EARN is a nationwide network of research, policy, and advocacy organizations fighting, state by state, for an economy that works for everyone.
Our Network2021 State Policy Agenda
Building a Just and Inclusive Recovery for All Workers
How states and cities can respond to workers’ demands for economic security, health and safety protections, and workplace democracy. A project from EARN and NELP (National Employment Law Project).
Read the agenda hereRecent publications
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CO Publication
State of Working Colorado (2020)
- January 4, 2021
- Colorado Center on Law and Policy
- Charlie Brennan and Lauren Contorno
The State of Working Colorado is a compendium of data intended to provide a more critical, in-depth perspective of how working families are faring in our state. This is the 2020 edition of the publication.
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CT
The State of Working Connecticut: Advancing Economic Justice in the Labor Market
- September 30, 2020
- Connecticut Voices for Children
- Patrick R. O'Brien, Ph.D.
Connecticut Voices for Children released their annual State of Working Connecticut report entitled, “Advancing Economic Justice in the Labor Market.” This year’s report examines the economic standing of Connecticut’s workers and calls for a sweeping, antiracist program to advance economic justice; additionally, it offers six recommendations to combat rising wage inequality and to address the substantial racial wage […]
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NH Publication
Challenges Facing New Hampshire’s Workers and Economy During the COVID-19 Crisis
- September 4, 2020
- New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute
- New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute
This year has posed unprecedented challenges to New Hampshire’s workers and economy. The COVID-19 pandemic and crisis has contributed to significant changes in employment and has impacted the economic security of many Granite Staters. Despite positive trends in employment and the other indicators, which continued into early 2020, the onset of the COVID-19 crisis in […]