Two improvements for American workers

Two improvements for American workers

The Covid-19 pandemic was terrible. But it did contribute to two improvements in the lives of working Americans on both sides of the wage spectrum.

First, low earners. “After a brutal few decades in which low-wage jobs proliferated and the American middle class hollowed out, the working poor have started earning

One-in-four U.S. parents say they’ve struggled to afford food or housing in the past year

Amid soaring inflation rates and signs that the economy is approaching a recession, one-in-four U.S. parents say there have been times in the past year when they could not afford food their family needed or to pay their rent or mortgage. A similar share (24%) say they have struggled to pay for health care their family

For Gender Equality to Thrive, Gender Equity Needs All Hands on Deck

Imagine a 12-year-old girl, named Merah, who aspires to be a female legislator in her country when she grows up but who cannot continue her schooling because there is no secondary school in her community. She and other girls like her are not allowed to shuttle back and forth to neighboring communities to attend school,

Some Good News About The Global Welfare of Women and Girls — In Honor of Women’s History Month

New data from the UN, WHO & World Bank shows that the first two decades of the 21st century have seen the largest decline in maternal deaths in human history. Between 2000 and 2020, the annual number of women dying while pregnant or within 42 days of giving birth fell from 447,000 to

Fashion industry’s four largest women’s empowerment programs form new initiative RISE to scale impact

It’s time to take action to support women workers in global supply chains

BSR’s HERproject, Gap Inc., P.A.C.E, CARE and Better Work have come together to form a new initiative called RISE: Reimagining Industry to Support Equality in order to scale impact and accelerate equality for women workers in global garment, footwear and home furnishings supply chains.

The

Gender pay gap in U.S. hasn’t changed much in two decades

In honor of Women’s History Month, we will feature articles that focus on women this month.  This one’s from the Pew Research Center by CAROLINA ARAGÃO

The gender gap in pay has remained relatively stable in the United States over the past 20 years or so. In 2022, women earned an

What you need to know about better business – 2023 Davos

  • More than 1,400 business leaders from across industries came together in Davos for the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2023.
  • The theme was ‘Cooperation in a Fragmented World’ and it’s never been more important for private-public cooperation to find solutions to the myriad challenges facing the world today.

How worker ownership builds community wealth and a more just society

A recent help-wanted ad for a laundry worker in Cleveland contained some unusual language, asking prospective candidates: “Have you ever wanted to work for a company that is 90 percent employee-owned? What about a company that offers a program to help you become a homeowner?” The ad went on to identify Evergreen Cooperative Laundry as

The White Helmets

When the earthquake hit Syria on February 6th, the first responders were a group of ordinary women and men: bakers, tailors, pharmacists, salespeople, and engineers, who rushed in to pull people from the rubble. Despite their different trades, they were unified by one distinct feature: they all wore white helmets.

The White

Here’s how 16 social innovators are leading change at Davos

  • Social innovation is needed now more than ever as multiple crises drive inequality further and slow progress on tackling climate change.
  • The Schwab Foundation’s Social Innovators of the Year 2023 includes both business and government leaders, and collective change orchestrators.
  • Through innovative and collaborative approaches, these 16 change

Here’s how we can work together to bridge the digital divide

  • Globally, 2.7 billion people still lack access to the internet.
  • A United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU) project has set ambitious targets for getting more people online.
  • To achieve these targets, we need innovative partnerships between business and government.

Globally, many communities are being left behind in a world where

Johnson & Johnson teams up with Walmart, CareSource to boost resources for Black mothers

Big box superstore Walmart, pharma giant J&J Consumer Health, and nonprofit health insurer and innovative programmer CareSource come together to make some changes for Black mothers.

These major groups specifically wanted to do something to address the waning maternal resources for Black women in Georgia: change the lack of resources, and comes after 30 labor and

Pfizer pledges to sell all its products at cost to poor countries

Amidst the barrage of headlines about global economic hardship and unequal access to resources,  you might have missed the good news of  a corporation that has pledged to sell all of its product at cost to poor countries.  What a difference that will make.

Pfizer says it will offer its full suite of patented drugs, including

Employee ownership: The secret to attraction and retention?

The Great ResignationQuiet QuittingQuiet Firing.

Whatever the buzzwords, there’s no doubt about one thing: companies are struggling to find enough workers.

There currently are two job openings for every unemployed person in America, but attracting scarce people is only half of the battle.

Just as difficult is engaging them (and keeping them engaged), so they don’t jump ship at

The Biggest Global Risks of 2023

By Nick Routley for The Visual Capitalist

The profile of risks facing the world is evolving constantly. Events like last year’s invasion of Ukraine can send shockwaves through the system, radically shifting perceptions of what the biggest risks facing humanity are. Today’s graphic

The Energy Transition Has a Labor Shortage Problem. This Startup Is Taking It On.

BlocPower has trained over 1,700 New Yorkers to join the clean energy workforce—and is paying them to do it.

Before he joined the Civilian Climate Corps, Robert Clark assumed building and electric work was all low-skilled labor, akin to “working at McDonald’s,” he said. That was before he

New California law promotes worker-owned businesses

Among the new laws taking effect in California this year is the California Employee Ownership Act, which encourages small-business owners to give their employees a stake in the company. Passed with unanimous support, the law sets up an employee ownership hub in the governor’s office to support companies that want to pursue this business

KKR 2021 Sustainability Report: Employee Ownership at Work

Since 2011, we have focused on employee ownership and engagement as key drivers in building stronger companies throughout our private equity portfolio, first with our Americas Industrials investments and now more broadly across sectors and regions. The centerpiece of the strategy has been:

  • Seeking to make everyone in the company an owner by granting

The Personal Financial Wellness Scale™

Poverty is most often assessed using objective measures such as absolute and relative income levels. However, different individuals may experience different levels of financial stress at the same income level. Studies have found that the perception of income is only moderately correlated with actual income level and that it is the perception itself that relates

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