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Amy Traub
Former Associate Director, Policy & Research
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Establish a Public Credit Registry
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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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Research content by this author
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
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
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
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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Policy Briefs content by this author
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
Demos Opposes Pay-As-You-Go
Press release
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
Obama Leads on Paid Family Leave
Blog
January 15, 2015
Amy Traub
The NLRB Makes Violating Workers' Rights More Difficult
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?
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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 Millions New Yorkers Still Waiting for Sick Leave
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August 7, 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
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
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