Institute Insights

Building the Financial Case for Good Jobs

Want to build the business case for investing in good jobs? Good Jobs Institute can help.

In this issue, learn about the financial case for good jobs in retail, follow one company’s path to good jobs and outstanding performance, and read about the competitive case for good jobs.

The Financial Case for Good Retail Jobs

Combining good jobs with operational excellence can reduce costs and increase revenue. Using an illustrative 500-location grocery chain, GJI leaders Zeynep Ton, Katie Bach, and Sarah Kalloch show how a Good Jobs operating system could drive an 80% lift in annual earnings.

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Mud Bay’s Good Jobs Journey

If you’re interested in learning how companies can drive improvements using the Good Jobs Strategy, read about Mud Bay, a pet retailer in the Pacific Northwest. Over three years, Mud Bay increased wages by 30%. At the same time, they achieved a 25% increase in sales per square foot, increased inventory turnover by 10%, and increased same store sales growth by 3 percentage points.

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Building Momentum for Good Jobs

Learn more about how good jobs can make companies more competitive and adaptable in a rapidly changing world in this interview with GJI Executive Director Sarah Kalloch, who has spent the past year as an Aspen Institute Job Quality Fellow.

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Good Jobs in the Spotlight

Home health aides care for the elderly. Who will care for them?

On the Job, 24 Hours

a Day, 27 Days a Month

Read Richard Florida’s Latest

The Future of the Middle Class Depends on Upgrading Service Jobs

Will Future Jobs Offer A Living Wage?

In a recent Quartz op-ed, Aspen Institute’s Maureen Conway shows that by 2026, 39% of projected employment in the US will be in jobs whose median pay is below a living wage for a family of four. This includes more than 16 million sales jobs, 14 million food preparation jobs, and more than 7.6 million personal care jobs.

Where You Can Find Us

1. GJI President Zeynep Ton is speaking at the National Association of Convenience Stores Show in Atlanta, Oct. 3

2. GJI President Zeynep Ton is speaking at "A New Deal For This New Century: Making Our Economy Work For All" in Washington, D.C., Oct. 4

3. GJI Executive Director Sarah Kalloch is speaking at the Fulcrum Conference at Wayne State University, Nov. 13-14

What We Are Reading

1. Temp: How American Work, American Business, and the American Dream Became Temporary by Louis Hyman

2. On the Clock: What Low-Wage Work Did to Me and How It Drives America Insane by Emily Guendelsberger

3. Beaten Down, Worked Up - The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor by Steven Greenhouse

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