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Amy Traub

Former Associate Director, Policy & Research
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Establish a Public Credit Registry
Recent

A Biased, Broken System: Examining Proposals to Overhaul Credit Reporting to Achieve Equity

Testimony and Public Comment
June 29, 2021
Amy Traub

What Are Data Capitalism and Algorithmic Racism?

Blog
May 26, 2021
Amy Traub

Data Capitalism and Algorithmic Racism

Research
May 17, 2021
Yeshimabeit Milner
Amy Traub
Issues
Economic Justice
Racial Wealth Gap
Research

Data Capitalism and Algorithmic Racism

Research
May 17, 2021
Yeshimabeit Milner
Amy Traub

How Marriott’s Corporate Practices Fuel Growing Racial Inequality in America

Research
October 17, 2018
Amy Traub
Julia Gunn

Messaging Memo: “How Are You Going to Pay For That?”

Research
September 18, 2018
Amy Traub

How So-Called “Right to Work” Laws Aim to Silence Working People

Research
October 11, 2017
Amy Traub

The Steal: The Urgent Need to Combat Wage Theft in Retail

Research
June 12, 2017
Amy Traub

The Asset Value of Whiteness: Understanding the Racial Wealth Gap

Research
February 6, 2017
Amy Traub
Laura Sullivan
Tatjana Meschede
Thomas Shapiro

The Parent Trap: The Economic Insecurity of Families with Young Children

Research
December 13, 2016
Amy Traub
Robert Hiltonsmith
Tamara Draut

The Racial Wealth Gap: Why Policy Matters

Research
June 21, 2016
Amy Traub
Catherine Ruetschlin
Laura Sullivan
Tatjana Meschede
Lars Dietrich
Thomas Shapiro

Bad Credit Shouldn't Block Employment: How to Make State Bans on Employment Credit Checks More Effective

Research
February 25, 2016
Amy Traub
Sean McElwee

Despite a Raise, Walmart Wages & Schedules Still Aren’t Livable

Research
September 16, 2015
Amy Traub
Sean McElwee

Credit Card Debt in the Latino Community

Research
October 27, 2014
Amy Traub
NCLR

A Higher Wage is Possible at Walmart (2014 Update)

Research
June 4, 2014
Catherine Ruetschlin
Amy Traub

Retail's Choice: How Raising Wages and Improving Schedules for Women in the Retail Industry Would Benefit America

Research
June 2, 2014
Amy Traub

The Debt Disparity: What Drives Credit Card Debt In America

Research
May 1, 2014
Amy Traub

Discredited: How Employment Credit Checks Keep Qualified Workers Out of a Job

Research
February 3, 2014
Amy Traub

The Problem with Employment Credit Checks: Why America Needs Senator Warren’s Equal Employment for All Act

Research
December 17, 2013
Amy Traub

A Higher Wage Is Possible

Research
November 19, 2013
Catherine Ruetschlin
Amy Traub

Ten Reasons Why Fast Food Workers Deserve A Raise

Research
August 28, 2013
Catherine Ruetschlin
Amy Traub

Underwriting Bad Jobs

Research
May 8, 2013
Amy Traub
Robert Hiltonsmith

In the Red: Older Americans and Credit Card Debt

Research
January 15, 2013
Amy Traub

The Plastic Safety Net: 2012 National Survey on Credit Card Debt of Low-and Middle-Income Households

Research
May 22, 2012
Amy Traub
Catherine Ruetschlin

Discrediting America: The Urgent Need to Reform the Nation's Credit Reporting Industry

Research
June 20, 2011
Amy Traub
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Policy Briefs

11 Things Congress Must Do Now to Sustain the Finances of Black and Brown Households

Policy Briefs
July 27, 2020
Amy Traub

Establish a Public Credit Registry

Policy Briefs
April 3, 2019
Amy Traub

Don't Let Government Contractors Cheat Working Americans

Policy Briefs
December 5, 2016
Amy Traub

Lagging on Leave: While Businesses Fall Short, New York State Can Become a Leader on Paid Family Leave

