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Robert Hiltonsmith Testifying to CPC on Wage Theft

Demos Policy Analyst Robert Hiltonsmith testifies before the Congressional Progressive Caucus on wage theft and its effects on the earnings of low-income workers.

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Worker-Driven Social Responsibility: A Model That Builds Power for Workers on the Margins

Amid ongoing attacks on worker protections and enforcement, worker-driven social responsibility programs offer alternative, scalable pathways to building collective power for workers across industries.

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October Indicators: Workers are Losing Out, But It's Not Because of Immigrants

Structural imbalances—not immigrants—are what keeps working people from seeing their fair share of economic gains.

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Public Dollars and Living Wages

Federal agencies spend nearly $760 billion annually on contractors, paid for by our tax dollars. The scale of their spending has the potential to reshape entire industries across our economy—to either create dignified jobs with living wages or reinforce poverty and exploitation.

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