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City Official Wins Social Innovation Grant That Helps Airport Workers

by The Workers Lab, on January 16, 2020 at 3:24 PM
A study last year found 40% of American adults don’t have the funds available in cash or savings to pay for an emergency. In San Francisco, many employed adults are one emergency away from financial...
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Topics: The Innovation Fund| In The News

2019 Year in Review

by The Workers Lab, on January 7, 2020 at 6:00 AM
Take a moment to read about the inspiring programs you and other supporters of The Workers Lab made possible in 2019. Help us continue to give new ideas about increasing worker power a chance in 2020...
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Topics: The Innovation Fund| Design Sprint

Improving Working Conditions for Migrant Dairy Farm Workers

by The Workers Lab, on November 27, 2019 at 2:00 PM
Migrant Justice builds worker power for vulnerable farmworkers. With a goal to improve labor and housing conditions and raise industry standards, their Milk with Dignity program earned them a...
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Topics: In The News

Innovation Fund Winners Receive $150,000 to Build Worker Power

by The Workers Lab, on November 20, 2019 at 6:00 AM
Paying farmers to improve worker health and safety, supporting new co-op businesses and partnering with developers to create worker-enforced labor standards - these are just a few of the ways our...
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Topics: The Innovation Fund

The Basic Income Podcast Explores The Workers Strength Fund

by The Workers Lab, on November 11, 2019 at 10:56 AM
The Basic Income Podcast interviews leading figures and newsmakers in the basic income movement. So it makes perfect sense they would interview The Workers Lab Managing Director, Betsy Edasery. This...
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Topics: In The News| Design Sprint

How would a 4-day work week impact the most vulnerable workers?

by The Workers Lab, on November 11, 2019 at 10:24 AM
Would a four-day workweek help a tired American workforce to rejuvenate and improve productivity? If you take recent news reports about its success at Microsoft Japan you would think so. But in an...
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Topics: In The News

Letter From The Workers Lab Interim CEO Adrian Haro

by Adrian Haro, on November 3, 2019 at 2:14 PM
Today is my first day as the Interim Chief Executive Officer of The Workers Lab. I feel humbled and honored by this opportunity and immensely grateful to Carmen and our board of directors for...
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New Role for The Workers Lab Founder Dr. Carmen Rojas

by The Workers Lab, on November 1, 2019 at 11:30 AM
We congratulate our founder and CEO, Dr. Carmen Rojas, on her new role as incoming CEO and president of the Marguerite Casey Foundation. From Marguerite Casey Foundation's press release:
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Topics: In The News

9 Innovators Making an Impact for Working People

by Betsy Edasery, on October 16, 2019 at 10:55 AM
How would you use $150,000 to build worker power? Nine Innovation Fund applicants provided outstanding answers to the question above and moved on to become our 2019 Innovation Fund Finalists. The...
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Topics: The Innovation Fund