A RETURN TO CIVIC DISCOURSE: A SERIES
OF TOWN HALL PANEL DISCUSSIONS
The Inaugural Session:
ADDRESSING THE CRISIS OF LOW-WAGE WORK: THREE IDEAS FOR A BETTER FUTURE
Moderator:
Maritza Silva-Farrell, Program Officer, Future of Work(ers) Program, Ford Foundation
Panelists:
Juliana Bidadanure, Associate Professor of Philosophy and an Affiliate Faculty of the Law School at New York University, and the Founder and former Faculty Director of the Stanford Basic Income Lab
Manjari Raman, Senior Program Director of the Project on Managing the Future of Work and Project on US Competitiveness at the Harvard Business School
Lawrence Mishel, Emeritus Fellow at the Economic Policy Institute and EPI’s former president from 2002-2017
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Nevin Steinberg
“About 30 million—that’s how many prime-age, low-wage workers the United States has. In total, low-wage workers make up more than a quarter of the total labor force. These jobs are often the most essential yet experience the least security.
To illustrate who makes up the low-wage workforce in the US, we’ve set the low-wage threshold as equal to two-thirds of the median wage of workers in their prime working years (ages 25–54). That equals $16.98 an hour. A person working full-time at that threshold makes about $35,000 a year. In America’s three largest cities, the average yearly rent for a one-bedroom apartment comprises at least half of that amount. When factoring in utilities, groceries, and any other necessities, earning at or below the low-wage threshold can start to look untenable. Low-wage workers also receive fewer benefits compared with their higher-earning peers. Only 24 percent of low-wage workers have a pension plan through their work, compared with 47 percent of higher earners. A similar gap exists for health insurance: 57 percent of lowwage workers have a work-sponsored health insurance plan compared with 88 percent of higher earners”. (Work Rise) https://www.workrisenetwork.org/features/who-low-wage-workforce
Juliana Bidadanure is an Associate Professor of Philosophy, and Affiliate Faculty of Law, at New York University. Prior to that, she was an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and, by courtesy, of Political Science, at Stanford University, where she founded and directed the Stanford Basic Income Lab. Bidadanure is a political theorist and philosopher of public policy working mostly on social inequalities. She examines the nature of our commitment to equality, develops conceptual tools to diagnose unjust inequalities, and studies policy responses. Her book, Justice Across Ages: Treating Young and Old as Equals (Oxford University Press, 2021), offers a critique of inequalities between age groups and generations. Written at the intersection of philosophy and public policy, the book sets forth ethical principles to guide a fair distribution of goods like jobs, healthcare, income, and political power among persons at different stages of their lives. Bidadanure’s scholarship extends from philosophy to public policy. She has written on youth policies, universal basic income, guaranteed income, basic capital, and baby bonds, among other proposals.
Lawrence Mishel, now retired, came to the Economic Policy Institute in 1987 as EPI’s first research director and became vice president and then president (from 2002 to 2017). He stepped down from his leadership position and was a distinguished Fellow at EPI. Mishel oversaw the Unequal Bargaining Power initiative. Mishel played a significant role in building EPI’s research capabilities and reputation. He has written and spoken widely on the economy and economic policy as it affects middle- and low-income families. He is principal author of The State of Working America (published in even-numbered years from 1988 to 2012), which provided a comprehensive overview of the US labor market and living standards. He also led EPI’s education research program.
Prior to joining EPI, Mishel worked as an economist for various unions (United Auto Workers, Steelworkers, AFSCME, AFL-CIO Industrial Union
Department, AFL-CIO George Meany Center) and taught at Cornell’s Industrial and Labor Relations School. Mishel has a PhD in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Mishel lives in D.C. with his wife and dog and has seven grandchildren. He works with the Washington Interfaith Network on Building Equity through Black Homeownership (BETH).
Manjari Raman is a senior economic development professional who currently manages two research projects at the Harvard Business School: the Project on US Competitiveness and the Project on Managing the Future of Work. Over the past decade, at HBS, Manjari has co-authored more than a dozen HBS case studies and more than 20 research reports. Under the US Competitiveness Project, she works closely with faculty co-chairs Michael E. Porter and Jan W. Rivkin on research efforts on the elements of competitiveness; the role of business in making cities and regions more competitive; and shared prosperity.
