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Innovator Profile: FreeWorld

by Jeshua John, on September 21, 2023 at 12:29 PM
FreeWorld is a nonprofit that trains and places returning citizens into living-wage careers in the trucking industry. We’re proud to feature this partner and its leader, Jason Wang, who founded...
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Topics: Design Sprint| Learning Hub

Update: Latest From Our Gig Worker Learning Project

by Adrian Haro, on September 12, 2023 at 8:28 PM
Last year, The Workers Lab and the Aspen Institute’s Future of Work Initiative, alongside our partners at the Center for Cultural Innovation, launched the Gig Worker Learning Project - an effort to...
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Topics: Learning Hub

Our new Fast Company op-ed: We need a blueprint for good gig work

by Eddy Morales, on September 8, 2023 at 8:44 AM
This Labor Day, TWL’s Adrian Haro, alongside Xavier de Souza Briggs of Brookings and Shelly Steward of the Aspen Institute, laid out the need for a blueprint for good gig work. {% module_block...
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Topics: In The News

What our 2023 Innovation Fund Fellows are Learning

by Jeshua John, on August 31, 2023 at 11:05 AM
The Workers Lab is in the middle of our 2023 Innovation Fund Fellowship and we wanted to share what our fellows are learning.
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Topics: The Innovation Fund

We want you to know about our amazing past innovators

by Jeshua John, on August 15, 2023 at 9:28 AM
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Topics: The Innovation Fund

Meet Our 2023 Class of Innovation Fund Fellows

by Jeshua John, on July 20, 2023 at 9:10 AM
The Workers Lab is thrilled to announce its 2023 Class of Innovation Fund Fellows. These six ideas were selected from a pool of more than 400 applicants based on a rigorous stakeholder review process...
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Topics: Learning Hub

Innovator Profile: Canary

by Jeshua John, on July 17, 2023 at 10:51 AM
Initially incubated by The Workers Lab, this innovative organization is working with employers across the country to ensure workers have access to emergency cash when they experience a crisis that...
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Topics: Design Sprint| Learning Hub

Innovator Profile: Black & Pink

by Jeshua John, on June 30, 2023 at 8:30 AM
We are closing out Pride Month by sharing a profile of the Sex Worker Liberation Project, a program of Black & Pink, that supports the needs of Black and Brown LGTQIA2S+ sex workers nationwide.
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Pride Month Innovator Profile: An Interview with CEO Adrian Haro

by Jeshua John, on June 22, 2023 at 11:49 AM
As part of our celebration of Pride Month, we interviewed The Workers Lab’s Chief Executive Officer Adrian Haro to learn more about the organization’s recent accomplishments, what it means to lead an...
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Profile of AAPI Innovators

by Jeshua John, on May 15, 2023 at 2:35 PM
The Workers Lab is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month by profiling a sampling of the tremendous AAPI-led innovations we’re proud to have supported, including FreeFrom,...
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