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Worker Voices Shifting Perspectives and Expectations on Employment

Worker Voice Focus Groups

Worker Voices Shifting Perspectives and Expectations on Employment

Project Summary

Client

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Services

Stakeholder Engagement

Program Design & Evaluation

Sectors

Workforce

The Federal Reserve Banks of Philadelphia and Atlanta engaged Public Works Partners to plan, facilitate, and synthesize a series of focus groups with workers from across the country over a four month period to explore worker perspectives and contextualize labor market dynamics.

The Federal Reserve System’s Worker Voice Project aims to elevate the perspective of workers and jobseekers to better understand their experiences navigating the labor market during the COVID-19 pandemic. This project stemmed from a concern that the policies impacting workers earning low wages are often created without their perspectives.

The Federal Reserve Banks of Philadelphia and Atlanta engaged Public Works Partners to plan, facilitate, and synthesize a series of focus groups with workers from across the country over a four month period to explore worker perspectives and contextualize labor market dynamics.

Our Strategy

Public Works supported the Federal Reserve Bank's research efforts by leveraging our expertise in coordinating and leading meaningful focus group sessions.

We successfully conducted 20 virtual focus groups with 175 total participants from 33 states and 147 zip codes across the United States.

Impact
and Outcome

Public Works played a pivotal role in bringing the realities facing workers today into focus through ongoing synthesis of focus group findings and collaborative sessions with the Federal Reserve Bank team.

Findings, key work materials, and process learnings from the project were documented in a final memo. This memo informed the development of the Worker Voices 2023 Report, which explores the experiences of low-wage workers during the pandemic.

Organizational Health

Community Health

Our team brings expertise built through work in and for the sectors we serve. We know first-hand the challenges our clients face because we’ve been there.

Project Summary

Client

Services

Sectors

The Federal Reserve Banks of Philadelphia and Atlanta engaged Public Works Partners to plan, facilitate, and synthesize a series of focus groups with workers from across the country over a four month period to explore worker perspectives and contextualize labor market dynamics.

The Federal Reserve Banks of Philadelphia and Atlanta engaged Public Works Partners to plan, facilitate, and synthesize a series of focus groups with workers from across the country over a four month period to explore worker perspectives and contextualize labor market dynamics.

Our Strategy

Public Works supported the Federal Reserve Bank's research efforts by leveraging our expertise in coordinating and leading meaningful focus group sessions.

Impact
and Outcome

Public Works played a pivotal role in bringing the realities facing workers today into focus through ongoing synthesis of focus group findings and collaborative sessions with the Federal Reserve Bank team.

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Organizational Health

Community Health

Our team brings expertise built through work in and for the sectors we serve. We know first-hand the challenges our clients face because we’ve been there.

Organizational Health

Community Health

Our team brings expertise built through work in and for the sectors we serve. We know first-hand the challenges our clients face because we’ve been there.

Project Summary

Client

Services

Sectors

The Federal Reserve Banks of Philadelphia and Atlanta engaged Public Works Partners to plan, facilitate, and synthesize a series of focus groups with workers from across the country over a four month period to explore worker perspectives and contextualize labor market dynamics.

The Federal Reserve Banks of Philadelphia and Atlanta engaged Public Works Partners to plan, facilitate, and synthesize a series of focus groups with workers from across the country over a four month period to explore worker perspectives and contextualize labor market dynamics.

Our Strategy

Public Works supported the Federal Reserve Bank's research efforts by leveraging our expertise in coordinating and leading meaningful focus group sessions.

Impact and Outcome

Public Works played a pivotal role in bringing the realities facing workers today into focus through ongoing synthesis of focus group findings and collaborative sessions with the Federal Reserve Bank team.

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Nature-Based Jobs Analysis in NY

Willets Point Public Hearing

Strategic Plan & Community Engagement

National Market Analysis

Periodicals

Work With Us

Organizational Health

Community Health

Our team brings expertise built through work in and for the sectors we serve. We know first-hand the challenges our clients face because we’ve been there.

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