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The Housing Market’s Foundation: A Discussion on the Workforce in Residential Construction

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Thu Oct 18, 2012
Washington, DC

Date

Thu Oct 18, 2012
8:00am – 9:30am EDT

Location

Washington, DC, United States
The Aspen Institute
One Dupont Circle, NW Suite 700

Contact

    matt.helmer@aspeninst.org
    202-341-4992

Hosts

  1. Economic Opportunities Program

Audio (MP3)

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About this Event

This is the fourth conversation in a roundtable series in 2012 titled Reinventing Low Wage Work: Ideas That Can Work for Employees, Employers and the Economy. Low wage jobs are a growing part of the U.S. economy, and the Aspen Institute Workforce Strategies Initiative is excited to continue this conversation about the nature of low wage work, the challenges it presents to workers, businesses and the economy, and the opportunities we have for addressing these challenges at the Aspen Institute at a time when jobs and the economy are such critical topics for our country.

 

Featured Speakers

Mike Holland
Division President, Marek Brothers Systems, Inc. @MarekBros

Christine Owens
Executive Director, National Employment Law Project @NelpNews

Emily Timm @EmilyRTimm
Policy Analyst, Workers Defense Project @WorkersDefense

Nik Theodore
Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago @ThisIsUIC

 

Moderator

Yuki Noguchi @YukiNoguchi
Correspondent, National Desk, National Public Radio @NPR

 

Related Resources

Overview of Workers in Residential Construction

Profiles of the Residential Construction Workforce and the Workers Defense Project

 

This event is part of the Reinventing Low Wage Work series.

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This is the fourth conversation in a roundtable series in 2012 titled “Reinventing Low Wage Work: Ideas That Can Work for Employees, Employers and the Economy.” Low wage jobs are a growing part of the U.S. economy, and AspenWSI is excited to continue this conversation about the nature of low wage work, the challenges it presents to workers, businesses and the economy, and the opportunities we have for addressing these challenges at the Aspen Institute at a time when jobs and the economy are such critical topics for our country.

Featuring Mike Holland, Division President, Marek Brothers Systems, Inc.; Christine Owens, Executive Director, National Employment Law Project; Emily Timm, Policy Analyst, Workers Defense Project; Nik Theodore, Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago. Moderated by Yuki Noguchi, Correspondent, National Desk, National Public Radio.

Photo used under Creative Commons license courtesy of Flickr user THEMACGIRL.

This event is part of the Reinventing Low Wage Work series.

  

Low wage jobs are a growing part of the U.S. economy, but this type of work presents unique challenges to workers, businesses and the economy. Join us for a discussion of the opportunities we have for addressing these challenges at a time when jobs and the economy are such critical topics for our country.