In today’s economy, many workers are employed in low-quality jobs. These jobs often provide low pay, few benefits, and unstable schedules. Some are dangerous, have workplaces that are discriminatory, and fail to provide opportunities for workers to voice their ideas or grievances.

In our research at the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program, we have seen organizations that attempt to address these issues by improving workers’ existing jobs and workplaces. We refer to these organizations as job quality practitioners. Some organizations may adopt different language to describe the purpose of their job quality work and frame it around growing worker power, improving business performance, increasing employee ownership, building employee engagement, or advancing an alternative to traditional economic development. Regardless of what they call it, these practitioners share a common goal of improving jobs and workplaces. Their approach is to influence elements of job design including pay, benefits, and working conditions, in contrast to helping individuals move out of their current job to a better job. These organizations use a range of tactics including business advising, worker and community organizing, research and policy advocacy, litigation, employee ownership, and more. For more on job quality strategies, please read: Good Jobs, Stronger Communities: The Case for Creating a Job Quality Practice. In sum, job quality practitioners are aiming to improve work so that all jobs are good jobs.

This national survey aims to learn more about the practices of job quality practitioners including what strategies they use, how they measure success, and the challenges they see in their work. We expect it will take you about 20 to 30 minutes to complete the survey. You may download a copy of the questions here for your reference. The survey saves at the end of each page. You can return to your saved survey at any time using the same link, as long as you’re on the same device and browser you used to start it. For any issues or questions, please email [email protected]

If your org is improving #JobQuality, add your voice to this survey from The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program. We want to hear your perspectives, strategies, successes, challenges, and concerns: https://aspeninstitute.surveymonkey.com/r/YYDDCHC