How Businesses Can Advance Manufacturing's Future through Collaboration with Workers

Join us on 12/18 for a virtual conversation on how innovations in job design and worker partnerships can help manufacturers meet business priorities, increase worker satisfaction, improve sustainability, and promote long-term business success.

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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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Employer practices Wednesday, December 18, 2024

How Businesses Can Advance Manufacturing's Future through Collaboration with Workers

Right now, US manufacturers face real challenges meeting their workforce needs. But with innovations in how jobs are designed—such as…

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

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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.

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Last updated on October 24, 2024
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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
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Better Job Matching is Better for Inflation

In this study, the authors examine workers who might be in jobs that don't match their skills and how their decisions to stay in a job or switch to a new one can impact inflation.

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Noncompete Agreements Hurt Economic Mobility for All Workers

Research shows that when noncompete agreements have high enforceability, workers earn less money and move jobs less frequently. This affects workers in nearby labor markets who are not under noncompete agreements, and widens gender and racial pay gaps.

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In a Recession, Fewer Liquid Assets Add to Black Financial Instability

Black families are less likely to hold liquid assets than white families and are more vulnerable to economic downturns. Targeted policies can protect these families during the next recession and aid in closing the racial wealth gap.

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October 23, 2023
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When Governments Send Money, Do People Still Work?

Evidence from an unconditional cash transfer program suggests that when the government sends financial support to residents, it does not reduce overall employment.

Joe Peck

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