Moreover, the collapse of the labor movement, the rise of at-will employment and gig work, and the shift from a manufacturing to a service economy all compounded precarious employment; regular Americans could never feel secure in their jobs (Bhattacharya and Ray 2022), and employers had trouble gaining loyalty and buy-in from their workers (Knowledge at Wharton Staff 2012). [...] The neoliberal transfer of wealth and power to private companies and shareholders was a policy choice, based on a vision of the future that saw private wealth as the engine of prosperity. [...] Thanks to legal efforts by the governor and the state legislature, the Colorado Employee Ownership Office already includes tax credits and support for the legal costs of conversion, along with a guide that helps readers navigate the tangled web of laws related to the formation of a worker-owned business (Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade 2023). [...] By linking this type of ownership to the rapid economic transformations promised by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the energy investments of the Inflation Reduction Act, and the manufacturing boom set off by the CHIPS and Science Act, Colorado can take a stand for a more just economy, in which the benefits of growth are shared, and stakeholders everywhere have a say in the. [...] From Missouri to Michigan: Assessing the Arguments for and Failures of Preemption While there is limited research on the impact of a preemption repeal and subsequent minimum wage hike in Philadelphia, we can look to states that have enacted or repealed preemption and instituted local wage hikes as proxies for evaluating the potential impact of similar policies in Pennsylvania.
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