Policy Briefs
February 2, 2016
Amy Traub
Robert Hiltonsmith

Why New York Needs The Stop Credit Discrimination in Employment Act

Policy Briefs
September 10, 2014
Amy Traub

Underwriting Executive Excess

Policy Briefs
September 24, 2013
Robert Hiltonsmith
Amy Traub

Public Jobs For Economic Recovery

Policy Briefs
September 4, 2012
Amy Traub
Tamara Draut
David Callahan

Level The Playing Field For American Manufacturing

Policy Briefs
September 4, 2012
Amy Traub
Tamara Draut
David Callahan

Borrower Security Act

Policy Briefs
September 4, 2012
Amy Traub
Tamara Draut
David Callahan

A Homeowners' Loan Corporation For The 21st Century

Policy Briefs
September 4, 2012
Amy Traub
Tamara Draut
David Callahan

Early Care And Education Plan

Policy Briefs
September 4, 2012
Amy Traub
Tamara Draut
David Callahan

Raise Work Standards

Policy Briefs
September 4, 2012
Amy Traub
Tamara Draut
David Callahan

The Career Opportunity Plan

Policy Briefs
September 4, 2012
Amy Traub
Tamara Draut
David Callahan

Federal Reserve Mandate For Full Employment

Policy Briefs
September 4, 2012
Amy Traub
Tamara Draut
David Callahan

Fairness In Bankruptcy Act

Policy Briefs
September 4, 2012
Amy Traub
Tamara Draut
David Callahan

The Contract For College

Policy Briefs
September 4, 2012
Amy Traub
Tamara Draut
David Callahan

Public Investment Plan

Policy Briefs
September 4, 2012
Amy Traub
Tamara Draut
David Callahan

American Retirement Accounts

Policy Briefs
September 4, 2012
Amy Traub
Tamara Draut
David Callahan

Strengthen The Right Of Working People To Organize

Policy Briefs
September 4, 2012
Amy Traub
Tamara Draut
David Callahan

The American Family Trust

Policy Briefs
September 4, 2012
Amy Traub
Tamara Draut
David Callahan

NOT Made in America: Top 10 Ways Walmart Destroys US Manufacturing Jobs

Policy Briefs
July 2, 2012
Amy Traub

The Credit CARD Act: It's Working

Policy Briefs
May 22, 2012
Amy Traub

Ending Unjust Employment Credit Checks

Policy Briefs
February 7, 2012
Amy Traub

Worth Working For

Policy Briefs
October 11, 2011
Ben Peck
Amy Traub

Frequently Asked Questions About Credit Reporting in the U.S.

Policy Briefs
June 21, 2011
Amy Traub
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Testimony and Public Comment

A Biased, Broken System: Examining Proposals to Overhaul Credit Reporting to Achieve Equity

Testimony and Public Comment
June 29, 2021
Amy Traub

Demos Supports New York Bill Proposing Statewide Ban on Employment Credit Checks

Testimony and Public Comment
March 3, 2020
Amy Traub

Why the Department of Housing and Urban Development Should Not Make Proposed Change to Disparate Impact Rule

Testimony and Public Comment
October 18, 2019
Amy Traub

Demos Objects to the Department of Labor’s Proposed Overtime Rule

Testimony and Public Comment
May 21, 2019
Amy Traub

Demos Public Comment on the Dept. of Homeland Security’s Proposed “Public Charge” Rule

Testimony and Public Comment
December 7, 2018
Amy Traub

Demos urges CMS to Withdraw Proposed Rule on Reassignment of Medicaid Provider Claims

Testimony and Public Comment
August 13, 2018
Amy Traub

U.S. Representatives: Oppose the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act

Testimony and Public Comment
May 21, 2018
Amy Traub
Vijay Das

Demos urges Department of Labor to implement and enforce Obama’s overtime pay rule

Testimony and Public Comment
September 25, 2017
Amy Traub

Testimony on the State of Workers Rights in New York City

Testimony and Public Comment
April 25, 2017
Amy Traub

Testimony to Laura Evangelista, Department of Financial Services Re: Comments on Proposed Family Leave Benefits Coverage Regulations

Testimony and Public Comment
March 31, 2017
Amy Traub

Department of Labor Public Comment to Establish Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors

Testimony and Public Comment
April 4, 2016
Amy Traub

Testimony to the New York Workforce Development Joint Budget Hearing on Paid Leave

Testimony and Public Comment
February 3, 2016
Amy Traub

Testimony on Massachusetts Credit Check Bill

Testimony and Public Comment
June 22, 2015
Amy Traub

Testimony of Amy Traub before the U.S. House, An Overview of the Credit Reporting System

Testimony and Public Comment
September 10, 2014
Amy Traub

Testimony of Amy Traub before the U.S. Senate on “Economic Security for Working Women”

