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Time for People-Centered Policy
April 2025
In this article written by Mary Beth Maxwell, she argues that lasting economic progress requires a people-centered approach to policymaking—one that treats workers' lived experiences as essential expertise and partners organizers with policymakers from the very beginning of the policy process. Drawing on examples ranging from the Fight for $15 to domestic workers' organizing, she makes the case that policies designed with communities, rather than for them, produce stronger outcomes, build worker power, and strengthen democracy.
The Power Act Campaign: a Case Study in Lived Experience, Worker Leadership, and Worker Power
June 2026
This case study written by Laura Tatum accounts the passage of the POWER Act. In 2025, National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), in partnership with Councilmember Kendra Brooks, brought forth a piece of legislation that is a golden example of People Centered Policy Making. Brining those who are impacted most, to the table to shape the legislation. The development of this legislation is a model for how we rebuild our democracy and develop trust in our institutions .
Community Benefit Agreements: A Tool for Building Stronger Democracies
June 2026
In this article written by Doug Bloch, Sameera Fazili, and Pronita Gupta, the authors contend that community benefit agreements (CBAs) are a people-centered approach that strengthens democracy by building worker and community power while helping projects move forward with durable local support.
How Community Benefits Agreements Can Reduce Project Delivery Risk
October 2025
In this article written by Doug Bloch, Sameera Fazili, and Pronita Gupta, the authors argue that Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs) are a practical strategy for helping companies build major infrastructure projects by reducing local opposition, streamlining permitting, strengthening workforce pipelines, and earning lasting community support.
Trump’s Anti-Worker Foreign Policy
October 2025
In this article written by Kelly M. Fay Rodríguez, the author argues that the U.S. President Donald Trump’s domestic policies has been painful for the United States’ workers, and his foreign policy has followed suit. Outlining how nationally and internationally, this administration has undermined labor rights, gutted institutions that enforce labor standards, and targeted labor unions—to the detriment of working people everywhere.
Protecting and Empowering Workers in an Age of Artificial Intelligence
September 2025
In this article written by Tanya Goldman and Mary Beech, the authors examine how the Biden-Harris administration laid the foundation for protecting workers in an age of artificial intelligence through coordinated federal action on workplace rights, algorithmic fairness, and responsible AI governance.
Over a Million Women Are at Risk of a Pay Cut Under a New Trump Rule
August 2025
In this article written by Seema Nanda, the author argues that the Trump administration's proposal to eliminate key wage protections for home care workers would strip overtime and minimum wage guarantees from more than 1.5 million workers—most of them women—while benefiting large home care corporations.
Open Letter to the Federal Contractor Community from Former U.S. Department of Labor Officials
April 2025
In this open letter written by ten former U.S. Department of Labor officials—including Former Workshop fellow Seema Nanda—the authors urge federal contractors to continue using lawful diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) practices despite recent federal policy changes, arguing that these efforts remain essential to ensuring equal opportunity and compliance with longstanding civil rights laws.
Do Not Abandon the Care Agenda
April 2025
In this article written by Shilpa Phadke and Shayna Strom, the authors argue that strengthening America's care infrastructure—from child care and elder care to paid family leave—is essential to building a more equitable, resilient, and people-centered economy.
Principles for Worker-Centered Benefits Programs
February 2025
In this report, former Biden administration Department of Labor officials including Workshop fellows and contributors Diana Boesch, Tanya Goldman, Ali Khawar, and Raj Nayak, outline ten principles to guide the design and implementation of benefits programs that maximize support for workers and their families while maintaining administrative efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Six Biden Administration Officials on Reimagining a Progressive Future
February 2025
In this article six former Biden administration officials including Workshops own Elizabeth Wilkins, and Shilpa Phadke, reflect on lessons from their policy work and argue that future progressive governance must be more ambitious, visible, and responsive to people's everyday needs.
Role of Coalitions and Partnership in (Re)Building the Economy
October 2024
Listen to Pronita Gupta speak at the City Club of Cleveland about the historic federal investments reshaping economies, creating good jobs, and rebuilding infrastructure.
Policies to Sustain the U.S. Auto Supply Chain
October 2024
This article by Workshop Fellow Alumna, Joelle Gamble speaks to how a future Administration and Congress can modernize the auto supply chain and support auto workers; the backbone of the industry.
From Yale to the White House: Elizabeth Wilkins on Careers in Policy and Public Service
April 2024
This interview with Workshop's most recent Fellow Elizabeth Wilkins on her experience working within both local and federal government, the realities of public service, and her commitment to justice and pursuit of work-life balance.
Using the “Hidden Levers” of Government
November 2023
This article by Workshop Advisor Alexander Hertel-Fernandez explores recent efforts by federal agencies to encourage more participation in policy-making.
Getting Federal Dollars to Communities: An Action Agenda
June 2023
This article by Workshop Senior Fellow Pronita Gupta shows how collaboration between government and philanthropy and movement building organizations is needed to ensure that federal resources are being channeled where they are most needed.
Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities Still Ahead for Labor during the Biden-Harris Administration
January 2023
This lecture by Workshop Senior Fellow Pronita Gupta discusses progress made on labor issues during the Biden-Harris Administration, the conditions that enabled that progress, and what opportunities are still available for ongoing change.
Who’s Responsible Here? Establishing Legal Responsibility in the Fissured Workplace
April 202
This article by Workshop Fellow Tanya Goldman and Workshop Advisor David Weil proposes a new framework to improve workers rights in a fissured workplace.
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