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2022 Seattle Resolution 32041 Supporting Unionization for Starbucks Workers

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source Seattle City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice

This resolution expresses the Seattle City Council's support for workers at Starbucks in Seattle who are attempting to form a union. It urges Starbucks to accept card check neutrality and allow their workforce to discuss unionization free from threats, intimidation, anti-union propaganda,...

Ensuring the High Road in Cannabis

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level National

State(s) All States

Source Economic Policy Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice

As federal and state governments move toward marijuana legalization, labor conditions within the industry need to be evaluated. Currently, many of the employers in the marijuana industry take a "low road" approach to their workforce, with low wages, poor to no benefits, and frequent...

Coming Together for Loudoun County: Collective Bargaining Strengthens Communities and Families

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level County

State(s) Virginia

Source The Commonwealth Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice

A review of county employee salaries reveals that many public employees in Loudoun County cannot afford to live in the county they serve. This brief highlights how collective bargaining could bring their pay closer to private sector pay levels and also reduce racial and gender pay...

Collective Bargaining can Reduce Turnover and Improve Public Services in Colorado

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level State

State(s) Colorado

Source EARN

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Education

Colorado has struggled with public sector employee turnover, reducing the quality of government services, and costing taxpayers more than $10,000 per exiting worker. Colorado's labor- management partnerships have improved not worker retention, largely because compensation issues are...

How State and Local Governments Can Strengthen Worker Power and Raise Wages

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source Center for American Progress

Policy Areas Economic Justice

This report highlights policy mechanisms that state and local governments can use to raise wages at an industry or sectoral level and to support worker organizations. Recommendations include, but are not limited to, using wage boards to establish industry-wide pay standards, partnering...

Employer Power and Employee Skills: Recommendations for Workforce Training Practitioners and Funders

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source Roosevelt Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement

Successful workforce training programs build worker power by both imparting new skills and reducing obstacles to finding new jobs or maintaining existing ones. This guide provides an overview of existing workforce training nonprofits and outlines best practices for developing workforce...

2020 Jersey City Ordinance 12-090 Establishing a Prevailing Wage for Municipal Building Workers

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2012

Level City or Town

State(s) New Jersey

Source City of Jersey City

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement

This ordinance establishes a minimum wage rate for workers on building services, janitorial, and unarmed security contracts by combining the most optimal benefits and practices from existing prevailing wage ordinances. It requires that these workers should are paid the highest of...

Brief: The State of Labor Organizing in Maine

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2023

Level State

State(s) Maine

Source Maine Center for Economic Policy

Policy Areas Economic Justice

Labor unions are essential in delivering better wages, benefits, and working conditions for all workers, especially women and people of color. Public approval of unions is the highest it has been in 60 years, but the share of workers represented by unions continues to decline, due...

Good Labor Policy is Good Technology Policy: Worker Voice in Technological Change

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2024

Level National, State

State(s) All States

Source Roosevelt Institute

Policy Areas Data & Technology, Economic Justice

The effect of new technology on workers is often overlooked because it has so far affected marginalized, low-wage workers in the taxi, retail, warehousing, and health care. However, artificial intelligence or AI threatens workers across the income and occupational spectrum. This brief...

2023-2024 State & Local Policy Agenda

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2023

Level City or Town, State

State(s) All States

Source EARN

Policy Areas Economic Justice

Workers face economic threats including eroding wages, unfair firings, union busting, and entrenched occupational segregation. As workers organize to fight back, they need local policymakers to implement new policies that raise labor standards and crack down on abuses. This report...

Building the Power to Reclaim Our Schools

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town, School District

State(s) California

Source LAANE

Policy Areas Community Development, Education

In January 2019, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) held a six-day strike in response to challenges facing The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), resulting from LAUSD’s inability to raise local property taxes and the growing charter school sector that draws funding away...

A New Deal That Works for Us

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Policy Matters Ohio

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development

For more than two centuries, corporations have extracted enormous wealth from the Appalachian region for the profit of owners and shareholders, leaving the area with high rates of poverty, unemployment and low wages. To navigate around these issues, along with the severely changing...