Manjari also works closely with faculty co-chairs William R. Kerr and Joseph B. Fuller on Managing the Future of Work research. She coauthored two reports on closing the middle skills gap in America: “Bridge the Gap” and “Dismissed by Degrees.” In 2019, she co-authored “The Caring Company,” which forewarned a looming caregiving crisis as well as “Future Positive: How Companies Can Tap into Employee Optimism to Navigate Tomorrow’s Workplace.” In 2020, she co-authored, “Building an On-demand Workforce” on the digital transformation due to high-skills freelancing. In September 2021, she co-authored research on “Hidden Workers,” focusing on strategies for improving workforce participation. “Building from the Bottom Up” published in January 2022 and makes a business case for the upward mobility of America’s lowest wage earners. Her most recent research “The Partnership Imperative” identifies the best practices required for collaboration between employers and community colleges.
Prior to HBS, Manjari developed and implemented programs for the business-led revitalization of low-income communities in America. She has designed and implemented national programs for increasing debt and equity capital flows to America’s small business in low-
income communities and served on the board of Interise, a national not for profit focused on helping small business leaders attain scale and sustainability. As an academic researcher, business editor, and management columnist, in the US and India, she has published articles widely including in the Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal, and leading business publications in India.
Maritza Silva-Farrell is a program officer with the Future of Work(ers) Program, leading the worker power and capital strategies portfolio. Before joining the foundation, Maritza was a political organizer and strategist and a movement leader with a track record of winning progressive campaigns. As the executive director of ALIGN NY, she spearheaded coalition building, strategic organizing, and policy interventions in New York for over 12 years, playing a key role in winning transformational policies and forging powerful alliances that benefit workers, immigrants, women, low-income communities of color, and the environment.
As a movement catalyst working with labor unions, Maritza has led successful coalitions to prevent Walmart’s low road jobs expansion and Amazon’s attempts to build its headquarters in New York City. She has also been instrumental in key policy passage to transform industries and sectors at the city and state level, including some of the most ambitious climate laws in the country; these include Climate Leadership Community Protection Act, Local Law 97, Commercial Waste Zones, and creating protections for workers with the Warehouse Workers Protection Act, and the New York Hero Act.
Maritza is passionate about innovations that prioritize the intersection of workers and climate. She has been recognized as a Latina leader by City and State Law Power 100 and for her labor and climate work. She is a member of the New York City Sustainability advisory board, which guides the city’s long-term resiliency and sustainability goals and was recently appointed to the statewide Climate Action Council’s Just Transition working group to advance New York’s nation-leading climate goals. She is also a board member of the Edward J. Malloy Initiative for Construction Skills and a member of the Cornell Worker Institute Advisory Council.
Opened in 1921, Town Hall was built by the League of Political Education—a group of women suffragists— and originally served as an educational meeting place to discuss important civic issues. From 1935-1956, Town Hall hosted the Peabody Award-winning public radio program, America’s Town Meeting of the Air. Created and hosted by George V. Denny, Jr., America’s Town Meeting of the Air featured Eleanor Roosevelt, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, and many other notable figures. With panel discussions broadcast live from Town Hall in Manhattan, and Q&As from in-house and call-in audiences, America’s Town Meeting of the Air engaged Americans in discussions about important issues of the day.
Today, Town Hall is mostly known as a performing arts venue and host to spoken word events. We are proudly revisiting our civic engagement legacy with a new series of town hall panel discussions that appeal to a cross-section of New Yorkers—A Return to Civic Discourse. Sessions invite thinkers, experts, and visionaries to present forward-thinking ideas that address some of our country’s most perplexing challenges. Designed as presentations—not debates— the sessions include interactive polling and a robust Q&A from the hall audience and viewers watching the live-streamed event.
Town Hall has chosen this moment to revive civic discourse programming as a response to the increasing polarization of American society, the phenomenon of Americans living in media and social media echo chambers, and rising threats to our democracy. Presentations invite audience members to think critically, engage in Q&As with panelists, listen to perspectives from others in the audience, and draw their own conclusions. The series encourages participants to take civic action aligned with your conclusions, and provides tools to help you to do so.
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The Supreme Court And The Constitution, March 13, 1936
Will The Machine Dominate Man? April 16, 1936
Do We Have A Free Press? January 12, 1939
Should We Stay in the Philippines? February 1, 1940
What Are the Essential Differences Between the Republican and Democratic Parties? April 11, 1940
Are We a United People? February 20, 1941
How Does this War Threaten the American Farmer? March 27, 1941
Can We Prevent Higher Living Costs? April 10, 1941
Should the US Open its Doors to Displaced Persons Now? October 31, 1946
Should We Accept the New Fashions for Women? September 23, 1947
What Can We Do To Improve Race And Religious Relationships In America?
October 7, 1947
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