Exploring unionization, four-day work weeks, compensation audits, small business jobs and more for our September Newsletter
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Dear John,
Across the country, many folks enjoyed a three-day weekend, celebrating a holiday that was established federally in 1894—which pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers. Yet it comes at a time when so much of the American worker experience has been in flux amid the Great Resignation, year three of a global pandemic, and at a time when labor organizing has seen big wins across the country.
As an organization dedicated to building a future where all people—no matter their race and class—have power, choice, and ownership over the economy, how we work truly is an essential part of shifting power and wealth.
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○ Rhett Buttle, Todd Greene, Tammy Halevy and Lauren Paul, Guest Contributors, Inside Philanthropy
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** Lessons Learned from a Year of Four-Day Work Weeks
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○ Steph Hsu Cristina Diaz-Borda, Common Future
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** Equitable Pay is Economic Justice ([link removed])
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○ Jennifer Njuguna, Common Future
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** What We Lose When Our Jobs are the Only Safety Net
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○ Adrienne Russman, Lauren Paul, Fast company
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** More than A Trend: Hot Labor Summer ([link removed])
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○ By Melonie Tharpe, Common Future
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With love,
Cristina Díaz Borda
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** How The City Of Evanston Is Paying Reparations
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** ○ September 14, 1 pm ET
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Next City and Robin Rue Simmons will share how Evanston, Illinois created a restorative housing fund that enabled 16 Black seniors to make home improvements or mortgage payments. Hosted by Policy Entrepreneur Trevor Smith.
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** What Policies and Programs Will Result in the Just Transfer of Wealth?
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** ○ September 14, 2 pm ET
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How can nonprofits help create a more democratic economy? Join the conversation with NPQ’s Senior Editor Steve Dubb, University of Hawai’i’s Kamuela Enos, Common Future CEO Rodney Foxworth, U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives Esteban Kelly, and Wellspring Cooperative’s Emily Kawano.
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** Remaking the Economy: Owning Our Future
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** ○ September 15, 9:30 am PT
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Join Common Future COO Jennifer Njuguna, Policy Entrepreneur Keneshia Raymond, and Chuck Collins for the next episode of Possibility Project, for a discussion on wealth, wealth hoarding, and what local and national economic development and policy strategies we need for shared prosperity.
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** Policy Entrepreneurship: Charting a New Path Forward For Inclusive Economic Policy
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** ○ September 27, 12 pm PT
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Join Common Future's CEO, Rodney Foxworth, and Pacific Community Ventures President and CEO, Bulbul Gupta, for a lively interview with each of these leaders, followed by a reflective panel discussion, and learn how each of these leaders is modeling a better way forward for economic policy.
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