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  • What's Working (and who isn't)

    October 05, 2022 |

    Solutionaries |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    Businesses and initiatives across the country are looking to support employees, employers, and unions together. One example is the Ironworkers Apprenticeship Program, a paid training program that is open to anyone regardless of their skills or previous experience. At the end of the four-year program, participants are completely certified for the ironworking trade at no cost. In fact, program participants are able to earn money while they learn and set themselves up for union jobs that provide good salaries and benefits, while filling the growing number of ironworking jobs.

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  • For A Small Rural Texas Town, the Solution to a Teacher Shortage Is a Motel

    September 29, 2022 |

    The 74 |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Fort Stockton, Texas

    The Fort Stockton Independent School District in Texas is attracting qualified teachers with high pay and cheap rent at school-owned housing.

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  • How Mondragon Became the World's Largest Co-Op

    August 27, 2022 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Spain

    An association of cooperatives has provided fair labor practices and equity for almost 70 years. Members of the coops vote on critical decisions that impact working conditions. When business is booming, everyone does well and when times are hard, everyone has a reliable security net.

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  • Can Unions Still Transform the Workplace?

    August 16, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    Digital communication is allowing American employees to unionize at large corporations. In conjunction with face-to-face organizing, and more positive perceptions of unions from the public, digital communication such as social media and text messaging has led to an increasing number of unions. The current pro-worker political climate and the transparency of poor working conditions through social media have also contributed to the rise in unionization.

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  • How employer benefits can ease burden on people caring for elderly loved ones

    June 02, 2022 |

    Livingston Daily |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    Companies like Sanofi are beginning to partner with organizations like Bright Horizons to offer eldercare benefits to employees, like in-home adult care services. The benefit allows Bright Horizons to dispatch care workers to a person’s home and the company administering the benefit subsidizes the majority of the cost. Providing eldercare benefits reduces the burden on employees, allowing them to be more present at work. Since the pandemic, Sanofi has seen a 20% increase in the number of employees registering for the eldercare benefit program.

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  • The push toward a four-day workweek is gaining momentum

    May 18, 2022 |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    4 Day Week Global offers workshops, cross-company mentorship, and assistance with tracking productivity and employee wellbeing to help companies implement shortened workweeks. The nonprofit has piloted its program with 38 companies so far, and organizations that have switched to a four-day schedule report increased productivity and improved work-life balance for workers.

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  • Success coaches help workers with problems outside the workplace. That helps their employers, too

    May 11, 2022 |

    WXXI |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    Businesses are partnering with the Employer Resource Network, which provides “success coaches” for employees. These coaches serve as in-house social workers, helping employees navigate issues like food insecurity, child care, and emergencies — all of which often contribute to employee retention issues. The coaches were introduced as a way to address retention and help support employees so they don’t feel as if they have no other choice but to leave their jobs when trouble arises. The Network originally started in Michigan, but has since expanded to 11 states and serves 200 employers.

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  • How a majority BIPOC worker co-op is disrupting the field of therapy

    May 09, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The Alliance Psychological Services of New York is a worker cooperative- meaning it is owned by those working there and everyone is a part of the decision-making process. This model allows workers to choose more sustainable practices and workloads. They also have the freedom to better care for their clients with practices like sliding-scale-based payment.

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  • Ejo Heza saving scheme primed to secure future of informal workers

    March 14, 2022 |

    Rwanda News Agency |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Rwanda

    A savings initiative is helping workers in Rwanda save up for their retirement years. The Evo Heza program helps create a security net for retirement, as well as disability, and is open to anyone: employees, contractors, and entrepreneurs.

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  • Appalachian Virginia Needs Workers. This Program Is Trying to Bring Them In.

    March 01, 2022 |

    100 Days in Appalachia |

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    Response Location: United States, Virginia

    A program is paying certain professionals to move to rural Virginia. In exchange for $12,000 paid toward student loan debt, people who take hard-to-fill jobs must commit to staying for two years and performing 50 hours of community service. The grants have gone to teachers and people who work in technology and computer science.

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