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EDUCATION, LABOR, AND WORKER JUSTICE
MAY 2023 NEWSLETTER
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| Unionizing Home-Based Providers to Help Address the Child Care Crisis |
| Child care workers play a vital role in fostering learning and providing support for children and their families, yet the United States has historically undervalued the child care workforce, leading to low-quality child care jobs with little access to wages, benefits, and collective bargaining rights. Successful examples from 11 states with collective bargaining policies for home-based care workers show how unionizing is a pivotal way to invest in the child care workforce. |
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| Expanding Dual Enrollment with Federal, State Support |
| Accessibility and affordability of postsecondary educational opportunities remain a persistent obstacle preventing millions of Americans and their families from acquiring high-quality employment. State governments can play a larger role in mitigating these barriers and more through the expansion of dual enrollment programs. |
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| Centering Youth Voices and Equity in a National Youth Subsidized Employment Program |
| Young people experienced the highest levels of joblessness even before the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, they continue to face the steepest barriers to employment. Through engaging in listening sessions with the Communities Collaborating to Reconnect Youth Network, CLASP recommends how to center youth voices and equity in the policy development and program design of a scaled-up national youth subsidized employment program. |
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Additional Publications and Testimonies
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Conferences and Presentations
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MAY 2, 2023
National Skills Coalition 2023 Skills Summit
On May 2, Executive Director Indi Dutta-Gupta spoke on a plenary panel focused on postsecondary policy at the National Skills Coalition’s 2023 Skills Summit in Washington, D.C.
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MARCH 27, 2023
National Association of Workforce Boards Forum 2023
On March 27, Emily Andrews spoke on a panel at The Forum hosted by the National Association of Workforce Boards. The session discussed the outlook and progression of federal workforce development policies in 2023 and beyond.
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MARCH 9, 2023
State of Connecticut General Assembly
On March 9, Sapna Mehta testified at the Connecticut General Assembly in support of H.B. 6859, legislation that would create a fair scheduling law in the state.
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FEBRUARY 28, 2023
National Black Worker Center and Black Worker Policy Center Convening
On February 28, Nat Baldino hosted a session titled “Going Bold Together” on the Part-Time Workers Bill of Rights, advocating for fair scheduling as a critical component of racial justice. The event was hosted by the National Black Worker Center, Family Values @ Work, and the Restaurant Opportunity Center, and held in Atlanta, Georgia.
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