Economic Justice Initiative (New 2026)

From fair wages and benefits to collective bargaining agreements and general strikes, unions provide a vehicle for everyday people to wield immense economic and democratic power. Our team is here to help legislators fight back and build pro-worker economies in the states. That includes strengthening unions, raising wages, and funding the essential programs working families depend on — as well as organizing legislators in collaboration with workers on the picket line and towards cross-sector solidarity. Authoritarian regimes have often sought to crush worker organizing efforts and weaken unions in order to further enrich themselves by tilting the balance of power toward elites. True to form, the Trump administration has attempted to divide and conquer labor organizers and has rolled out a series of policies that hollow out protections for workers across the country.

America’s tax systems are purposely regressive — historically rooted in white segregationist efforts to codify economic systems that unfairly advantage them and disadvantage Black working families. And with the passage of the “One Big Billionaire Tax Break” act, the Trump administration initiated the largest transfer of wealth from working families to the billionaire class, redistributing funds upwards and leaving states with unfathomable budget shortfalls impacting food security and care programs that working families depend on. Public opinion is on our side and, in this funding crisis, there is an opportunity for state legislators to advance tax policy to end wealth-hoarding and fund the things working families depend on, and deserve– like healthcare, housing, and good jobs. Our team is here to drive tax policy reform — from helping new legislators understand the fundamentals of state tax systems, to organizing cross-state campaigns, to providing individual technical assistance that dives deep into the policy weeds. We also make sure legislators are working in collaboration with state advocates advancing tax systems change. From wealth and corporate taxes, stopping corporate tax giveaways, navigating property tax and income tax rollbacks, and state response to budget attacks from the federal government, our team is here to help legislators champion a fair tax system that ends the billionaire and corporate tax-dodging and wealth-hoarding driving the affordability crisis.

We recognize that poverty and the extreme concentration of wealth did not happen by accident — they are a product of deliberate policy choices over decades, making life increasingly expensive for everyday people. State legislators wield tremendous power in this crisis: they control trillions in state budgets, oversee hundreds of agencies, and design the systems that govern our economies and deliver public services. SiX’s affordability agenda centers anti-monopoly reform, tax systems, and consumer protections to stop price-gouging and build truly competitive markets that lower prices and increase competition. From banning junk fees and noncompete agreements, to stopping AI price-gouging and secret deals, to raising wages and expanding access to essential public services like childcare, healthcare and retirement, our team is here to make America affordable for all.