In the News

Mention

The Trump Administration Wants to Roll Back Airline Passenger Rights

Lindsay Owens, the executive director of Groundwork Collaborative, said she fears that airlines will next seek to roll back other rules, such as ones mandating automatic refunds for severely disrupted flights and refunds for significantly delayed bags and ancillary services that weren’t provided.

September 11, 2025 The New York Times

Mention

Klarna goes public as more people say buy-now-pay-later is the only way they can afford to buy things

Data from a survey by Protect Borrowers, Groundwork Collaborative and Data for Progress show 36% have used it for medical or dental care.

September 11, 2025 MarketWatch

Press Release

Consumer Prices Keep Rising With No Relief in Sight for Families

The data remains clear: inflation is not easing. Price pressures persist where it matters most in goods and services households can’t go without.

September 11, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative

Press Release

American Families Are Trapped In a Cycle Of Debt, More Rely on Credit To Cover Rent, Utility Bills, Basic Necessities

Groundwork Collaborative and Protect Borrowers published a new poll finding that Americans—across party lines and by a more than 4-to-1 margin—support government action on a range of populist economic policies to bring down the cost of families’ mounting debts.

September 9, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative

Press Release

U.S. Job Market Plummets Under Trump’s Leadership: 70% Lower Job Growth, Unemployment Highest in Nearly 4 Years

The first jobs report after President Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner for “rigging data” showed that regardless of who’s in charge of BLS, the U.S. job market is plummeting under President Donald Trump’s leadership.

September 5, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative

Mention

Airlines lobby DOT to remove major passenger consumer protections

Lindsay Owens, executive director of progressive economic think tank Groundwork Collaborative, said that enacting A4A's requests would allow airlines to take advantage of consumers, and be a sign that other industries could do the same. "The airline industry has long been a pioneer in ruthless and deceptive pricing," Owens said. "Now they're seeking to self-enforce the consumer protections they have a long track record of violating... If key passenger protections are further rolled back, the signal gets even clearer: in the Trump Administration, polices that put corporate profits over consumer wallets are allowed to soar freely," Owens added.

September 4, 2025 The Points Guy

Press Release

As Miran Hearing Gets Underway, Groundwork Highlights How Trump’s Attacks on the Fed Will Drive Up Costs for Working Families

Today, the Senate Banking Committee is holding a confirmation hearing for Dr. Stephen Miran.

September 4, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative

Press Release

ICYMI: Groundwork’s Owens Joins CBS Evening News to Break Down Hertz AI Pricing Scheme

Groundwork Collaborative Executive Director Lindsay Owens was featured on CBS Evening News in a segment on how rental car company Hertz is using AI to squeeze consumers.

September 2, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative

Press Release

Trump Won’t Give America’s Working Families a Break this Labor Day

For over 130 years, Labor Day has been recognized as a federal holiday in honor of America’s workforce, but this year, American working families will not get a break thanks to the disastrous economic policies the Trump administration has enacted.

August 29, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative

Mention

Wall Street is whistling past the graveyard as Trump infiltrates the Fed

“I think this is a real boiling-the-frog moment,” Alex Jacquez, chief of policy and advocacy at Groundwork Collaborative, told me.“It’s hard to tell what would be the tipping point here … as long as the line is going up, everybody seems to be giving him a pass.”

August 27, 2025 CNN