KATRINA RECOVERY RAISES
LOW-WAGE WORK ISSUES

A number of organizations working on low-wage work issues have recently issued reports and statements focusing on the Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts.

They stress the need to put in place special efforts to help low- wage workers after the disaster.

The United Way marks the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with Voices from The Gulf Coast a comprehensive qualitative survey done to date of evacuees and people living in Katrina-impacted areas. has materials on the affects of Katrina on Women and Families.

The Mississippi NAACP, in cooperation with The Initiative for Regional and Community Transformation at Rutgers University, has just released a report, Envisioning a Better Mississippi: Hurricane Katrina and Mississippi - One Year Later

The Institute for Women's Policy Research has just released the second of a two-part report titled "The Women of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast: Multiple Disadvantages and Key Assets for Recovery." Pdfs of the Briefing Papers for both sections are available online: Part I (click here for Briefing Paper) Part II (click here for Briefing Paper) more information on the reports is available at www.iwpr.org

The Workforce Alliance has just published a report urging rebuilding of the Gulf Coast region devastated by Hurricane Katrina (click here to read the report: Workforce (Re)Development in the Gulf Coast Region: A Three-Part Agenda for Action )

Voices for America’s Children has established web materials(http://www.katrina.voices.org) detailing the need for pre-k resources in the hard hit Gulf State post-Katrina.

The Center for Law and Social Policy (www.clasp.org/Katrina) has posted a number of studies on these issue by its experts. Topics include workforce development, disconnected youth and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (www.centeronbudget.org) has several working papers on post-Katrina issues, including Medicaid to survivors and unemployment benefits. The Center also has discussion papers on the effects of Katrina on the federal budget.

Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org) has posted several reports on Post-Katrina activities, including a critique of President Bush's suspension of the Davis-Bacon Act that would affect low-wage workers.

National Center for Children in Poverty Executive Director Nancy Cauthen has written an op-ed piece on Katrina and poverty issues (Click here for text)

Good Jobs First has issued a press release urging watchdog groups to monitor Katrina rebuilding spending plans. (Click here for release)

The National Immigration Law Center Web site has a page devoted to special problems facing immigrants in the Gulf States post-Katrina. 

The National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium has background materials from a special Congressional briefing on Katrina focusing on Asian/Pacific Islanders.  

Interfaith Worker Justice (www.iwj.org) has issued a call, along with numerous faith-based organizations including the National Council of Churches for an "ethical reconstruction" of the Gulf States.

Wider Opportunities for Women has materials on the affects of Katrina on Women and Families.

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