Working with the AFL-CIO and the union movement, the Working for America Institute serves as a voice for workers at the national level by providing feedback and comment on programs and regulations, working with leaders in Congress and the executive agencies and researching the impact of relevant proposals and programs. Modernizing the Workplace Good jobs are most likely to stay that way in fully modernized workplaces. But modernization by itself is not sufficient. Efforts to redesign work processes and create high-performance workplaces are most likely to succeed when management cooperates with unions as a true partner. Union participation in the modernization process benefits everyone.
Workers feel they have a stake in the outcome and are less resistant to change.
The Working for America Institute is a leader in encouraging unions and management to work together to introduce technological change and modernize workplaces. The goal is job security and better jobs, not job elimination. While Institute staff members continue to encourage joint activities within individual companies, an increasing amount of work focuses on industry-wide and regional alliances, a trend that is likely to expand.