Jobs & the Economy

The economy should work for the people who do the work — not just those at the top. Right now, too many families are working harder than ever and still falling behind, while corporations pad profits and ship jobs overseas. Eric Jones is running to build an economy rooted in dignity, fairness, and opportunity — one that keeps California competitive while lifting up working families.

Putting Working Families First

For decades, wages have stagnated while the cost of housing, healthcare, food, and energy has skyrocketed. Eric supports policies that put real money back in people’s pockets — including a fair corporate tax rate that would return roughly $10,000 a year to California families. Economic growth should mean rising paychecks, not rising anxiety.

Jobs That Can’t Be Outsourced

California should lead the nation in creating good-paying, union jobs — especially in clean energy, infrastructure, wildfire prevention, healthcare, and caregiving. Eric supports federal investments that prioritize domestic manufacturing, strong labor standards, and project labor agreements so public dollars create middle-class jobs here at home.

Strong Unions, Higher Wages

Unions built the middle class, and weakening them hollowed it out. Eric supports the PRO Act, prevailing wage protections, and collective bargaining rights so workers can negotiate fair pay, safe conditions, and predictable schedules. An economy is strongest when workers have power.

Small Businesses and Local Economies

Small businesses are the backbone of our communities, but they’re being squeezed by monopolies, rising rents, and lack of access to capital. Eric supports expanding access to low-interest loans, cutting red tape for small and minority-owned businesses, and enforcing antitrust laws to stop corporate consolidation that drives up prices and kills local competition.

Universal Childcare and Care Economy Jobs

Parents shouldn’t have to choose between work and family. Universal childcare would allow more people — especially women — to stay in the workforce while creating hundreds of thousands of stable, well-paying care jobs. Eric also supports expanding in-home care so seniors can age with dignity and caregivers are paid fairly.

Lower Costs, Real Competition

Corporate concentration drives up prices — from groceries to gas to utilities. Eric supports cracking down on price gouging, strengthening antitrust enforcement, and holding corporations accountable when they abuse their market power. Real competition lowers costs and boosts innovation.

Clean Energy as an Economic Engine

The transition to clean energy is one of the biggest economic opportunities of our generation. Eric supports investing in renewable energy, grid modernization, and climate resilience — creating jobs that can’t be outsourced while lowering energy costs and reducing wildfire risk.

An Economy Rooted in Fairness and Accountability

Eric rejects the corrupt system in Washington that lets lobbyists and corporate PACs write the rules. He’s pledged to take no corporate PAC money, no lobbyist cash, and to support a ban on stock trading by members of Congress — because the economy shouldn’t be rigged by those in power.

The Bottom Line

If you work for a living, this economy should work for you. Eric Jones believes we don’t have a scarcity problem — we have a fairness problem. By investing in workers, supporting unions and small businesses, lowering the cost of living, and holding powerful corporations accountable, we can build an economy that is competitive, sustainable, and rooted in dignity. That’s the bottom line — an economy that leaves no one behind.