Testimony and Public Comment
May 20, 2014
Amy Traub

Testimony On Employment Credit Checks In Massachusetts

Testimony and Public Comment
September 9, 2013
Amy Traub

State of the American Dream: Economic Policy and the Future of the Middle Class

Testimony and Public Comment
June 6, 2013
Amy Traub
Heather C. McGhee

Testimony on Low-Wage Work: How Our Tax Dollars Drive Inequality

Testimony and Public Comment
May 21, 2013
Amy Traub

Testimony on the Accuracy and Use of Credit Reports

Testimony and Public Comment
April 19, 2013
Amy Traub

Stop Employment Credit Checks Testimony Before the New York City Council

Testimony and Public Comment
April 11, 2013
Amy Traub

Testimony In Support of The Paid Sick Time Act, NYC

Testimony and Public Comment
March 22, 2013
Amy Traub

Demos Strongly Urges the Senate to Confirm Richard Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Testimony and Public Comment
March 11, 2013
Amy Traub
Miles Rapoport

Comments to the CFPB Regarding Defining Larger Participants in Certain Markets for Consumer Financial Products and Services

Testimony and Public Comment
April 16, 2012
Amy Traub

The Jobs Deficit: On the Policy Choices That Cut Good Jobs

Testimony and Public Comment
March 12, 2012
Amy Traub

Proposed Rulemaking, Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service Rule

Testimony and Public Comment
March 7, 2012
Amy Traub

Vermont Testimony: Against Employment Credit Checks by Amy Traub

Testimony and Public Comment
February 22, 2012
Amy Traub

Against Employment Credit Checks; Testimony by Amy Traub Before Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee

Testimony and Public Comment
February 13, 2012
Amy Traub

Demos Analyst Amy Traub Before the Council of the DC Committee on Public Services and Consumer Affairs

Testimony and Public Comment
November 9, 2011
Amy Traub

Comments To The CFPB From Demos

Testimony and Public Comment
August 12, 2011
Amy Traub
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In the media

Black Workers at Amazon Warehouse Have the Power to Keep Making History

In the media
March 12, 2021
Amy Traub

After 5 decades of private credit reporting, it's time for a change

In the media
December 10, 2020
Amy Traub
Chi Chi Wu

Your credit score shouldn't drop because of coronavirus

In the media
May 18, 2020
Amy Traub

Trump Is Trying to Use Credit Scores to Keep Immigrants Out of the U.S.

In the media
December 11, 2018
Amy Traub

How Marriott Fuels Racial Inequality

In the media
November 2, 2018
Amy Traub

West Virginia Teachers and the Working-Class Revolt

In the media
March 9, 2018
Amy Traub

Opinion: Despite What Trump Says, Immigrant and Citizen Labor Rights Are Inseparable

In the media
September 4, 2017
Katherine Culliton-González
Amy Traub

Protect American consumers from financial fraud and abuse

In the media
July 21, 2017
Vijay Das
Amy Traub

Wage Theft and Shoplifting: Same Cost, Different Deterrents

In the media
June 23, 2017
Amy Traub

Today in Congress: Choice for Wall Street and Flexibility for Corporate America

In the media
April 26, 2017
Amy Traub

Mothers’ Day Is Over (And We Didn’t Deliver For Moms)

In the media
April 15, 2017
Amy Traub

American Parents are Trapped: Here's How to Free Them

In the media
December 20, 2016
Amy Traub

How Obama Paved the Way on Key Labor Issues

In the media
May 14, 2016
Amy Traub

Employers Are Using Credit Checks Against Otherwise Qualified Workers. Here\xD5s What We Can Do About It.

In the media
March 6, 2016
Sean McElwee
Amy Traub

Don't Believe the Wal-Mart Hype: Here's Proof it Still Isn't Paying its Workers Enough

In the media
January 30, 2016
Sean McElwee
Amy Traub

Which Policies Will Cut the Racial Wealth Gap?

In the media
January 27, 2016
Amy Traub

What Economic Recovery? A Good Job is Still Hard to Find

In the media
December 12, 2015
Amy Traub

How Walmart Could Afford to Pay Workers $15 an Hour

In the media
November 25, 2015
Amy Traub

Don't Believe the Wal-Mart Hype

In the media
September 19, 2015
Sean McElwee
Amy Traub

New York State Board Finally Delivers Higher Minimum Wage for Fast Food Workers

In the media
July 23, 2015
Amy Traub

The Progressive Victory You Haven't Heard Of: NYC's Ban on Employment Credit Checks

In the media
July 9, 2015
Amy Traub

Don’t Ask: Why Companies Profit By Not Checking Employees’ Credit

In the media
February 5, 2015
Amy Traub

A Gender Gap At Every Pay Grade

In the media
June 4, 2014
Amy Traub

Executive Order on Federal Contracting Means Real Action on Economic Mobility

In the media
January 29, 2014
Heather C. McGhee
Amy Traub

End Employment Credit Checks

In the media
December 24, 2013
Amy Traub

How Employment Credit Checks Perpetuate Poverty and Discrimination

In the media
November 12, 2013
Amy Traub

Mr. Mayor, Say No to the Living-Wage Veto

In the media
September 10, 2013
D.C. City Councilman Vincent Orange (D)
Amy Traub

