In order to build wealth and create opportunities in and across America’s underserved communities, and reverse the troubling trends we’re seeing in our economy, we no longer find it defensible to focus on job creation alone. It’s clear that job creation does not itself equate to lasting economic change. And so, we must shift our focus to the creation of higher quality jobs — jobs that are good for workers and their families, good for businesses, and good for communities — enabling us to build an economy that works for everyone.
Each month, we bring you the latest roundup of news from the fight for quality jobs for working people.
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Why childcare matters to working people: In much of the United States, families spend more on child care for two kids than on housing. Read more >[/block_grid_item]
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California just past a first-in-the-nation bill that closed a Jim Crow-era loophole that’s been punishing farmworkers for generations. Read more >[/block_grid_item]
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It’s no secret that most VC dollars go to semi-privileged white men. Philanthropy needs to step in to support more community-driven solutions, not just Ivy League ones. Read more >[/block_grid_item]
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Building a balance sheet for companies’ impact will help us lead to an economy for the common good. Read more >[/block_grid_item]
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Companies that have sweetened their paid maternity leave policies in recent years have been rewarded in their bottom lines. Read more >[/block_grid_item]
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Kauffman Foundation takes a look at how entrepreneurship provides rungs for economic mobility and security. Read more >[/block_grid_item]
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For American families, income inequality affects nearly everything else, from academic achievement to long-term health. Here’s how the problems work together—and how we can solve them. Read more >[/block_grid_item]
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This month we saw real incomes tick up slightly. But for many Americans, real income gains are brief and hard to find. Read more >[/block_grid_item]
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From the “buy local” movement to public banking, we’re well on our way to a more democratic, cooperative, and people-centered economy. Read more >[/block_grid_item][/block_grid]
Beginning this year, PCV has shifted its mission in order to move our economy to one where quality jobs are the norm—not the exception. CDFIs like ours must build consensus around a common definition of a quality job, undertake practical efforts to foster the creation of quality jobs, and measure results to understand what works.