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December 4, 2023

Opinion | Pavlina Tcherneva | A Just Transition Needs a Job Guarantee

In this piece for Project Syndicate’s New Summits quarterly, Pavlina Tcherneva writes, “A job guarantee is necessary both for managing the disruptions wrought by global warming and for achieving a smooth, just transition to a low-carbon economy. And since the policy is also wildly popular, it should be a no-brainer for any politician who claims […]

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November 30, 2023

TZCLD | Two New Territories Authorized to Enter 2nd Experimental Stage

Two new territories were added the the French Zero Long Term Unemployment Territories program raising the total to 60. Applications to join this experimental stage are open until July of 2024. Follow this link to the TZCLD website to see a map of all 60 areas!

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November 17, 2023

Report: Towards a Territorialized Employment Guarantee for a Solidarian Europe

This report from the Jean Jaurès Foundation provides an overview of the historical and theoretical underpinnings of the job guarantee and the right to employment, examines the Territoires zéro chômeur de longue durée (TZCLD) program in France and its impact, and envisions a job guarantee for Europe Union as a whole. It envisions the job […]

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October 24, 2023

The Nation | What Running on a Jobs Guarantee Could Mean for Democrats

In this June 2023 piece for The Nation, Katie Rader and Carissa Guadron write, “At the 1944 Convention of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, A. Philip Randolph, a key leader in the civil rights and labor movements, proclaimed that “if full employment can be maintained in a war for destruction, it can also be […]

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October 23, 2023

“No one is unemployable” says CoR rapporteur Yonnec Polet

A news article from the The European Committee of the Regions highlights Yonnec Polet, Deputy Mayor of Berchem-Sainte-Agathe (Brussels) and CoR rapporteur, opinion on addressing long term unemployment in the EU, a plight which affects up to 6 million people. Read the news article on the CoR website.

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October 23, 2023

New York Times | Should the Feds Guarantee You a Job?

An article in the New York times discusses whether the federal government should guaranee jobs for all. Read more on the New York Times website

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October 23, 2023

New Yorker | What Happens When Jobs Are Guaranteed?

A new article in the New Yorker highlights a how  in a small Austrian village, an experimental program finds—or creates—work for the unemployed. Read the article in the New Yorker.

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October 23, 2023

Bicameral Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act reintroduced

U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and U.S. Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) reintroduced the bicameral Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act

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October 23, 2023

White house press release for Climate Corps

Biden-⁠Harris administration launches american climate corps to train young people in clean energy, conservation, and climate resilience skills, create good-paying jobs and tackle the climate crisis.

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October 3, 2023

CNN | opinion | Biden’s American Climate Corps could be the lasting legacy of this generation

A new opionion piece by Michael D. Smith at CNN covering Biden’s American Climate Corps. 

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Strategies for Economic Justice Advocacy in the Near Term

The seminar focuses on the analytical and policy issues related to full employment, social welfare, and equity.

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October 3, 2023

European perceptions of public programmes for zero unemployment

European perceptions of public programmes for zero unemployment. Online-survey and qualitative interviews: The results

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