Good Jobs America: Making Work Better for Everyone

According to MIT News, "In the book, Osterman and Shulman endorse a variety of policy proposals to both create more opportunities for advancement among low-wage workers, and to improve working conditions generally....a program called Project QUEST in San Antonio and a related effort in Austin, Texas, named Capital Idea both [were created by IAF affiliates and] provide workers with counseling and some financial assistance, helping them identify and obtain new job skills while they remain employed; workers who have participated in the program increase their salaries by about $5,000 a year, on average."