SURPRISE! The Vice President Kamala Harris is coming on our show! Dr. Leah C. Stokes & Dr. Katharine Wilkinson 🌱 will host a live conversation in San Francisco next week on climate change, leadership and solutions. Got a question for the VP? Submit by midnight on Oct. 16th: degreespod.com/contact

On National Coming Out Day, the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates the courage of the LGBTQI+ community and reaffirms that LGBTQI+ rights are human rights.

'I wish I could get [X] data from [Y Federal Agency] broken down by [race/ ethnicity/ sexual orientation / gender/ disability status/ veteran status/ small area geography/ etc] so I can [Z]'

Have you ever had that thought? If so, please tell us about it: whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-upda…

If you're doing local work related to equity–criminal justice, education, housing, disasters, workforce, climate...–how are you using Federal data and what data do you need from us? Pls answer a question or two in this Request for Information (due Oct 3)⤵️
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“In the state with the largest population of farmworkers, the least we owe them is an easier path to make a free and fair choice to organize a union.” ⁦President Biden⁩ whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

Have questions about the role of unions in our economy? Look no further than U.S. Department of Labor’s new Worker Organizing Resource and Knowledge (WORK!) Center! It draws from research, data, and government documents with resources for workers, educators, students, and more!

'Access to abortion and all other personal reproductive choices is not only an issue of health and personal liberty, but also squarely an economic issue that determines the welfare of working women and their families. '

“Good jobs should provide economic mobility, stability, & respect and voice.” Rachel Korberg shares some key tenets of our #JobQuality definition work with The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program at the #GoodJobsSummit fireside chat w/ Kavya Vaghul of JUST Capital & moderated by Alex Hertel-Fernandez of U.S. Department of Labor

Please join U.S. Department of Labor and The Families and Workers Fund at the first-ever #GoodJobsSummit on Tuesday 6/21! You will hear from many amazing leaders in government and beyond, including Marty Walsh, Julie A. Su, Deputy Secretary Don Graves, and Sarita Gupta.

#workforce #jobquality #goodjobs

America is stronger when everyone can bring their whole selves to the workplace.

Today, for the first time ever, U.S. Department of Labor proudly raised the Pride flag at our headquarters to show solidarity with the LGBTQI+ community as we continue to build a stronger, more inclusive economy.

This is such great news for U.S. Department of Labor and the Administration! So excited to be working with Joelle Gamble in her new role.

A new national study shows unionized nursing homes had 10.8% less resident COVID-19 deaths & 6.8% less worker infections than non-union facilities last year.

Unsafe workplaces affect everyone.

All care workers deserve the life-saving power of a union! healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.13…

🚨 Thrilled to release w/ Katie Bach & Laura Stateler new Brookings Metro report -our most ambitious yet:

'Profits & the Pandemic: As shareholder wealth soared, workers were left behind'

We assess 22 leading companies during the pandemic.

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It’s great to see the U.S. Department of Labor job quality measurement collaboration with philanthropy, researchers, business, and workforce leaders in the NYT! Better survey, administrative, and private-sector data on job quality will help all of us!

Families and Workers Fund is thrilled to be featured in today's The New York Times alongside partners at The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program and Resilience Force to talk about the importance of defining and measuring #JobQuality so we can reimagine an #economy that works for all. nyti.ms/3Kcc1MS

Excited to partner with @familiesworkers, U.S. Department of Labor, Omidyar Network, Ford Foundation, + others key to better measure the quality of American jobs. #GoodJobs #equity #datagap Learn more about the launch of the Job Quality Measurement Initiative here: bit.ly/3jVjntE

What makes a job a good job? And how can the gov't measure this? The Families and Workers Fund is working with U.S. Department of Labor to help answer this question. Here's a blog post on the collaboration. It has been great to be part of these conversations so far. blog.dol.gov/2022/04/07/how…

Couldn’t be prouder for U.S. Department of Labor to release our equity action plan!