Restore the Promise of Work: Reducing Inequality by Raising the Floor and Building Ladders

This report encourages a broader community beyond workforce development to engage in initiatives that redesign work to expand economic opportunity and address growing social, political, and economic inequality. It underscores that both public and private changes, in both policies and practices, are...

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Published in:Policy File 2016
Main Authors: Conway, Maureen, Dawson, Steven L
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Education
Government
Labor force/Employment
The Aspen Institute
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Summary:This report encourages a broader community beyond workforce development to engage in initiatives that redesign work to expand economic opportunity and address growing social, political, and economic inequality. It underscores that both public and private changes, in both policies and practices, are essential. This new brief calls for leaders from workforce development, education, business, philanthropy, labor, government, and more to forge a powerful, coordinated agenda to promote better quality jobs. A coordinated effort will be critical to sustaining and expanding the successes that members of this community have already attained.