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Dēmos United

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Dēmos and Dēmos United announce that they have reached a voluntary recognition agreement effective November 4, 2025.
Press release/statement
Demos
Dēmos United
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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.
Blog
Nick Wertsch
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Economic Indicators #2: Immigrants and US-Born Workers
Structural imbalances—not immigrants—are what keeps working people from seeing their fair share of economic gains.
Blog
Daniella Zessoules
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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.
Blog
Nick Wertsch
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Bus manufacturer workers under the hood of a bus
A successful union drive at a bus manufacturing company demonstrates how employers listen to their workers much better when their public funding is on the line.
Blog
Nick Wertsch

Discover how state and local policies can effectively protect workers' rights to organize and bargain collectively. This brief examines approaches to worker protection through federal funding opportunities and provides real-world examples of successful policy implementation by workers and

Policy Briefs
Nick Wertsch

Andy Morrison

Associate Director, New Economy Project
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The federal minimum wage’s 86-year history shows us that we used to know how to get this done.
Blog
Udochi Onwubiko

In this brief, we’ll examine how conservative administrations, government inaction, and corporate interests have left low-paid salaried workers without adequate overtime protections for the past few decades. 

Policy Briefs
Udochi Onwubiko