Just Jobs Network: Can Global Economy Share the Wealth?
The global economy has been very good to the very rich–but not so much for the 212 million people who are unemployed worldwide, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO).
The Center for American Progress (CAP) yesterday launched the Just Jobs Network, which will bring together scholars and institutions from around the world to explore how best to extend the benefits of the global economy to all of the workers. These experts will analyze employment policies and labor markets in their respective areas.
Just Jobs Network members will share knowledge and experiences and draw attention to the issue of just jobs— jobs complete with labor rights, appropriate remuneration, social protections such as health care and pensions, and opportunities for economic mobility. Read the rest of this entry »
Workplaces, Laws Fail to Keep up with Growing Role of Women Workers
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For the first time in our nation’s history, working women make up nearly half of all U.S. workers, and mothers are the primary breadwinners or co-breadwinners in nearly two-thirds of American families.
This dramatic shift from just a generation ago marks a permanent cultural change, yet most institutions, including the workplace and government have not caught up with this new reality.
“The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything,” released earlier this month by the Center for American Progress (CAP) and Maria Shriver, looks at the changing face and attitudes of the American worker. The multi-faceted report includes a national poll on attitudes about the rising role of women.
