowest level measured.

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