ProGov21 Policy Library

Worker centers often lack resources but are crucial to addressing labor issues like wage theft, workforce development, immigrant rights, and workplace safety. To tackle this, the AFL-CIO has encouraged affiliations between worker centers, unions, and state labor federations to enhance...

Federal enforcement data reveals a significant surge in illegal child labor mostly driven by large retail and restaurant chains. Penalties for violations remain low and enforcement is generally insufficient to deter the use of child labor. This report advocates for stricter federal...

Workers in the nail salon industry suffer from unsafe working conditions, wage theft, and employment misclassification. This report explores two potential models for solving these: High Road Training Partnerships (HRTPs) and sectoral bargaining legislation. Comparing the two approaches,...

Local governments often fail to enforce basic labor protections like minimum wage, overtime pay, and safe working conditions. This study finds that workers suffer from significant underpayment of minimum wage and overtime, lack of required meal breaks, illegal deductions from pay,...

For low-wage workers, the 40-hour work week and the 8-hour day are no longer standard, blurring distinctions between part-time and full-time work and exposing more Americans to scheduling practices that create economic uncertainty. Labor standards must be updated to protect workers...