Resources
Publications
Researching and producing publications that support our mission and our Partner groups' campaigns is a major component of the Partnership for Working Families' work. Below you will find links to full-text versions of all of our publications, as well as those of our Partner organizations.
Date: July 2008
Base Building: Organizing for Community Benefits in the Reuse of Closed Military Installations provides concrete information on organizing communities to get more benefits out of military base reuse. Base Building includes a detailed overview of the base reuse process and a discussion of the steps you need to take to attach community benefits principles to the base reuse plans in your community.
Date: June 2008
Rebuilding the Base reveals how communities are devastated by base closures and are often unable to replace the number or quality of jobs lost. The report also highlights ways that communities can better harness investment in public land at military bases to create good-paying jobs, affordable housing, and other community benefits.
Date: January 2008
This article seeks to describe the efforts of local groups to obtain their right to the city and achieve the goal of better neighborhoods while preventing community displacement. It focuses in particular on the legal strategies used and explores some of the lessons learned in local groups’ campaigns.
Date: January 2008
The data in this report shows that University of California workers in service and patient care positions earn significantly less than the livable wages other colleges and hospitals in the state pay, a fact that bodes ill for the 55 communities around the state in which these low-wage employees are concentrated. As one of the largest employers in California and one of the largest employers in the area surrounding each UC campus, the University has an important role to play in the future of these communities.
Date: January 2008
This article hopes to clarify the term CBA by proposing a definition that would limit its use to describing agreements that reflect the essential values of past CBAs: inclusiveness and accountability. Inclusiveness here refers to the process through which a CBA is negotiated, and accountability refers to the outcome—in particular whether CBA commitments are specific and legally enforceable.
Date: November 2007
How does the development process work in New Orleans, and how can residents get involved to ensure that development is good for the whole community? This guide provides a basic introduction to a very complex topic. It explains the importance of understanding the development process and contains an over view of the different kinds of approvals and waivers that may be necessary to build a new development in New Orleans. By advocating for community needs during the approval and waiver process, coalitions can work to get these needs met.
Date: July 2007
This report provides a snapshot of our Partner organizations' multifaceted, deeply rooted efforts to renew power and opportunity for workers and communities across the country.
Date: January 2007
Words that Work is a communications toolkit designed to help community benefits advocates learn from others' experiences and integrate successful communications strategies into their own campaigns.
This toolkit is intended to give advocates, grassroots organizers, policy specialists, community leaders and their allies the tools they need to shape public opinion through effective framing, messaging, and other communications techniques.
Date: January 2007
This report describes the major strategies employed by communities around the country to resist Wal-Mart’s expansion into their regions, and offers a series of recommendations for countering the world’s largest retailer.
Date: January 2005
Community Benefit Agreements (CBAs) - deals between developers and coalitions of community organizations, addressing a broad range of community needs - are safeguards to ensure that affected residents share in the benefits of major developments. They allow community groups to have a voice in shaping a project, to press for community benefits that are tailored to their particular needs, and to enforce developer's promises. CBAs are only one aspect of a growing new movement towards community benefits in landuse planning, taking shape through labor-community partnerships around the country.
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