Walmart's Surprising Path to Increased Sales: Raise Wages

In the media
August 22, 2013
Amy Traub

End Credit Checks For Job Seekers

In the media
April 11, 2013
Amy Traub
Daniel Garodnick

Americans Still Relying On The 'Plastic Safety Net'

In the media
May 22, 2012
Amy Traub

Hard Work Doesn't Pay for Home-Care Workers

In the media
March 22, 2012
Amy Traub

Unfair Use of Credit Checks on Job Seekers

In the media
February 16, 2012
Amy Traub

Give Us Some Credit

In the media
June 24, 2011
Amy Traub

Give Us Some Credit

In the media
June 23, 2011
Amy Traub

In Philadelphia, a Healthy Workforce and a Healthy Business Environment Go Together

In the media
May 26, 2011
Amy Traub
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Press release/statement

Demos Opposes Pay-As-You-Go

Press release/statement
January 4, 2019
Amy Traub
Blog

What Are Data Capitalism and Algorithmic Racism?

Blog
May 26, 2021
Amy Traub

Don’t Listen to the Deficit Squawks

Blog
May 12, 2021
Amy Traub

Black Business Leaders Stand Up Against Voter Suppression: Corporate Power Still Threatens Democracy

Blog
April 29, 2021
Amy Traub

Supreme Court Case Reveals How Credit Reporting Fails Black and Brown Consumers

Blog
April 8, 2021
Amy Traub

The American Rescue Plan Is a Critical Step Toward Equitable Recovery

Blog
March 12, 2021
Amy Traub

How a Lack of Democracy Worsened the Texas Storm Disaster

Blog
March 11, 2021
Amy Traub

Black Workers at Amazon Warehouse Have the Power to Keep Making History

Blog
February 23, 2021
Amy Traub

Lessons for an Equitable Recovery: What Policymakers Can Learn from the Great Recession and Hurricane Katrina

Blog
December 10, 2020
Amy Traub

Black Women Saved American Democracy: Investing in Care Infrastructure is One Way to Thank Them

Blog
December 2, 2020
Amy Traub

How Biden’s Plan for a Public Credit Registry Will Build Economic Power for Black and Brown Communities

Blog
November 16, 2020
Amy Traub

A Prime Day for the Pandemic Profiteers

Blog
October 13, 2020
Amy Traub

Things Can Get Worse

Blog
August 27, 2020
Amy Traub

America Needs More Accountability for Disregarding Black Lives—Congressional Republicans Are Pushing for Less

Blog
August 6, 2020
Amy Traub

Listen to Black Communities: Divest from Police and Invest in Public Needs

Blog
June 30, 2020
Amy Traub

Back to Work or Else? Risky Reopening Policies Put Black and Brown Workers in Danger

Blog
May 22, 2020
Amy Traub

How Dog-Whistle Racism Is Sabotaging the Postal Service and Threatening to Gut the Black Middle Class

Blog
April 30, 2020
Amy Traub

Protect Black and Brown Workers on the Front Lines of the Coronavirus Fight

Blog
April 17, 2020
Amy Traub

Don’t Let the Coronavirus Crisis Drive Black and Brown Families Further into Debt

Blog
April 7, 2020
Amy Traub

They’re Trying to Engineer Another Voter Purge through the Courts

Blog
March 6, 2020
Chiraag Bains
Gwyn Ellsworth
Amy Traub

Pay Attention: The House of Representatives Is Advancing Economic Justice

Blog
February 7, 2020
Amy Traub

The True State of Our Union under the Trump Administration

Blog
February 7, 2020
Lew Daly
Mark Huelsman
Amy Traub
Laura Williamson

America Needs a Public Credit Registry

Blog
April 19, 2019
Amy Traub

Black History Month: A Fight that Advanced Liberation for Everyone

Blog
February 7, 2019
Amy Traub

Rebellious Dignity on Latina Equal Pay Day

Blog
November 1, 2018
Amy Traub
Miranda Galindo

How Unions Fight Social Exclusion in the Labor Market

Blog
August 24, 2018
Amy Traub

How Social Exclusion Wrecks the Labor Market for Everyone

Blog
August 10, 2018
Amy Traub

Social Exclusion and Black Women’s Pay

Blog
August 7, 2018
Amy Traub

What Today’s Unemployment Numbers Reveal About Social Exclusion in the Labor Market

