Jack, sign the petition: Demand the Department of Labor crack down on unpaid internships.
SIGN THE PETITION
Unpaid internships deepen inequality, accelerate the racial wealth gap and ensure unequal representation in our professional world.
Each year, an estimated 2,000,000 people intern in the U.S. Amongst those, just 6-8% of Black and Latinx students have paid internships compared to 74% of their white peers.
While the Department of Labor has called for raising the minimum wage to reduce racial income gaps and has invested in apprenticeship programs as a job training strategy, they continue the practice of unpaid internships in their own department.
To create a more equitable workforce, more diverse leadership and a more just world, the Department of Labor must crack down on unpaid internships.
Sign the petition to the Department of Labor: Protect students from worker exploitation and make internships and our economy more accessible to working families and people of color.
SIGN THE PETITION
Thanks for all you do,
Erin Tulley, Daily Kos
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