August 2020
Back to School, or Something Like It: Local District Plans in a Pandemic
‘If you want to do it, do it right’ Last month, in conjunction with the Coalition for Healthier Schools, the New Jersey Work Environment Council (WEC) issued “The Pandemic vs. Schools,” a national call to action emphasizing the [...]
August 11: State Action on COVID-19 Worker Protection
This week’s topic addressed State Action on Covid-19 Worker Protections. As the federal government continues to shirk its responsibility to protect workers, advocates across the country have turned their attention to states and local municipalities to demand [...]
Schools shouldn’t open unless they have effective plans to prevent infection | Opinion
There have been nearly 5 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States, and this virus has no intention of going away anytime soon. As New Jersey plans to reopen schools, health and safety must [...]
August 4: Dr. David Michaels on OSHA’s Response and Protecting Workers from COVID-19
This week we spent the hour with Dr. David Michaels, epidemiologist, professor and former Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA under the Obama Administration. Much of Dr. Michaels’ work has focused on protecting the integrity of [...]
July 2020
July 28: Revenue, Services, and Equity: State Budget Challenges in the Era of Covid-19
This week’s topic addressed our state’s pre existing issues with equity, taxation, and funding, and how those issues have been deepened by the COVID-19 crisis. Brandon McKoy, President at New Jersey Policy Perspective, spoke on New [...]
Op-Ed – New Jersey needs a public bank – fast | Opinion
This past week, WEC placed an op-ed outlining how a state-chartered public bank can help us achieve safe, secure jobs and a healthy sustainable environment for New Jersey. "If the past three months have proven [...]