Blog
August 3, 2018
Amy Traub

This Is the Moment for Everyone’s America

Blog
July 24, 2018
Amy Traub

Out of Prison, But Still Out of a Job

Blog
July 18, 2018
Amy Traub

A Lot Less Fun Than Mother’s Day

Blog
May 30, 2018
Amy Traub

Trump’s America: More Freedom for Banks, Less for Working People

Blog
May 25, 2018
Amy Traub

To Fight Homophobia, We Need Workplace Rights

Blog
May 21, 2018
Meghan Maury
Amy Traub

Mobilizing on May Day

Blog
May 1, 2018
Amy Traub

Tax Day for the Rest of Us

Blog
April 17, 2018
Amy Traub

Working Women Need Fair Employment

Blog
March 30, 2018
Amy Traub

Reproductive Justice Is Critical for Women’s Economic Stability

Blog
March 29, 2018
Amy Traub

Women and Men Need Time to Care

Blog
March 26, 2018
Amy Traub

Why Don’t We Have Universal Child Care?

Blog
March 23, 2018
Amy Traub

Raising Job Standards Lifts up Women

Blog
March 21, 2018
Amy Traub

We Need a Race-Conscious Populist Economic Agenda

Blog
March 9, 2018
Amy Traub

Trump’s Halloween Trick: Tax Cuts Don’t Raise Pay, But Strong Overtime Rules Would

Blog
October 31, 2017
Amy Traub

Working Americans Need Senator Warren’s Equal Employment for All Act More than Ever

Blog
September 14, 2017
Amy Traub

The Equifax Hack: We Need to Better Regulate Credit Reporting

Blog
September 11, 2017
Amy Traub

Working People in Missouri Are Pushed Back…But Press Forward

Blog
September 1, 2017
Amy Traub

Trump Threatens to Strip Away Overtime Pay

Blog
August 7, 2017
Amy Traub

Nissan Workers in Canton, Mississippi Fight for Power on the Job

Blog
July 27, 2017
Amy Traub

How the CFPB Stops the Growth of the Racial Wealth Gap

Blog
July 21, 2017
Amy Traub

The Fight over the Fight for $15 in Seattle

Blog
June 29, 2017
Amy Traub

American Families Need Real Paid Leave, Not Another Trump Con

Blog
June 28, 2017
Amy Traub

Wage Theft vs. Shoplifting: Guess Who Goes to Jail?

Blog
June 13, 2017
Amy Traub

Congress Made the Wrong Choice: Destroying Financial Reform

Blog
June 9, 2017
Amy Traub

What If America Really Invested in The Caring Economy?

Blog
June 2, 2017
Amy Traub

The “March on McDonald’s” Targets Inequality in Fast Food and Across Trump’s America

Blog
May 23, 2017
Amy Traub

We Didn’t Give Mothers Enough

Blog
May 15, 2017
Amy Traub

The People’s Budget Confronts Trump’s Phony Populism on Workers

Blog
May 5, 2017
Amy Traub

This Week in Congress: Choice for Wall Street and Flexibility for Corporate America

Blog
April 26, 2017
Amy Traub

Long Live Walmart? No Way!

