Is the current system of work in the United States—which many experience as insecure, unequal, and disempowering—amenable to a fundamental power shift in favor of workers, away from corporations and the wealthy? That is the question at the heart of an ongoing FrameWorks investigation, part of our multi-year WorkShift program, designed to develop a strategy for reframing work and labor that builds public support for change.
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