Beth Shulman

Beth Shulman is Co-Chair of the Fairness Initiative on Low-Wage Work and a Senior Fellow at Demos.

Shulman is author of The Betrayal of Work: How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans. Shulman’s subsequent articles have been published in The Washington Post Outlook Section, the Wilson Quarterly and John Edwards’ anthology, Ending Poverty in America: How to Restore the American Dream. Shulman has appeared on numerous TV and radio programs including Oprah, PBS’ Now with Bill Moyers, CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, ABC Nightly News and NPR's Talk of the Nation and Marketplace.

Shulman speaks throughout the country on low-wage work, inequality, workplace issues, business-labor relations, work/family conflicts, unemployment, employment discrimination and the role of unions in our society.

Shulman received an undergraduate degree in philosophy from the University of California at Los Angeles and a law degree from Georgetown Law Center.