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appropriate public investment, socially coordi-
nated planning, and industrial cooperation; 
(2) the goals described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (I) of paragraph (1) (the ‘‘job guarantee 
goals’’) should be accomplished through an imme-
diate national mobilization— 
(A) to establish and honor a legally en-
forceable right to fair, dignified, and decently 
remunerated employment for all eligible individ-
uals living in the United States (hereafter the 
‘‘right to employment’’); 
(B) to establish and honor a Bill of Work-
ers’ Rights, as a complement to the right to 
employment, that addresses issues related to 
worker exploitation, discrimination, harassment, 
compensation, privacy, autonomy, choice of em-
ployment, working conditions, the right to orga-
nize and collectively bargain, suitable accommo-
dation for people with disabilities, protection 
and expansion of existing safety net programs, 
and other related concerns (hereafter the 
‘‘Workers’ Bill of Rights’’); 
(C) to establish, implement, and admin-
ister a comprehensive and diverse range of so-
cially necessary and useful public projects, re-
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flective of community and regional needs, in-
cluding direct public job creation programs, and 
to 
support 
related 
education, 
training, 
credentialing, and career development pro-
grams, to ensure workers enjoy meaningful 
choice and appropriate opportunities for growth 
and advancement in their chosen area of em-
ployment (hereafter the ‘‘enabling programs’’); 
(D) to design and implement the right to 
employment, Workers’ Bill of Rights, and ena-
bling programs through transparent and inclu-
sive consultation, collaboration, and partnership 
with frontline and vulnerable communities, 
labor unions, worker cooperatives, civil society 
groups, State and local governments, academia, 
and businesses; 
(E) to take ecological and equitable con-
cerns into consideration when designing and im-
plementing the right to employment, Workers’ 
Bill of Rights, and enabling programs, as well 
as any other related infrastructural and admin-
istrative institutions and procedures; 
(F) to take any and all necessary steps to 
ensure, wherever possible, that all people ben-
efit from the collective prosperity resulting from 
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the establishment of the right to employment, 
Workers’ Bill of Rights, and enabling programs; 
and 
(G) to adequately and appropriately fund 
these efforts on a permanent, nondiscretionary 
basis, using Congress power of the purse, 
through a combination of Federal support to 
local and State governments, and various direct 
Federal grant and investment programs; 
(3) the national mobilization towards a Federal 
job guarantee would include projects that— 
(A) strengthen communities, retool our 
economy, achieve inclusive prosperity, and leave 
no one behind; 
(B) address national priorities as well as 
those put forward by local governments and 
community organizations, with the participation 
of communities impacted by structural racism, 
oppression, and disinvestment in the selection 
of projects; 
(C) create net new jobs, without displacing 
existing public sector workers; and 
(D) prioritize racial equity and environ-
mental sustainability, including but not limited 
to ensuring a just transition for workers and 
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frontline communities currently involved in 
unsustainable industries; 
(4) job guarantee workers would be employed in 
a range of ways, including but not limited to— 
(A) ensuring the delivery of high-quality, 
professional care to children, seniors, and oth-
ers in need of long-term support in family 
based, informal, and formal settings; 
(B) augmenting the staffing of public edu-
cation and early childhood learning, including 
Head Start and preschool; 
(C) strengthening public afterschool pro-
grams, libraries, and recreational programs to 
provide lifelong learning and enrichment for 
people of all ages; 
(D) implementing community infrastruc-
ture and improvement projects that revitalize 
neighborhoods, including vacant and abandoned 
property cleanup, street and sidewalk repair, re-
modeling and modernization of schools and 
other public community-serving facilities, and 
maintenance and renovation of parks, play-
grounds, and public spaces; 
(E) expanding emergency preparedness, 
and relief and recovery from natural and com-
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munity disasters, including public health, nat-
ural disasters, and environmental emergencies; 
(F) producing works of public art and doc-
umentation of United States history akin to the 
Works Project Administration’s Federal Art 
Project; 
(G) implementing environmental conserva-
tion, remediation, and sustainability initiatives, 
increasing the energy efficiency of buildings and 
our housing stock to address climate change, 
and building climate resistance through pro-
grams such as the Civilian Climate Corps; 
(H) rehabilitating and retrofitting our ex-
isting affordable housing stock to ensure safe, 
affordable, quality, energy-efficient homes, and 
supporting the development of new affordable 
housing and social housing to address the Na-
tion’s housing crisis; 
(I) producing creative, scientific, artistic, 
or cultural works, which would then be made 
open and available for public use; and 
(J) supporting other projects that address 
public needs and can be implemented quickly; 
(5) job guarantee jobs would pay no less than 
$15 per hour, adjusted on a regular basis to ensure 
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