Reversing Runaway Inequality
Runaway inequality — the ever increasing gap between the super-rich and the rest of us — is a big, big problem.
Everything we value, from democracy to racial justice, is endangered now that the top one percent of Americans have as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent. And it’s only getting worse!
It won’t get better on its own. It’s on all of us to do what we can to build a massive movement that connects us together.
We’ve been helping unions and community groups all over the country conduct workshops based on the facts and figures assembled in Runaway Inequality: An Activist’s Guide to Economic Justice, the book, and the accompanying workbook. We’ve trained worker-trainers who have led hundreds of workshops about runaway inequality, how we got into this mess, and what we can do about it.
(A new edition of the book is scheduled to be released in late 2026. All royalties from the book sales are being plowed back into the educational campaign.)
CWA Worker-Trainers Talk About the Workshop’s Impact
The Small Group Activity Method
Our workshops use the Small Group Activity Method. We provide participants with information and ask them to discuss and analyze it in small groups. Runaway Inequality trainers are facilitators, not teachers with all the answers.
The Workbook
The workbook and Small Group Activity method it uses have been field-tested all over the country and they work, but you’re free to use the materials the way that works best for you and your group. There’s no charge for the curriculum.
Download the Curriculum
Video: Why Have Wages and Productivity Stopped Rising Together?
The workshop includes portions of this 25-minute video that lays out the history of our current runaway inequality. Political decisions created it, and the political power of working people can reverse it!
“Either we wage a large-scale battle for economic, social and environmental justice, or we will witness the continued deterioration of the world we inhabit. The arc of capitalism does not bend towards justice. We must bend it.”
Les Leopold
Co-Director