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Essential but Unprotected: App-based Food Couriers in New York City

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source Los Deliveristas Unidos

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Health, Data & Technology

This report contains the findings from a participatory action research project that examined the working and living conditions of delivery workers engaged by digital platforms (also known as apps) to deliver restaurant food orders to consumers in New York City. Findings show that...

Examining the Evidence: The Impact of the Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance on Workers and Businesses

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2005

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Economic Justice

This report examines the impact of Los Angeles' 1997 living wage ordinance on wages, benefits, and labor dynamics. It finds that the law increased wages and benefits for thousands of people across the city, and that these benefits were greater when workers were unionized. ...

COVID-19 Response Tools and Resources for Employers and Workers

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County, Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) -

Source The Aspen Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Health

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how we approach job quality, and created a new context for how employers and workers dramatically conceptualize and pursue quality employment. COVID-19 mean that strengthening job quality is more important than ever—both in the short-term to support...

Warning: Bossware May Be Hazardous to Your Health

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level State, National

State(s) All States

Source Center for Democracy & Technology

Policy Areas Health, Data & Technology

Bossware refers to systems that closely monitor and actively manage workers’ activities and performance. In particular, modern worker monitoring technologies (i.e. sensors and cameras that track workers’ physical movements, handheld scanners scanners that track each item a warehouse...

Child Care Teachers Are Essential Workers—Let’s Treat Them That Way

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2020

Level County, State

State(s) All States

Source Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

Policy Areas Children & Families, Economic Justice, Education, Health, Public Safety

During the COVID-19 pandemic, early educators are being asked to serve children of other essential workers without the appropriate pay, health care, and personal protective equipment (PPE) or recognition that should come with risking their lives. This infographic outlines the risks...

Early Childhood Workforce Index 2020

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

Policy Areas Children & Families, Economic Justice, Education, Public Safety

Despite their important and complex work, early educators have faced low wages and unsafe working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. This report demonstrates that compensation within the early childhood education (ECE) workforce is uneven across states and among different classifications...

Build a Better South: Construction Working Conditions in the Southern U.S.

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas

Source Partnership for Working Families

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Public Safety, Health

As construction activity in the southern United States continues to flourish, concern over workers’ health and safety grows. Economic hardships, few or no opportunities for career advancement, unstable work, injuries, and even death on the job are commonplace for construction workers...

Model Ordinance Prohibiting Smoking in Outdoor Places of Employment and Public Places

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2012

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Americans For Nonsmokers' Rights

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Health, Public Spaces

This model ordinance prohibits smoking in outdoor places of employment, outdoor public places, outdoor residential facilities, and city or county owned property. It defines the enforcement of the law, penalties for violating the law's terms, and posting requirements for "no smoking"...

2020 Seattle Ordinance Establishing Labor Standards and Minimum Compensation for Transit Network Drivers

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source Seattle City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Health, Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

This ordinance establishes minimum labor and compensation standards for transportation network company (TNC) drivers. It also requires TNCs to provide or reimburse personal protective equipment (i.e. face coverings, gloves, hand sanitizing agents, and disinfecting supplies) for TNC...

Job Quality Roadmap

Type Roadmap

Year 2022

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source ProGov21

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Health, Public Safety

ProGov21's updated Job Quality Roadmap provides information and resources that enable the creation of safe and equitable working conditions for all workers. Presently, American jobs offer low pay, unpredictable hours, and little stability, while workers in these jobs suffer from dangerous...

50-State Early Educator Policy and Practice Research

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level State

State(s) All States

Source Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

Policy Areas Children & Families, Economic Justice, Education

This report outlines the steps states have taken to facilitate success for the early care and education workforce. In particular, it describes states' political will to increase ECE spending, quality standards, and enrollment, and legislation related to early educator qualifications,...

10 Ways to Rebuild the Middle Class for Hard Working Americans

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level City or Town, State

State(s) All States

Source Partnership for Working Families

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Public Safety, Health

The U.S. economy is headed towards greater inequality as middle-class jobs are becoming increasingly scarce, while low wage jobs are growing. This report details ten proposals to strengthen the economy for the long term by creating “good” jobs and addressing the economic insecurity...

Taken for a Ride: Poverty and Food Insecurity Among Workers at Universal Studios Hollywood

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2023

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) California

Source UCLA Labor Center

Policy Areas Economic Justice

While Universal Studios receives millions of dollars in government subsidies, it pays minimum wage to most of the 6,000 workers at its Universal Studios Hollywood theme park, resulting in widespread food and housing insecurity, including hunger and homelessness. These workers struggle...

A Transit Agenda for the COVID-19 Emergency

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Transit Center

Policy Areas Public Safety, Health, Transportation & Mobility

The effects of COVID-19 pose serious challenges for safe and reliable transit service. This report summarizes current epidemiological knowledge about COVID-19 and transit, and explores how city dwellers feel about utilizing public transportation again. Using this information, the...

The Role of Local Government in Protecting Workers Rights

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2022

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States, Wyoming

Source Local Progress

Policy Areas Community Development, Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Health, Public Safety

Protecting and advancing worker' rights are central functions of local governments. This report provides an overview of some of the most noteworthy ways in which localities have taken action on behalf of working people, in spite of challenges imposed by federal and state preemption...

Model Ordinance Prohibiting Smoking In All Workplaces and Public Places

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2011

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights

Policy Areas Public Spaces, Health, Environment & Natural Resources

This model ordinance prohibits smoking in public places (e.g. restaurants, health care facilities, and retail stores), places of employment, private clubs, residential facilities, and certain outdoor areas. It also grants any person in control of an establishment (i.e. owners, operators,...

2017 Cook County Ordinance 16-4229 Earned Sick Leave

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2017

Level County

State(s) Illinois

Source Cook County Board

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Health

Under this ordinance, any covered employee who works at least 80 hours for an employer within any 120-day period shall be eligible for earned sick leave. For every 40 hours worked after a covered employee's earned sick leave begins to accrue, they shall accrue one hour of earned sick...

Sustainable and Safe Recycling: Protecting Workers Who Protect the Planet

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Partnership for Working Families

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Public Safety, Health

Recycling workers face serious hazards on the job. For long hours, they work with heavy equipment in dangerous situations and deal with an array of unsafe materials (needles, broken glass, etc) that should not be on the recycling line. As a result of these unsafe conditions, recycling...

Flying Higher at LAX: Family Healthcare Coverage for Airline Service Workers

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Health

This report evaluates the impact of Los Angeles' decision to update their Living Wage Ordinance to provide healthcare coverage for airline service workers and their families. Six months after the update, access to family healthcare and passenger safety, service, and security improved....

Fundamentals of Smokefree Workplace Laws

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2009

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Americans For Nonsmokers' Rights

Policy Areas Public Spaces, Health

The report provides recommendations for developing, drafting, and implementing a smoke-free workplace model ordinance. It includes sections on guiding principles, drafting principles, deal breakers, additional provisions to avoid, and campaign tips....

Is Sex Work Decriminalization the Answer? What the Research Tells Us

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, National, State

State(s) All States

Source American Civil Liberties Union

Policy Areas Health, Public Safety

This report synthesizes existing research on sex work in order to outline various approaches to addressing it through public health and public safety initiatives. It observes regulatory systems from across the United States as well as studies from other countries pursuing different...

2021 Seattle Ordinance Establishing Additional Compensation for Grocery Store Employees

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source Seattle City Council

Policy Areas Health, Public Safety

This ordinance requires grocery businesses to provide their employees with hazard pay at a rate of four dollars per hour for each hour worked during the COVID-19 emergency....

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