Blog
April 5, 2017
Amy Traub

Don’t Let Financial Scammers Tear Down the CFPB

Blog
March 31, 2017
Amy Traub

With the Hardee’s CEO as Secretary of Labor, We’ll All Be Working Fast Food Jobs

Blog
February 14, 2017
Amy Traub

What Causes Racial Economic Inequality — and What Doesn't

Blog
February 8, 2017
Amy Traub

Fast Food Workers Denounce Trump’s Labor Nominee as the #AntiLaborSecretary

Blog
January 13, 2017
Amy Traub

Here's How Good Policy Can Free Families

Blog
December 22, 2016
Amy Traub

A Six Week Abortion Ban is a Crisis for Working Families

Blog
December 8, 2016
Amy Traub

New Overtime Rules Ensure Millions Will Get Paid for Their Work

Blog
May 18, 2016
Amy Traub

So Long and Thanks for the Paid Sick Days

Blog
April 7, 2016
Amy Traub

Why Paid Family Leave Is a Benefit to Small Businesses

Blog
March 22, 2016
Amy Traub

No Kids? Here’s Why You Still Have a Stake in Paid Family Leave

Blog
March 7, 2016
Amy Traub

Business Falls Short on Paid Family Leave, But New York Can Take the Lead

Blog
February 2, 2016
Amy Traub

Lilly Ledbetter and What's Next in Tackling the Pay Gap

Blog
January 29, 2016
Amy Traub

Time for Governor Cuomo to Go Big on Paid Family Leave in New York State

Blog
January 5, 2016
Amy Traub

How All New Yorkers Benefit When Municipal Workers Get Paid Parental Leave

Blog
December 22, 2015
Amy Traub

A Good Job Is Hard to Find

Blog
December 8, 2015
Amy Traub

Credit Card Protections Are Still Saving Us Money

Blog
December 3, 2015
Amy Traub

Why New Yorkers Know Their Rights—and We All Should

Blog
November 5, 2015
Amy Traub

Here’s How Presidential Candidates Can Support American Workers

Blog
October 12, 2015
Amy Traub

Bad Credit No Longer Keeps New Yorkers Out of Work

Blog
September 3, 2015
Amy Traub

What If We Achieved Real Equality for Women?

Blog
August 26, 2015
Amy Traub

Executive Order on Paid Sick Days? Yes, Please!

Blog
August 7, 2015
Amy Traub

The NY Wage Board Delivers for Fast Food Workers

Blog
July 22, 2015
Amy Traub

Don’t Just Raise the Wage—Enforce It Too

Blog
July 15, 2015
Amy Traub

It's Time for Family-Friendly Policies in 2016

Blog
July 13, 2015
Amy Traub

Claims of Racism at Zara Portray the Retail Industry at Its Worst

Blog
June 24, 2015
Amy Traub

The Big-Bank Lobby v. Elizabeth Warren

Blog
January 23, 2015
Amy Traub

The NLRB Makes Violating Workers' Rights More Difficult

Blog
January 15, 2015
Amy Traub

Obama Leads on Paid Family Leave

Blog
January 15, 2015
Amy Traub

Workers to Mayor de Blasio: End Employment Credit Checks For the Holidays

Blog
December 18, 2014
Amy Traub

Are Manufacturing Jobs Joining the “Walmart Economy?”

Blog
November 21, 2014
Amy Traub

Why a New Credit Card Study Isn’t Really About Credit Cards

Blog
October 30, 2014
Amy Traub

Walmart Calls Worker Concerns “Silly,” But Says It Will Raise Its Lowest Pay

Blog
October 21, 2014
Amy Traub

Why Arguments Against the NYC Credit Checks Ban Fall Short

Blog
October 13, 2014
Amy Traub

New York City Should Lead on Banning Credit Discrimination

Blog
October 1, 2014
Amy Traub

Next For Federal Contract Workers: A Good Jobs Order

Blog
August 21, 2014
Amy Traub

How to Get Out of Work Schedule Hell

Blog
August 15, 2014
Amy Traub

Why Medical Debt May Finally Stop Destroying Your Credit

Blog
August 11, 2014
Amy Traub

The Week That Workers Won (At Least a Little)

Blog
July 30, 2014
Amy Traub

The Enduring Success of the CFPB at Three

Blog
July 21, 2014
Amy Traub

Paid Sick Leave NYC: Passing the Law and Spreading the Word

Blog
July 16, 2014
Amy Traub

Hobby Lobby Wages Don’t Excuse Undermining Workers Rights

Blog
July 7, 2014
Amy Traub

How President Obama Could Strengthen Unions Today

Blog
June 18, 2014
Amy Traub

Want Better Wages? Build Worker Power

Blog
June 12, 2014
Amy Traub

The CARD Act Turns Five—and Continues to Save You Money

Blog
May 21, 2014
Amy Traub

Now on Sale at Walmart: Risky Financial Services

Blog
May 13, 2014
Amy Traub

What Drives Credit Card Debt?

Blog
May 1, 2014
Amy Traub

Will New York City Lead the Fight End Employment Discrimination?

Blog
April 10, 2014
Amy Traub

Look Who's Changing Walmart

Blog
April 9, 2014
Amy Traub

Food Stamps Don’t Keep Walmart’s Prices Low, They Keep Its Profits High

Blog
April 3, 2014
Amy Traub

Obama Acts to Modernize Overtime Rules

Blog
March 12, 2014
Amy Traub

The CFPB Makes Credit Reporting More Fair

Blog
March 3, 2014
Amy Traub

Why Wage Hikes Should Be All the Rage

Blog
February 21, 2014
Amy Traub

Responsible Contractors Only: How to Ensure Obama’s Minimum Wage Order Is Enforced

Blog
February 11, 2014
Amy Traub

President Obama Takes Action to Raise the Pay of Low-Wage Federal Contract Workers

Blog
January 28, 2014
Amy Traub

Why Obama Must Announce a Good Jobs Executive Order in the State of the Union

Blog
January 22, 2014
Amy Traub

Wage Theft and Illegal Retaliation At Low-Wage Employers

Blog
January 16, 2014
Amy Traub

It's Not Just New York: The New Era of Progressive Urban Politics

Blog
January 14, 2014
Amy Traub

NYU Grad Student Workers Finally Get a Union Vote

Blog
December 12, 2013
Amy Traub

Tax Dollars for Law Breakers?

