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In the last ten days, the House has passed two much-needed bills for Black and brown people and working people of all backgrounds. The PRO Act, is the most far-reaching reshaping of U.S. labor law in decades. The CREDIT Act would overhaul the nation’s credit reporting system.
Blog
Amy Traub
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A circle of multi-racial hands extended and reaching for the light
Resources to make sense of the student debt crisis, the administration's Public Charge rule, the realities of our big-money political system, and more
Blog
Gwyn Ellsworth
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Latina Fight for $15 protestors at rally
Looking to the labor lessons of the past and to our vision for an inclusive, organized future.
Blog
K. Sabeel Rahman

The Supreme Court should hold that Title VII bars discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Litigation

The Department's proposed "EAP Rule" fails to sufficiently safeguard working people.

Testimony and Public Comment
Amy Traub

Robert Hiltonsmith

The fast food industry is the main driver of compensation inequality in the most disparate sector of the economy, with a CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 2013 of over 1000-to-1.

Testimony and Public Comment
Catherine Ruetschlin

How the retail industry fails to meet the needs of the Black and Latino workforce.

Research
Catherine Ruetschlin
Dedrick Asante-Muhammad

This report presents new research on the scope of federally-supported employment in the private economy and shows how, using our over 1.3 trillion dollars in federal purchasing, the President of the United States can place over twenty million Americans on a pathway to the middle class.

Research
Robert Hiltonsmith
Lew Daly

In 2013, Walmart spent billions repurchasing shares of its own stock. It should have spent it raising wages.

Research
Catherine Ruetschlin
Amy Traub