Karla Walter
Senior Policy Analyst
Karla Walter is a Senior Policy Analyst with the American Worker Project at American Progress. Karla focuses primarily on improving the economic security of American workers by increasing workers’ wages and benefits, promoting workplace protections, and advancing workers’ rights at work. Prior to joining American Progress, Karla was a research analyst at Good Jobs First, providing support to officials, policy research organizations, and grassroots advocacy groups striving to make state and local economic development subsidies more accountable and effective. She has co-authored several studies that promote economic development policies that meet workers’ needs and advocate for greater corporate accountability. Previously, she worked as a legislative aide for Wisconsin State Rep. Jennifer Shilling. Her work has been referenced in The New York Times and other newspapers. Karla earned a master’s degree in urban planning and policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Email: kwalter /@\ americanprogress.org
Articles by Karla Walter
- Right-to-Work 101, February 2, 2012
- A Sweet 16 to Build a Strong Middle Class, January 18, 2012
- Boeing-Machinists Deal Benefits Company, Workers, and NLRB Credibility , December 7, 2011
- House Republican Attacks on the National Labor Relations Board Hurt All Workers, November 30, 2011
- Rep. Payne’s Resolution Recognizes that Unions Build the Middle Class, November 2, 2011
- House Budget Bill Guts Worker Protections, October 12, 2011
- New Census Data Show Middle Class Continues to Struggle, September 13, 2011
- Unions Make the Middle Class, April 4, 2011
- High-Road Government, August 20, 2010
- Taking the High Road, August 11, 2010
- Why Is the Public Suddenly Down on Unions?, July 20, 2010
- Ask the Expert: We Should Have Seen the BP Disaster Coming, June 17, 2010
- Rein in Irresponsible Oil Drillers, June 3, 2010
- Contracting that Works, March 31, 2010
- Data Matters , March 4, 2010
- Getting Workers Back on Union Rolls, February 22, 2010
- Making Contracting Work, June 2, 2009
- Why Unions Matter to Hispanics, April 21, 2009
- Unions Are Good for the American Economy, February 18, 2009
- Big Labor's Expectations of Obama, February 5, 2009
- Unionization Climbs for Two Straight Years, but Remains a Fraction of 1980s Rates, January 28, 2009
- Harming Workers Until the Very End , January 23, 2009
- Unions Are Good for State Economies, December 18, 2008
- Enforcing Change, December 8, 2008
- Una Cuestión de Prioridades, September 29, 2008
- A Question of Priorities, September 29, 2008
- Bush Shirks Role as Top Labor Cop, September 9, 2008