Blog
December 11, 2013
Amy Traub

Raise the Minimum Wage—But Don’t Stop There

Blog
December 2, 2013
Amy Traub

Stephen Colbert Calls Out Walmart Wages: Demos Shows How A Raise Is Possible

Blog
November 20, 2013
Amy Traub

Getting the Middle Class Out From Under Boeing’s Thumb

Blog
November 15, 2013
Amy Traub

A Step Forward on Credit Transparency

Blog
November 5, 2013
Amy Traub

Food Stamp Cuts as Business Opportunity? Walmart “Modestly Optimistic” About Less Nutrition Aid

Blog
November 1, 2013
Amy Traub

Experian Sells Info to ID Thieves, Cashes in on ID Theft Protection

Blog
October 21, 2013
Amy Traub

How Multibillion Dollar Corporations Rely on the Public to Feed their Workforce

Blog
October 15, 2013
Amy Traub

Capitol Workers Strike to Protest Federally Subsidized Inequality

Blog
September 25, 2013
Amy Traub

What Caused the Middle Class Decline?

Blog
September 20, 2013
Amy Traub

Consumer Law: A Worker’s Best Friend?

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September 13, 2013
Amy Traub

Walmart's Path to Increased Sales: Raising Wages

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August 22, 2013
Amy Traub

It’s the Stagnant Wages

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August 21, 2013
Amy Traub

Yes, He Can: Momentum Grows for an Executive Order to Raise Wages of Low-Paid Contract Workers

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August 16, 2013
Amy Traub

Fast Food Shouldn't Mean Low Wages

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August 1, 2013
Amy Traub

How Inaccurate and Misused Databases Are Trashing Our Lives

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July 31, 2013
Amy Traub

Obama’s Vision Could Move Millions to the Middle Class

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July 24, 2013
Amy Traub

Concession Workers Strike the Smithsonian

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July 11, 2013
Amy Traub

Bright Ideas in Congress: Let States Rein in Credit Card Interest Rates

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July 3, 2013
Amy Traub

Bright Ideas in Congress: Sue Your Boss for Union Busting

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July 2, 2013
Amy Traub

Why Everyone Should Celebrate New York City’s Paid Sick Law

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June 27, 2013
Amy Traub

New York State Leads the Way, Takes Action to Stop Credit Discrimination in Hiring

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June 21, 2013
Amy Traub

A Stacked Deck on Trade

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June 3, 2013
Amy Traub

How Taxpayers Underwrite Walmart’s Bad Jobs

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May 31, 2013
Amy Traub

Confirm Cordray Already! Petty Opposition Persists Despite Broad Public Support for the CFPB

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May 21, 2013
Amy Traub

Skimpy Minimum Wage Still Not Low Enough for Fast Food Employers

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May 16, 2013
Amy Traub

Good Jobs Nation: How to Reform Government Contracting to Pay Living Wages

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May 9, 2013
Amy Traub

Working Families, Flexibility, and the Eric Cantor of My Dreams

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May 7, 2013
Amy Traub

The Fight for 15 Hits Chicago Streets

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April 24, 2013
Amy Traub

New York Steps Closer to Stopping Credit Discrimination

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April 11, 2013
Amy Traub

Another Secret Database Keeps You from Getting Hired

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April 3, 2013
Amy Traub

What New York’s Partial Victory on Paid Sick Days Means

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March 29, 2013
Amy Traub

Facts to Quinn: Paid Sick Days Don’t Harm Job Growth or Small Business

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March 22, 2013
Amy Traub

Low-Wage Workers Say It's Not Getting Better (Good Policy Would Help)

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March 21, 2013
Amy Traub

Why Are Republicans Blocking Richard Cordray at the CFPB?

