Quality Jobs Working Group

A common thread linking most of the people that Urban Habitat and the Social Equity Caucus care about --- a mother struggling to navigate the new system of welfare...residents of a neighborhood buffeted by environmental degradation; urban workers unable to get to their jobs because of a transit system designed for suburban automobile commuters;homeless families unable to get back on their feet due to the exorbitant cost of housing --- is the crisis of jobs that exists as a result of our current economy.  The crisis has two dimensions: many people can’t find jobs and are stuck in a near permanent state of unemployment; an equally large number of people have jobs and work full-time but earn wages which are insufficient to raise a family decently.

To deal with this crisis, the Social Equity Caucus is developing a Quality Jobs Working Group.  In the spirit of successful campaigns around transportation justice, a Quality Jobs Working Group (QJWG) will lead this initiative in partnership with  Dr. Steven Pitts of the University of California at Berkeley's Center for Labor Research and Education.

Participants include ACORN, Alameda County Labor Council, Apollo Alliance, Assemblywoman Loni Hancock, Bay Localize, East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE), Ella Baker Center for Human Rights (EBC), LIFETIME, National Economic Development & Law Center (NEDLC), Public Advocates, UCB Labor Center, UNITE Here Local 2850, United Way of the Bay Area (UWBA), Womens Initiative for Self Employment (WI), and the Workforce Development Collaborative.

Please join us monthly, as we move forward with the design of our argument on what constitutes a quality job, and the best way to facilitate their growth across sectors in the San Francisco Bay Area.  For more information, please contact Connie Galambos at (510) 839-9505.