U.S. Works Plan of Action

PLAN OF ACTION

Be realistic (and honest) about the 21st century job market.

Revitalize U.S. manufacturing - by looking forward, not backward!

WAGES! WAGES! WAGE! We have to get wages up.

Implement a federal policy that guarantees workers paid time off to care for their new babies or for a sick family member.

Provide a job of last resort for Americans who use social services.

Offer all of the necessary ingredients for a successful job search. Use technology to connect workers with jobs.

Provide relevant, world-class workforce training programs.

Organize high-quality, highly accountable registered apprenticeships and mentor opportunities.

Support new small business owners and entrepreneurs.

Work hard to solve the gender pay gap.

Provide significant transitional assistance to workers displaced by advances in technology and/or globalization.

Provide unconscious-bias/cultural competency coaches to consult with U.S. management teams.

Protect low‑income workers from monopsony and collusion.

Modernize labor laws through waivers from federal law to allow state experimentation.

Call on state and local governments to dismantle unjustified barriers to upward mobility caused by occupational licensing.

At high school graduation, be able to tackle higher education OR graduate with a marketable skill that can earn money the very next day.

Shift our focus from one-for-all education to a more personalized approach & redefine what "intelligence" actually means.

Establish a publicly funded venture capital fund.