Good Jobs First

Our Communications Director Arlene Martínez, Executive MBA spoke with FAIRNESS & ACCURACY IN REPORTING's Janine Jackson about the different ways Amazon harms neighborhoods and workers, and the role journalists play in exposing toxic corporate behavior. https://lnkd.in/dGK7nrmi

We've got a secret to stopping corporate handouts: data-driven research + personalized support! From small towns to national campaigns, we're leading the charge against welfare for big biz. But we can't do it without you. Will you help us keep fighting? https://lnkd.in/evsSqeku

In 2016 — eight years before energy-guzzling data centers provoked a public outcry — we published an exposé detailing the billions of dollars flowing to companies — especially tech giants like Amazon, Google and Microsoft — to build data centers. The costs, we revealed, were almost $2 million per job, more than a small town may spend in an entire year on street improvements. The same year, we revealed billions more in subsidies going to Amazon warehouses, and would soon publish an interactive map showing that the warehouses locate between trucking hubs and wealthy ZIP codes with lots of Prime subscribers. No group was more critical of Amazon’s HQ2 auction than we were (and the company was bracing for our reactions, as Brad Stone’s Amazon Unbound later reported). Our work on Amazon continues unabated. Read more about it, and if you value what you see, please support us this Giving Tuesday! https://lnkd.in/e52h23Cf

The Opportunity Zones program, which gives federal tax breaks to the wealthiest individuals and corporations, could be extended beyond 2026. Read our take on how the program (which in most places also gives additional *state" tax breaks) must change to make sure it drives investment to places that actually need it: https://lnkd.in/gBjxkcVx #OpportunityZones #EconomicDevelopment #TaxBreaks

📣 We're hiring an admin ! 📣The position can be done anywhere in the U.S. (we just changed this requirement) but you must be generally available East Coast work hours. Please read the job description carefully before applying. This is an opportunity to do mission-driven work and play an integral role in our growth! https://lnkd.in/gKgBNyUe

Good use of our Violation Tracker database to show how many times Elon Musk has paid out fines related to cheating workers, harming the environment, defrauding the government and more. Per USA TODAY: "According to Good Jobs First, a national policy watchdog, Tesla has been forced to pay nearly $100 million in 73 enforcement actions by the Justice Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Labor Department and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Musk − and Ramaswamy − also could propose policy changes that allow them to save huge sums of money by cutting red tape and regulations designed to protect consumers and the environment. Good Jobs First's tally shows SpaceX has been penalized $4.2 million over safety, labor, environmental and aerospace violations." And don't forget the billions Musk has gotten in government subsidies and bailouts - see some of those in our Subsidy Tracker database. https://lnkd.in/gtG8vmRX

Meet Violation Tracker Global, our newest database chronicling corporate misconduct. We've got information on the world's largest companies in 47 countries (and counting!). In two minutes, take a look at the different ways you can search. 👀 #ViolationTracker #CorporateMisconduct

Over 26 years, Good Jobs First has demonstrated that subsidy transparency is a cornerstone of equitable economic development. Indeed, we have issued more national studies on state and local subsidy transparency than on any other subject. But this is our first to look specifically at small- and medium-sized cities. It is also our first attempt to evaluate *pre-approval* transparency at the local level. In all, we looked at 229 cities, evaluating the transparency practices of one major locally controlled incentive program. Though we find just 11% of the cities we surveyed have transparent pre- and post-approval processes, we learned through 60 interviews with economic development practitioners the desire to improve economic development practices. In the next phase, we’re excited to partner with communities nationwide to help make economic development more transparent and fair. In the meantime, we recommend that local officials give at least 60 days’ notice about project details before public hearings and make it easy for residents to get advance email alerts about related actions. Read the report: https://lnkd.in/d62QU-Ks

Our just-launched Violation Tracker Global covers regulatory infringements — including competition/antitrust, bribery, money-laundering — committed by large companies operating in 45 countries. Join one of our demos to make the most of it, and bring your questions!

And be sure to explore our other databases, including Violation Tracker (U.S.) and Violation Tracker UK. https://lnkd.in/gtx6wdCU