🥳It's pub day for "American Political Economy"!! 🥳It was such a pleasure to work on this volume with @Jacob_S_Hacker, Paul Pierson, and Kathy Thelen. I learned so much from our discussions and the amazing set of contributors. A brief 🧵previewing the fantastic set of chapters:
SURPRISE! The @VP is coming on our show! @leahstokes & @DrKWilkinson will host a live conversation in San Francisco next week on climate change, leadership and solutions. Got a question for the VP? Submit by midnight on Oct. 16th: https://t.co/Qkz3aJWFGA
On National Coming Out Day, the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates the courage of the LGBTQI+ community and reaffirms that LGBTQI+ rights are human rights.
"I wish I could get [X] data from [Y Federal Agency] broken down by [race/ ethnicity/ sexual orientation / gender/ disability status/ veteran status/ small area geography/ etc] so I can [Z]"
Have you ever had that thought? If so, please tell us about it: https://t.co/LcEUjZt6ky
If you're doing local work related to equity–criminal justice, education, housing, disasters, workforce, climate...–how are you using Federal data and what data do you need from us? Pls answer a question or two in this Request for Information (due Oct 3)⤵️
https://t.co/LcEUjZsyv0
Have questions about the role of unions in our economy? Look no further than @USDOL’s new Worker Organizing Resource and Knowledge (WORK!) Center! It draws from research, data, and government documents with resources for workers, educators, students, and more!
@RachelKorberg @kavyavaghul @USDOL@FamiliesWorkers We'll be talking in part about the work of the Job Quality Measurement Initiative -- a collaboration @USDOL launched with @FamiliesWorkers to understand how to better track job quality across government, civil society, and the private sector: https://t.co/UU39EYQmev 2/2
I'm thrilled to join @RachelKorberg and @kavyavaghul in conversation tomorrow for the @USDOL and @FamiliesWorkers Good Jobs Summit!
You can read more about the Summit here: https://t.co/Naf0UFA4H9
And you can join the live stream here:
https://t.co/S7t9hfVcVX
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America is stronger when everyone can bring their whole selves to the workplace.
Today, for the first time ever, @USDOL proudly raised the Pride flag at our headquarters to show solidarity with the LGBTQI+ community as we continue to build a stronger, more inclusive economy.
A new national study shows unionized nursing homes had 10.8% less resident COVID-19 deaths & 6.8% less worker infections than non-union facilities last year.
Unsafe workplaces affect everyone.
All care workers deserve the life-saving power of a union! https://t.co/oxf4AaWWOR
It’s great to see the @USDOL job quality measurement collaboration with philanthropy, researchers, business, and workforce leaders in the NYT! Better survey, administrative, and private-sector data on job quality will help all of us!
Families and Workers Fund is thrilled to be featured in today's @nytimes alongside partners at @AspenJobQuality and @ResilienceForce to talk about the importance of defining and measuring #JobQuality so we can reimagine an #economy that works for all. https://t.co/XRUgoJiAqx
Families and Workers Fund is thrilled to be featured in today's @nytimes alongside partners at @AspenJobQuality and @ResilienceForce to talk about the importance of defining and measuring #JobQuality so we can reimagine an #economy that works for all. https://t.co/XRUgoJiAqx
Excited to partner with @familiesworkers, @USDOL, @OmidyarNetwork, @FordFoundation, + others key to better measure the quality of American jobs. #GoodJobs#equity#datagap Learn more about the launch of the Job Quality Measurement Initiative here: https://t.co/IWDLDo4Q4U
What makes a job a good job? And how can the gov't measure this? @FamiliesWorkers is working with @USDOL to help answer this question. Here's a blog post on the collaboration. It has been great to be part of these conversations so far. https://t.co/UlLkLQuW2x
Today, we joined 90+ federal agencies in releasing our first-ever Equity Action Plan. We’re proud to support the Biden-Harris Administration’s whole-of-government equity agenda.
Learn more about our efforts to advance equity for all workers ➡️ https://t.co/Tu8vdRkv8G