Early Care and Education Programs During COVID-19: Persistent Inequities and Emerging Challenges

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2022

Level State

State(s) California

Source Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

Policy Areas Children & Families, Economic Justice, Education, Finance & Procurement

This report analyzes the impact of COVID-19 on the early care and education system using data from the 2020 California Early Care and Education (ECE) Workforce Study. Findings show that the pandemic worsened existing disparities within the ECE workforce based on program type and funding....

Working From Home: From Invisibility to Decent Work

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source International Labour Organization

Policy Areas Economic Justice

With the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, large portions of the world’s workforce shifted to homeworking, joining hundreds of millions of other workers who had already been working from home for decades. Given the continued struggle to improve the rights and working conditions...

State-Based Policies to Build a Cleaner, Safer, and More Equitable Economy

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level State

State(s) All States

Source BlueGreen Alliance

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Environment & Natural Resources

Decisionmakers across the country are putting forward policies to fight climate that is critical to creating a healthier, more resilient future. As climate change’s impact on both the United States and the world continues to grow, policies must be made to build a cleaner, safer, and...

2022 Richmond Collective Bargaining Ordinance 2022-221

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) Virginia

Source City of Richmond

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Economic Justice

This ordinance grants employees the right to form, join, assist, and pay dues or contributions to employee organizations; to bargain collectively through an exclusive bargaining representative of their own choosing; and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective...

Workforce Policy for a Just Transition

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2022

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source Roosevelt Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Energy, Environment & Natural Resources

The transition to a green economy requires implementing workforce development policies that prioritizes workers' interests over those of fossil fuel companies. This report discusses how workforce development policies can mediate labor disruptions, increase worker power and reduce...

Collective Bargaining Transparency: A Win for the Public, for Union Members and for Local Government

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Better Cities Project

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice

Promoting transparency in collective bargaining can benefit workers, local governments, and taxpayers by providing workers with more clarity about their representation and encouraging higher levels of trust in government. This report outlines the benefits of transparency in collective...

A How-To Guide for State and Local Workers’ Boards

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town, Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) All States

Source Center for American Progress

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice

While state laws limit traditional union rights at the local level, workers' boards can address workers' challenges, provide policy and workplace rule recommendations, and empower workers. Workers' boards are representative government bodies composed of workers, employers, and the...

2022 San Francisco Ordinance 211096 Requiring Landlords to Allow Tenant Association Meetings in Common Areas

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2022

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Francisco

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Housing

This ordinance requires landlords to allow tenant organizing activities to occur in common areas of their rental properties. It also requires them to confer in good faith with these tenant associations, and to attend some of their meetings upon request. The aim of this ordinance is...

Managing Conflicts and Disasters: Exploring Collaboration Between Employers’ and Workers’ Organizations

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level County

State(s) All States

Source International Labour Organization

Policy Areas Community Development

This report looks at the potential for collaboration between employer and business membership organizations (EBMOs) and workers’ organizations in crises arising from conflicts and disasters. By zooming in on a variety of country contexts, it explores initiatives and policies that...

Project Labor Agreements As Tools for Equity

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year -

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source US Department of Labor

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement

Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) are collective bargaining terms for all contractors, subcontractors, and workers involved in a development. Local governments can use PLAs to promote equity by incorporating local hiring goals, targeting disadvantaged workers. They often include wage...

San Francisco Local Hiring Policy For Construction Fact Sheet

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2023

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Office of Workforce and Economic Development

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement

To develop the local workforce, San Francisco's Local Hiring Policy for Construction establishes local hiring mandates for public projects over $600,000. Local hire employment thresholds are set both for individual trades and for apprentices, and contractors must meet the cities targeted...

Four Case Studies and Lessons for Advancing Community Health through Community Benefits Agreements

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) All States, California

Source Pacific Institute

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice

Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs) are legally binding contracts between developers and community groups to ensure development projects deliver benefits to residents. This report examines how CBAs can advance community health outcomes and examines four case studies from California:...

A How-To Guide for Strengthening State and Local Prevailing Wage Laws: Raising Standards for Government-Funded Work

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source Center for American Progress

Policy Areas Economic Justice

Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs) create quality jobs and equitable economic development by aligning the practices of large-scale projects with local needs. CBAs set standards for hiring practices, initiatives for hiring underrepresented workers, wage standards, green building...

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