A monthly newsletter from the Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN)

EARN Notice
A monthly newsletter from the Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN)


** EARN Notice April 2023
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Greetings, EARN Community!

What’s in a rain shower? Hydration, life sustaining elements, interruption from the activities of a warm day you planned? More importantly, is what is in the April rain shower that is watering the ground for May. More than a fifth of legislatures have recessed ([link removed]) or ended for this year while many are in their most torrential season. Across the EARN network we’ve seen progress with repealed right to work laws ([link removed]) , increased state employee pay (with much room to grow), ([link removed]) advanced (albeit compromised) adoption of a higher minimum wage ([link removed]) and defeated attempts to lower youth minimum wage
([link removed]) . Still, we’ve also seen horrible setbacks such as suppression to the unemployment insurance trust fund ([link removed]) , legislators taking legislative time to expel their colleagues ([link removed]) instead of voting to protect children, and instituted Jim Crow Era divisions of courts ([link removed]) .

Sometimes rain cleanses, sometimes it nourishes and other times it just hurts. Throughout the legislative session we all have experienced at least a moment of each of these phases. As some bills stall, we as a network demonstrate how April is a time of perseverance. Whether it manifests through carrying that last bill over to the governor’s pen, preventing others from crossing over or picking up after a hard session and still training advocates ([link removed]) after you exerted your last bit of energy to get better provisions for paid leave, minimum wage or pay equity.

March has sprung, April has watered, and May has the seeds to budding progress- your efforts and persistence water growth and take oxygen from harmful attempts against workers. Thanks for your work and partnership. We look forward to harvesting with you!

In solidarity,
Jasmine Payne, Senior State Policy Coordinator- EARN in the South



** New Publications
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How Arkansas Educators Lost Their Collective Bargaining Rights ([link removed]) (March 8, 2023)

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Low Pay and High Turnover in Texas State Agencies and Universities Cost Us All ([link removed] () (March 27, 2023)

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A Completed Sentence, But Ongoing Punishment: How Past Criminal Convictions Bar Floridians from Occupational Licensing Opportunities ([link removed]) (March 15, 2023)

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Meeting the Demand for New Workers— Investing in Career Related Learning for High School Students ([link removed] ) (March 3, 2023)

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** What We're Reading
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Los Angeles County: Data-Driven Equity Advocacy Steers $1.9 Billion in ARPA Funding ([link removed])

Unionizing Home-Based Providers to help Address the Child Care Crisis ([link removed] )

Tech Firm Lists ‘Whites’-Only Job, Blames Employee, Nukes Online Presence ([link removed]) by Maxwell Strachan (April 5, 2023)


** Action Requests
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** Sign on to support deliveristas letter to reject the proposal to lower hourly wages.
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** Upcoming Events
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On October 4-6, we will host EARNCon in Detroit, Michigan! Please mark your calendars, tell your colleagues how excited you are to see the people from your neighboring state and prepare your questions. We will be sending a survey shortly for session proposals. Stay tuned for more updates on stipends, etc. Read more about this year’s conference and past events here. ([link removed])


** ICYMI: Recent EARN Events
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* February 22: State-level Broadband Coalitions: Advocating for Access, Equity, and Job Quality ([link removed]) . Please find the recording here. ([link removed])
* February 28: Child Care in the Recovery Economy: Improving Care Infrastructure and Caregiver Jobs in the States ([link removed]) . Please find the recording here. ([link removed]) (Passcode: A3q7L%mT)
* March 22: How Drivers and Allies are Organizing to Reverse Tech Companies’ State-by-State Agenda to Unravel Workers’ Rights and Misclassify Workers as ‘Contractors’ in the Gig Economy and Beyond ([link removed]) . Please find the recording here. ([link removed])

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