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NewsFlash: Labor Day 2007

Most Workers' Wages Stuck In The Slow Lane
EPI report maps delays & detours on the road to shared prosperity

In a new report by the Economic Policy Institute, the nation's leading think tank on labor market trends, economists Jared Bernstein and Lawrence Mishel analyze the state of working America this Labor Day. Their report,  Economy's Gains Fail to Reach Most Workers' Paychecks, shows the latest data on where workers stand and looks behind the numbers to the forces at work in an economy that doesn't seem to be playing by the rules.

News release:
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Report:
Economy's Gains Fail to Reach Most Workers' Paychecks

Broadcast audio clips:
Lawrence Mishel
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Jared Bernstein
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State-level analysis is available through the Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN).  The press contacts are listed by state here.  

Listen to the August 30, 2007 news conference call where Bernstein and Mishel discuss the paper’s findings:
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