Category: Legislation

Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Ilhan Omar and Jamaal Bowman Introduce Fully Funded Federal Job Guarantee Program

June 3, 2024 Today, Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Ilhan Omar (MN-05) and Jamaal Bowman (NY-16) introduced the Workforce Promotion and Access (WPA) Act. The WPA Act would establish a fully-funded federal jobs program, targeted to support communities with exceptionally high unemployment rates. The program would be fully paid for by a 0.1% tax on Wall Street stock trades. The jobs encompass… Read More Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Ilhan Omar and Jamaal Bowman Introduce Fully Funded Federal Job Guarantee Program

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Review of The Case for a Job Guarantee by Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Polity Press (2020) 

by Sheila D. Collins Pavlina Tcherneva, a Professor of Economics at Bard College and a Research Scholar at the Levy Institute, has written a concisely, argued case for a federal job guarantee within the context of a Green New Deal. Citing its origins in FDR’s 1944 Economic Bill of Rights and the U.N.’s Universal Declaration… Read More Review of The Case for a Job Guarantee by Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Polity Press (2020) 

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NJFAN’s Connecticut Jobs and Human Rights Task Force Expands Outreach:  Former Social Work Interns Join Staff as Organizers

The Connecticut Jobs and Human Rights Task Force is the outcome of a 2021 virtual New Haven Town Hall meeting to raise consciousness of the problem of unemployment in Connecticut and the need for sustainable jobs that meet human needs. Building on a model initiated in Dayton Ohio and later implemented in Memphis Tennessee by… Read More NJFAN’s Connecticut Jobs and Human Rights Task Force Expands Outreach:  Former Social Work Interns Join Staff as Organizers

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National Jobs for All Network Endorsement of the National Infrastructure Bank Act

The National Jobs for all Network (NJFAN) is pleased to announce its enthusiastic support for the National Infrastructure Bank (NIB) Act sponsored by Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL-7). Indeed, it is hard to think of a reason not to support a bill that would provide seven trillion dollars of loanable funds to state and local governments… Read More National Jobs for All Network Endorsement of the National Infrastructure Bank Act

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NJFAN Leads Effort to Enact Full Employment Trust Fund in Connecticut

by Jennifer Perez In 2021, the National Jobs for All Network hosted the New Haven Good Jobs for All Virtual Town Hall. Following the Town Hall meeting, a group of individuals began monthly virtual meetings in hopes of making connections with community leaders and legislators to create the Connecticut Jobs and Human Rights Task Force.… Read More NJFAN Leads Effort to Enact Full Employment Trust Fund in Connecticut

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