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Innovator Profile: Mississippi Workers' Center for Human Rights

by Jeshua John, on March 27, 2023 at 11:16 AM
This 26 year-old, women-led nonprofit is fighting for the dignity and safety of Mississippi's low wage workers. Check out our recent interview with Founder and Executive Director Jaribu Hill.
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Innovator Profile: Leap Fund

by Jeshua John, on March 20, 2023 at 2:16 PM
This tremendous women-led nonprofit is helping workers navigate the "benefits cliff" that many have to face when deciding between earning a dollar or two more per hour and losing valuable safety net...
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What workers are telling us about how to make flexible work quality work

by Jeshua John, on March 8, 2023 at 9:57 AM
As part of our commitment to ensuring workers inform every aspect of our work, we conducted interviews with participants from a 2021 test of the platform.
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Report release: Analysis of existing research about gig work and workers

by Adrian Haro, on January 31, 2023 at 3:36 PM
How inconsistencies in questions, terms, and definitions are preventing a comprehensive understanding of what gig work is, who gig workers are, and what they need.
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Final report: How states and workers shaped a tech solution to improve access to safety net benefits

by Adrian Haro, on June 6, 2022 at 8:37 PM
The Workers Lab is thrilled to release our final report on efforts to improve gig workers' access to safety net benefits. The report details findings from our pilots of the "Income Passport" tech...
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Case Study: How Worker Leaders Are Meeting The Need For Emergency Cash While Building Their Organizations

by Abigail Schneider, Canary, on May 19, 2022 at 11:50 AM
A few years ago, The Workers Lab and Canary recognized that emergency cash grants offered an immediate way to support workers facing emergencies. Today’s workers need short-term solutions to help...
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New Report: How Innovators Are Approaching Independent Revenue Generation

by Betsy Edasery, on March 10, 2022 at 7:46 AM
As workers continue to bear the brunt of U.S. labor market trends and experience massive instability, worker innovators across the country are pursuing solutions to the most critical challenges...
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We've invested more than $11 million in nearly 100 innovations

by Adrian Haro, on December 22, 2021 at 7:45 AM
The Workers Lab is excited to announce the release of our 2021 Snapshot of Accomplishments that offers a brief look at the organization’s programs and history along with a sampling of our...
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Announcing Our New Gig Worker Learning Project

by Adrian Haro, on December 15, 2021 at 10:19 AM
The Workers Lab and The Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative are excited to announce a joint project focused on deepening and amplifying our understanding of gig workers and gig work. Even...
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New report: How gig workers shaped a tech solution to access critical benefits

by Adrian Haro, on December 2, 2021 at 5:52 PM
The Workers Lab is excited to release the latest learnings from our efforts to improve access to public safety net benefits for gig workers.
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