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March 12, 2013
Amy Traub

The Case for Banning Credit Checks in Hiring – and for Cleaning Up the Consumer Reporting Industry

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March 7, 2013
Amy Traub

When Personal Finance Meets Shared Economic Pain

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February 21, 2013
Amy Traub

How Will Credit Reporting Errors Affect Your Job Search? It’s Anyone’s Guess

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February 13, 2013
Amy Traub

Bad Credit Shuts New Yorkers Out of a Job

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February 8, 2013
Amy Traub

Your Salary for Sale: Equifax Cashes In, But You’d Better Not Discuss It

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January 31, 2013
Amy Traub

Political Power and the Decline of Unions

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January 25, 2013
Amy Traub

Need a Job to Get a Job? Not in New York City

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January 23, 2013
Amy Traub

Why Grandma Owes More on Her Credit Cards Than You Do

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January 16, 2013
Amy Traub

Walmart’s Wall of Denial Begins to Crumble

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January 11, 2013
Amy Traub

Out of Work and Into Debt: Why the "Plastic Safety Net" Isn't Enough

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December 20, 2012
Amy Traub

Michigan's Anti-Union Law Alienates Voters

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December 18, 2012
Amy Traub

New CFPB Report Finds Vast Credit Reporting Sytem Deeply Flawed

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December 14, 2012
Amy Traub

Why Low-Wage Worker Organizing Is Our Last, Best Hope

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December 5, 2012
Amy Traub

The Question We Should Be Asking About Walmart

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November 26, 2012
Amy Traub

Accuracy in Employment Credit Checks and Criminal Background Checks Is Critical, But Not Enough

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November 9, 2012
Amy Traub

Workers Gain From Ballot Initiatives

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November 7, 2012
Amy Traub

A Dime a Day for Food Worker Justice

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October 24, 2012
Amy Traub

Credit Reporting Woes? Tell it to the CFPB

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October 22, 2012
Amy Traub

The New Fight for Sustainable Scheduling

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October 18, 2012
Amy Traub

New York Students Slam Credit Checks

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October 16, 2012
Amy Traub

Walmart Workers Strike the Stores

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October 9, 2012
Amy Traub

Buyer Beware: CFPB Reveals Your Credit Score Could Be A Fake

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September 28, 2012
Amy Traub

Walmart Warehouse Workers Strike In California

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September 13, 2012
Amy Traub

Are Strikes Good for America’s Middle Class?

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September 10, 2012
Amy Traub

Can New York End Credit Discrimination in Employment?

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August 23, 2012
Amy Traub

Enough to Make You Ill: 1.5 Million New Yorkers Still Waiting for Sick Leave

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August 7, 2012
Amy Traub

Enough to Make You Ill: 1.5 Millions New Yorkers Still Waiting for Sick Leave

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August 7, 2012
Amy Traub

Hyatt: Worst Hotel Employer in America?

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July 23, 2012
Amy Traub

Tell Me About Yourself, TransUnion: Credit Reporting Companies Submit to CFPB Scrutiny

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July 18, 2012
Amy Traub

How Credit Scores Cement the New Financial Segregation

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July 9, 2012
Amy Traub

Walmart at 50: Why Their Growth has been America’s Loss

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July 3, 2012
Amy Traub

So THAT’S Why I Didn’t Get the Job: FTC Spanks Spokeo on Employee Background Checks

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June 14, 2012
Amy Traub

Credit CARD Act Turns 3: A Regulation Even Stephen Colbert Could Celebrate

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May 22, 2012
Amy Traub

Work-Family Policy: Before, During and After Mother’s Day

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May 10, 2012
Amy Traub

What Does Bad Credit Really Reveal? Reporting Errors and Medical Debt

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May 7, 2012
Amy Traub

Could Your Student Loans Make You Unemployable?

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May 1, 2012
Amy Traub

A Step Toward Justice and a Missed Opportunity on Employment Credit Checks

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April 27, 2012
Amy Traub

Paul Ryan's Budget For The One Percent Versus The Budget For All

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March 29, 2012
Amy Traub

No High Flyers Here: Where Air Safety Meets Economic Justice

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March 2, 2012
Amy Traub

Goldman Sachs Buys TransUnion. What’s In It For You?

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February 22, 2012
Amy Traub

If Tim Tebow Didn't Need a Credit Check to Get Hired, You Shouldn't Either

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February 15, 2012
Amy Traub

Strike at the Seattle Port: Truckers Buck an Unfair System

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February 10, 2012
Amy Traub

Now THAT'S A Minimum Wage Increase

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February 2, 2012
Amy Traub

Right to Work: A Formula for Shrinking Paychecks

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January 26, 2012
Amy Traub

State of the Union Gets the Big Picture Right

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January 25, 2012
Amy Traub

Retail Jobs: No Way to Live

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January 19, 2012
Amy Traub

Can’t Find a Job? Check Your Credit

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January 13, 2012
Amy Traub

Weak Unions, Weak Economy

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September 7, 2011
Amy Traub

Defending Ignorance in the Workplace

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August 26, 2011
Amy Traub

Credit Reporting “Mission Creep”: Home and Car Insurance

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June 29, 2011
Amy Traub
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