How Businesses Can Advance Manufacturing's Future
Watch the full video of our virtual discussion on how innovations in job design and worker partnerships can help manufacturers achieve business goals, boost worker satisfaction, enhance sustainability, and drive long-term success.
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Watch the full video of our virtual discussion on how innovations in job design and worker partnerships can help manufacturers achieve business goals, boost worker satisfaction, enhance sustainability, and drive long-term success.
Grantmaking and Partnerships
Led by a cross-sector Leadership Board that is ideologically diverse and representative of often-siloed groups, WorkRise invests in research on policies, programs, and practices that have the potential to accelerate economic security and mobility for low-wage workers. We fund analyses and the creation of data that shed light on labor market barriers, trends, and opportunities. And we engage in strategic partnerships that help advance evidence-based solutions in support of our mission. Learn more about our most recent request for proposals and how you can collaborate with WorkRise.
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In Depth
Worker voice, representation, and power
Feature
Last updated on October 24, 2024
Segregation in the Low-Wage Workforce
Over the past 50 years, the composition of the low-wage workforce has changed: more than half of low-wage workers are now people of color, up from just 20 percent in 1971. Today, Black, Latino, and women workers are more likely to be segregated into worse-quality and lower-paying jobs.
WorkRise Research
Employer practices
Last updated on November 19, 2024
Video
WorkRise Shorts: Overcoming Racial Disparities in Manufacturing Recruitment and Training Programs
Can a new local manufacturing workforce development program that targets workers who are not traditionally engaged in the sector overcome racial disparities in its hiring and wage rates?
Last updated on November 19, 2024
The Latest
Employer practices
Last updated on January 07, 2025
Research Summary
What Does it Take for a Fair Scheduling Policy to Work in Practice?
A study of service workers found many are unaware of their rights and face pressure to waive protections, highlighting the need for enhanced enforcement and education funding and more explicit language to prevent loopholes.
Employer practices
Last updated on November 19, 2024
Video
WorkRise Shorts: Overcoming Racial Disparities in Manufacturing Recruitment and Training Programs
Can a new local manufacturing workforce development program that targets workers who are not traditionally engaged in the sector overcome racial disparities in its hiring and wage rates?
Last updated on November 19, 2024
In Depth
Economic context
Last updated on November 20, 2024
WorkRise Manufacturing and Supply Chains Projects
WorkRise has invested in several projects that provide data-driven solutions for policymakers, employers, advocates, and practitioners committed to revitalizing US manufacturing jobs. These initiatives aim to generate meaningful mobility, particularly for younger workers, people of color, and women, who face low wages and systemic barriers to opportunity in this critical field.
Last updated on November 20, 2024
Research
Economic context
Brief
Last updated on January 14, 2025
Workforce Strategies for New Industrial Policies: Governors’ Emerging Solutions
The report summarizes findings from interviews with 16 governors’ workforce development policy advisers in states that vary in terms of their political leadership, geographies, and populations.
Grantee Research
Employer practices
Last updated on December 04, 2024
Advancing Economic Mobility in Manufacturing
In today’s labor market, manufacturers, like many employers, recognize that recruiting and retaining workers often means rethinking diversity considerations and identifying new talent pools.
Last updated on December 04, 2024
Employer practices
Report
Last updated on October 25, 2024
The Minneapolis Small Business High-Road Labor Standards Intervention Pilot Project
The Minneapolis Small Business High-Road Labor Standards Intervention Pilot Project seeks to provide services that support immigrant, black, indigenous, and people of color owned small businesses so that they can create healthy, just, and equitable jobs through meeting and or exceeding minimum city labor standards.
Grantee Research