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Good Jobs America: Making Work Better for Everyone
How do we create more opportunities for advancement among low-wage workers, and improve working conditions? MIT News hails this book's exploration of a program called Project QUEST created through the community organizing efforts of the IAF in San Antonio and a related effort in Austin, Texas, named Capital Idea, which "provide workers with counseling and some financial assistance, helping them identify and obtain new job skills while they remain employed; workers who have participated in the program increase their salaries by about $5,000 a year, on average."
