The Partnership For Working Families

WPUSA and Local Partners Launch Healthy Workers Program

Tue, 02 Mar 2010

Working Partnerships USA, in partnership with the Santa Clara Family Health Plan and the Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System, have launched a new health care program for low-wage workers in small businesses.

Clearing the Air at American Ports

Fri, 26 Feb 2010

Transit Breakthrough in Restoring Civil Rights

Mon, 22 Feb 2010

U.S. Cracks Down on 'Contractors' as a Tax Dodge

Wed, 17 Feb 2010

Spreading the Word about Green Jobs through Hip-Hop

Wed, 03 Feb 2010

New videos from Green For All and Got Green celebrate the green jobs movement.

Publication Highlights Grocery Workers' Struggles in Arizona

Tue, 02 Feb 2010

"Lessons from the Grocery Crisis: Facing the Challenge of Underemployment in Arizona" is a look at the near-strike of 15,000 unionized Arizona grocery workers in the light of recent poverty data for the Phoenix Metro Region.

Bellingham Mayor Proposes New Standards for Big-Box Stores

Tue, 26 Jan 2010

Looking at 2010: Murtaza Baxamusa and the Middle Class Thinker

Fri, 22 Jan 2010

Activists, Unions Rebuff Wal-Mart, Restarting Old Chicago Debate

Mon, 18 Jan 2010

Latest Partnership Newsletter Features Partners Taking Victories to Scale

Thu, 07 Jan 2010

The emerging green energy economy offers great promise for rebuilding the middle class. Read how Partners are working to ensure that federal, state, and city funding supports working families.

Trying to Build Bonds with Immigrant Stories

Sat, 26 Dec 2009

Urban Communities Seek Lift through Living Wage

Tue, 22 Dec 2009

The Weakest Link

Tue, 22 Dec 2009

Pittsburgh's City Council Passes Prevailing Wage Legislation

Tue, 22 Dec 2009

Moving Forward!

What a year it has been! Across our network, Partners are bringing communities together to fight for real change, and scaling up to effect major policy changes to improve the lives of thousands of workers and their families. Time and again we are realigning our regions around a shared, big picture vision: that by lifting up workers, communities and the environment together we can achieve shared prosperity and sustainability for our cities and country.