The Working-Class Push for Progressive Economic Policies
Promoting progressive economic policies is key if policymakers want to build a broad coalition of working-class supporters.
Ensuring Government Spending Creates Decent Jobs for Workers
Pro-worker policymakers should harness the power of federal contracts, grants, loans, and tax expenditures to create good jobs.
President Trump’s Policies Are Hurting American Workers
Worker Attack Tracker: President Trump is rolling back protections to ensure that Americans can be safe on the job, receive fair pay and benefits, save for retirement, access high-quality training programs, have a voice in their workplace, and not be discriminated against at work.
What Everyone Should Know About America’s Diverse Working Class
Over the past 75 years, the working-class labor force has become increasingly made up of people of color, women, and service sector employees.
The Tax Bill Will be an Albatross for House Republicans
Republicans can only blame themselves for their political misfortune when middle-class families see what their tax plan does.
Attacks on Public-Sector Unions Harm States: How Act 10 Has Affected Education in Wisconsin
Policymakers should heed Wisconsin’s warning—attacks on public-sector workers are harmful for states.
A Message for Republicans in Congress: Virginia’s Election Shows Americans Want a Government That Works for Them—Not the 1 Percent
Ed Gillespie’s trickle-down tax plan didn’t help him; the House GOP plan is even more toxic.
The Trump-McConnell-Ryan Tax Plan: A Windfall for President Trump and His Cabinet
The Trump Cabinet would get billions of dollars back from the Trump-McConnell-Ryan tax plan.
The So-Called ‘Save Local Business Act’ Harms Workers and Small Businesses
Anti-worker lawmakers are advancing a bill to let large corporations off the hook when they infringe on workers’ rights, while leaving workers unprotected and small businesses holding the bag.
How Ed Gillespie’s Virginia Tax Plan Stacks the Deck Against All but the Wealthiest Virginians
The Gillespie tax plan primarily benefits the wealthy, ignores struggling families, jeopardizes vital services, and will not create jobs or grow the economy.