Creating Good Jobs: Strategies to Cut Poverty and Build Lasting Economic Stability

On April 13, national experts convened at the Center for American Progress for “Creating Good Jobs: Strategies to Cut Poverty and Build Lasting Economic Stability.” They discussed a range of job creation strategies, including recent research on low-wage workers and the challenges they face in the current labor market; federal policy recommendations to engage dislocated workers including women, youth, and those living in urban communities; efforts to increase workplace flexibility; and effective community partnerships to create better paying jobs for low-wage workers.

Speakers included:

• Desmond Brown, Half in Ten Campaign
• Heather Boushey, Senior Economist, Center for American Progress Action Fund
• Valeria Rawlston Wilson, Research Director, National Urban League Policy Institute
• Portia Wu, Vice President, Work-Family and Workplace Fairness Policies, National Partnership for Women & Families
• Joseph M. Carbone, President & CEO, Workplace Inc., Bridgeport, CT

To watch this event, click here.