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🥳It's pub day for "American Political Economy"!! 🥳It was such a pleasure to work on this volume with @Jacob_S_Hacker, Paul Pierson, and Kathy Thelen. I learned so much from our discussions and the amazing set of contributors. A brief 🧵previewing the fantastic set of chapters:
tfw you and your team are "#1 in Macroeconomics"
Shoutout to our intrepid editors @Jacob_S_Hacker, @awh, Pierson, and Thelen
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SURPRISE! The @VP is coming on our show! @leahstokes & @DrKWilkinson 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
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On National Coming Out Day, the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates the courage of the LGBTQI+ community and reaffirms that LGBTQI+ rights are human rights.
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"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-upd…
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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.” @POTUS whitehouse.gov/briefing-room…
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Have questions about the role of unions in our economy? Look no further than @USDOL’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!
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“Good jobs should provide economic mobility, stability, & respect and voice.” @RachelKorberg shares some key tenets of our #JobQuality definition work with @AspenJobQuality at the #GoodJobsSummit fireside chat w/ @kavyavaghul of @JustCapital & moderated by @awh of @USDOL
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I'm thrilled to join @RachelKorberg and @kavyavaghul in conversation tomorrow for the @USDOL and @FamiliesWorkers Good Jobs Summit!
You can read more about the Summit here: dol.gov/general/good-jobs/re…
And you can join the live stream here:
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We'll be talking in part about the work of the Job Quality Measurement Initiative -- a collaboration @USDOL launched with @FamiliesWorkers to understand how to better track job quality across government, civil society, and the private sector: blog.dol.gov/2022/04/07/how-… 2/2
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America is stronger when everyone can bring their whole selves to the workplace.
Today, for the first time ever, @USDOL 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.
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This is such great news for @USDOL and the Administration! So excited to be working with @joelle_gamble in her new role.
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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/1…
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It’s great to see the @USDOL 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 @nytimes alongside partners at @AspenJobQuality and @ResilienceForce to talk about the importance of defining and measuring #JobQuality so we can reimagine an #economy that works for all. nyti.ms/3Kcc1MS
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Families and Workers Fund is thrilled to be featured in today's @nytimes alongside partners at @AspenJobQuality and @ResilienceForce to talk about the importance of defining and measuring #JobQuality so we can reimagine an #economy that works for all. nyti.ms/3Kcc1MS
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Excited to partner with @familiesworkers, @USDOL, @OmidyarNetwork, @FordFoundation, + 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
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What makes a job a good job? And how can the gov't measure this? @FamiliesWorkers is working with @USDOL 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-…
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Couldn’t be prouder for @USDOL to release our equity action plan!
Today, we joined 90+ federal agencies in releasing our first-ever Equity Action Plan. We’re proud to support the Biden-Harris Administration’s whole-of-government equity agenda.
Learn more about our efforts to advance equity for all workers ➡️ dol.gov/equity
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Equity is at the heart of @POTUS' vision for America.
Today, I’m releasing @USDOL's Equity Action Plan highlighting some of the work we’ve done over the last year to advance equity. I look forward to continuing this important work in months to come.
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Also so thrilled to learn more about all the great work coming from hard work, dedication, and energy from Federal gov’t colleagues to make a ‘culture of evidence’ real. Learn more about these incredible efforts at evaluation.gov! #YearOfEvidence
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