Our Work
Building Worker Power Through Workforce Development
Increasing the number of quality, empowered jobs in the Bay Area by building power among systematically excluded workers.
Our Findings
This report highlights the outcomes of the project, where over 200 workers from diverse, marginalized communities received training—including immigrants, Black men, returning citizens, farmworkers and others. Through these efforts, Rework the Bay aims to reshape workforce training for the demands of the 21st-century labor market.
Overview
When workers understand their rights and have the power to insist employers uphold them, it improves job quality for all workers. Building Worker Power through Workforce Training engages workforce programs as allies in equipping workers with these critical tools.
This project has generated learnings to advance the understanding of opportunities and barriers to this approach, informing workforce funders, policy and practice. It has also supported equity-oriented workforce development organizations to become job quality champions with employer partners.
Approach
In addition to the four pilots, a survey and interviews of over 50 Bay Area workforce providers has also been completed to get a broader view of the field’s orientation to this approach.
Review our report above, "Building Worker Power Through Workforce Development," for a summary of findings and learning from the project.