Extreme Heat at Work Report

This report by Urban Institute researchers offers the first nationally representative estimates of how outdoor and indoor workers are affected by extreme heat.

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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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Skills and training

Last updated on June 18, 2024

How to Expand Access to Good Clean Energy Jobs among Women and People of Color

New research shows women and people of color are underrepresented in the potential workforce for high-quality clean energy jobs. Universities, employers, and unions can play a role in creating a more diverse workforce.
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Skills and training

Last updated on June 04, 2024

WorkRise Shorts: Applying AI to Rebuild Middle Class Jobs with David Autor

Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor David Autor asks what artificial intelligence could enable people to do and who could be enabled by this tool.
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group of diverse businesspeople working on a laptop

Economic context

Last updated on June 11, 2024

Better Local Labor Market Conditions Can Help Reduce the Risk of Reincarceration in the United States

Formerly incarcerated people who face better local labor market conditions when they are released from prison are estimated to face lower likelihoods of being reincarcerated.
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Working Knowledge

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Skills and training May 24, 2023
Article

Can Community Colleges Rebuild the Middle Class?

WorkRise Leadership Board Member Eduardo Padrón makes the case that community college should be free to all and that lifelong learning is here to stay.

Elizabeth Vivirito

May 24, 2023
Worker voice, representation, and power June 07, 2023
Article

A National Industrial Policy Could Strengthen a Manufacturing Resurgence Underway

A national industrial policy could take on challenges that unions and business can’t fix on their own, according to Bill Dirksen, a member of the WorkRise Leadership Board and retired labor negotiator with Ford Motor Company.

Elizabeth Vivirito

June 07, 2023
Skills and training August 10, 2023
Changemaker Q&A

Corporate Pledges, Racial Equity, and the Future of Workers: A Q&A with Dane Linn

It was an unlikely moment for a surge in corporate leadership. In late spring 2020, the death toll across the United States was nearing 100,000 because of the…

Elizabeth Vivirito

August 10, 2023
Economic context May 03, 2023
Research Summary

Tighter Labor Markets Boost Occupational Mobility for Workers in Low-Quality Jobs

A recent Cleveland Fed study finds that tighter labor markets facilitate job upgrading, boosting upward mobility and access to good jobs for workers in low-quality occupations.

Andrew Boardman

May 03, 2023