State of Working…
Prepared biennially since 1988, The State of Working America sums up the problems and challenges facing American workers, presenting a wide variety of data on family incomes, taxes, wages, unemployment, wealth, and poverty. Each year, EPI also works closely with state groups through the Economic Analysis and Research Network. These groups provide a local perspective on economic trends facing working families and offer a valuable supplement to the information contained in The State of Working America. In 2004, groups from 25 states participated in “State of Working…,” making it our most successful collaboration to date. Reports from previous years are also available in many cases.
Click on the map below to go to the “State of Working…” report in your state.
State of Working . . . ARKANSAS
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families
http://www.aradvocates.org (Report forthcoming.)
State of Working . . . ARIZONA
Children’s Action Alliance
http://www.azchildren.org/caa/_mainpages/Publications/_SF_SWAZ_.pdf
State of Working . . . CALIFORNIA
California Budget Project
http://www.cbp.org/2004/0409laborday.pdf
State of Working . . . COLORADO
Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute
http://www.cclponline.org/pubs/swco9-04.pdf
State of Working . . . CONNECTICUT
Connecticut Voices for Children
http://www.ctkidslink.org/pub_detail_177.html
State of Working . . . FLORIDA
Center for Labor Research and Studies
http://www.fiu.edu/~clrs
State of Working . . . ILLINOIS
Regional Development Institute at Northern Illinois University
http://www.cgsniu.org/publications/working_illinois.htm
Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
http://www.ctbaonline.org
State of Working . . . INDIANA
Indiana Institue for Working Families
http://www.ichhi.org/index.asp?action=programs_ichhi_news&newsid=31
State of Working . . . IOWA
Iowa Policy Project
http://www.iowapolicyproject.org/reports & press releases/040903-labor day.pdf
State of Working . . . MAINE
Maine Centerfor Economic Policy
http://www.mecep.org/MeChoices04/ch_050.htm
State of Working . . . MASSACHUSETTS
Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center
http://www.massbudget.org/article.php?id=253
State of Working . . . MICHIGAN
Michigan League for Human Services
http://www.milhs.org/ (Report forthcoming.)
State of Working . . . MINNESOTA
Jobs Now Coalition and Minnesota Budget Project
http://www.mncn.org/bp/swm04.htm
State of Working . . . NEW JERSEY
New Jersey Policy Perspectives
http://www.njpp.org/ (Report forthcoming.)
State of Working . . . NEW MEXICO
New Mexico Voices for Children
http://www.nmvoices.org/docs/workinginnm.pdf
State of Working . . . NEW YORK
Fiscal Policy Institute
http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/research_04LaborDay.stm
State of Working . . . NORTH CAROLINA
North Carolina Budget and Tax Center
http://www.ncjustice.org/btc/2004pubs/swnc04.pdf
State of Working . . . OHIO
Policy Matters Ohio
http://www.policymattersohio.org/pdf/sowo_04.pdf
State of Working . . . OREGON
Oregon Center for Public Policy
http://www.ocpp.org/2004/nr040905.htm
State of Working . . . PENNSYLVANIA
Keystone Research Center
http://www.stateofworkingpa.org
State of Working . . . TEXAS
Center for Public Policy Priorities
http://www.cppp.org/products/PP216.html
State of Working . . . UTAH
Utah Issues
http://www.altrue.net/site/poverty/content.php?type=5&id=3866
State of Working . . . WISCONSIN
Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS)
http://www.cows.org/pdf/jobs/soww/rp-soww-04.pdf
State of Working . . . WASHINGTON
Economic Opportunity Institute
http://www.eoionline.org/FinancialInsecurityLingers2004.pdf
State of Working . . . WEST VIRGINIA
Institute for Labor Studies and Research
http://www.wvu.edu/~exten/depts/ilsr/ilsr.htm (Report forthcoming.)
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For a complete list of EARN groups, see http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/sr_earn-orgs
States with “State of Working…” reports
Other state and regional networks EPI resources for state organizations