Workers Independent News
Mobility Agenda Report: Community Benefits Agreements Are Improving Low-Wage Jobs The progressive think tank, Mobility Agenda, is out with a report on community benefits agreements that says these...
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Media Undermines Minimum Wage Increase Residents of nine states – Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont and Washington – will see a boost to their local economy from a...
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The Mobility Agenda calls for new Presidential focus on economic and social...
In an op-ed published today in the Philadelphia Daily News, The Mobility Agenda’s Margy Waller recommends that Barack Obama focus on establishing goals that measure our progress toward an inclusive...
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Paid LeaveNJ set to begin payroll deductions for paid family leave“A drop in productivity when there’s somebody pinch-hitting for people who are out on leave…is a further obstacle for employers to keep...
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News Brief Thursday, January 8th
Friends, This edition will be the final News Brief from The Mobility Agenda. We hope you have enjoyed reading them over the past several months. Please visit our website, www.mobilityagenda.org, for...
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Lessons from Experience
John Edwards “says his explicit framing of poverty was never intended as a winning campaign tactic.” In this review of the recent history of policital talk about poverty for American Prospect...
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Poverty in the Movies - So Not Changing the World
Precious, the movie, has been getting a lot of attention – and some of my friends recommend it highly. But, I’ve been resisting. A.O. Scott, in his commentary Two Movies, Two Routes From Poverty,...
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Chicago Tribune: People Need Cars
The Chicago Tribune reports on The Mobility Agenda research on transportation and access to driving.…ownership of a car allows people to fully contribute to local economies through increased job...
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Progress on License Reinstatement Policy
Here’s a great new article citing The Mobility Agenda and making the case for reducing barriers to driving by lowering fees for reinstatement after suspension for non-driving offenses. “Revoking a...
View ArticleWelfare Moms on the Campaign Trail
Soooooo – did some advocate or operative actually propose responding to the Ann-Romney-Attack-Scandal (I kid) by raising the question of whether welfare Moms should be required to work? Or did Chris...
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Scheduling in Hourly Jobs: A New Report from The Mobility Agenda
Click here to download the full report In good times and bad, workers at the front lines of many of today’s firms bear the brunt of fluctuations in demand for services and products through reductions...
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Chicago Tribune: People Need Cars
The Chicago Tribune reports on The Mobility Agenda research on transportation and access to driving.…ownership of a car allows people to fully contribute to local economies through increased job...
View ArticleProgress on License Reinstatement Policy
Here’s a great new article citing The Mobility Agenda and making the case for reducing barriers to driving by lowering fees for reinstatement after suspension for non-driving offenses. “Revoking a...
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