The Center for Popular Democracy, an assemblage of community groups and the Economic Policy Institute projected in 2019 that 80% of private sector, nonunion workers would be subject to mandatory arbitration by 2024.
American Prospect
January 5, 2024
About 44% of employers statewide subject some workers to noncompete agreements, and about 23% subject all workers to the agreements, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit.
New York Daily News
January 5, 2024
Almost 10 million people in 22 states across the country will see a minimum wage pay increase in 2024, according to the Economic Policy Institute. The Institute estimates that workers will receive $6.95 billion in additional wages from these increases.
NewsNation
January 5, 2024
“When the labor market is tight, union activity is less risky because you’re more likely to be able to find another job in a reasonable time if an employer retaliates against you,” said Heidi Shierholz, former Labor Department economist and president of the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington-based think tank.
The Washington Post
January 5, 2024
Since 2021, at least 10 states have introduced or passed laws rolling back protections for children, the Economic Policy Institute noted in a recent report. The legislative push is “part of a coordinated campaign backed by industry groups intent on eventually diluting federal standards that cover the whole industry,” according to the left-leaning think tank.
CBS Moneywatch
January 5, 2024
While more work needs to be done — and is being done — to support the continued transition to EVs, the Economic Policy Institute estimates that more than 150,000 jobs could be created in the auto sector in 2030 because of the vehicles if a number of factors fall into place.
Yahoo
January 5, 2024
Twenty U.S. states still use the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) says.
KTVB (Boise)
January 5, 2024
Unionization has been booming in recent years and today some 16 million employees in the United States are union members, according to data collected by the Economic Policy institute. In 2022, union ranks increased by almost a quarter million, the institute says.
Legal Dive
January 5, 2024
The Big Three made a quarter-trillion in profits and CEO pay rose 40% from 2013-2022, but average real wages for auto workers have fallen almost 20% since 2008, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
High Country News
January 5, 2024
According to early-childhood advocacy group Think Small of Little Canada, the median Minnesota family with one infant spends about 21% of their household income on child care, compared with the 7 % of income that the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a nonprofit think tank, deems “affordable.” EPI put the average annual cost at $16,087.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
January 5, 2024
The Economic Policy Institute estimated that 91,000 Nebraska workers — 9.5% of Nebraska’s workforce — would see a wage increase when the state’s minimum wage went up.
Omaha World-Herald
January 5, 2024
Although a growing number of states have enacted paid sick leave laws, the share of the lowest-wage workers with access to that benefit has nearly doubled from 20% to 39% since 2010, according to a new Economic Policy Institute report.
CPA Practice Advisor
January 5, 2024
New York is one of 22 states getting minimum wage rises in the new year, according to a recent report by the Economic Policy Institute.
Associated Press
January 5, 2024
According to the Economic Policy Institute, on Jan. 1, 22 states will increase their minimum wages, raising pay for an estimated 9.9 million workers. In total, workers will receive $6.95 billion in additional wages from state minimum wage increases.
St. Louis Post Dispatch
January 5, 2024
On Jan. 1, 22 states — including Michigan — will increase their minimum wages, raising pay for an estimated 9.9 million workers. According to the Economic Policy Institute, the increases will provide support to many workers and families in need. Almost one in five workers getting a raise Jan. 1 have incomes below the poverty line. More than a quarter of the affected workers are parents.
Iron Mountain Daily News
January 5, 2024
Minimum-wage workers in 22 states are going to see more money in their paychecks in the new year.
Those increases will affect an estimated 9.9 million workers, according to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), which estimates that those bumped wages will add up to an additional $6.95 billion in pay.
NPR
January 5, 2024
In total, an estimated 9.9 million workers will see additional wages thanks to the increased rate, equating to $6.95 billion in wages, according to an analysis from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).
Fast Company
January 5, 2024
Higher minimum wages will go into effect on January 1 across 22 states, giving an economic boost to almost 10 million workers, according to a recent estimate.
The higher baseline wages will deliver almost $7 billion in additional annual wages to about 9.9 million workers, the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute said in a research post on December 21. The increases will boost the baseline pay to at least $16 an hour in three states: California, New York and Washington.
CBS Moneywatch
January 5, 2024
David Cooper and Rachel Greszler talked about the pros and cons of raising the minimum wage.
C-SPAN Washington Journal
January 5, 2024
Teacher salaries are a hot-button issue, with the field experiencing well-documented wage gaps. According to an Economic Policy Institute report, teachers made 26.4% less than other similarly educated professions in 2022 — the lowest level since 1960.
Stacker
January 4, 2024
Six of those states—California, Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Washington—now have a minimum wage that reaches or surpasses $15. The increases should disproportionately benefit Black, Hispanic, and female workers who make up more than half of the workers receiving pay bumps, according to an analysis from the Economic Policy Institute.
Mother Jones
January 3, 2024
More than 20 states rang in the New Year by raising the minimum wage. The highest minimum wages are in the $16 to $17 range.
“And, according to our analysis, that is going to increase wages for almost 10 million workers,” said Sebastian Martinez Hickey, who tracks the minimum wage at the Economic Policy Institute.
He says more than half the workers getting a minimum wage hike are women. About 11% are Black, and more than a third are Hispanic.
Marketplace
January 3, 2024
The Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank, says Michigan is one of 22 states boosting its minimum wage in 2024. The EPI also says mandatory minimum wage increases will not affect most workers because employers are paying more than that in a tight labor market.
WGVU (Michigan)
January 3, 2024
According to the Economic Policy Institute, about 6 in 10 workers who will benefit from higher mandated pay are women.
CBS Minnesota
January 3, 2024
The change will directly increase the pay of an estimated 150,700 Ohioans who currently receive less than $10.45 per hour, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning Washington, D.C., think tank.
Tribune News Service
January 3, 2024
On Jan. 1, 22 states will bump up their minimum wage, according to a report from the Washington, D.C. think tank Economic Policy Institute (EPI). The increases come by way of ballot measure, legislation and inflation adjustment measures, and are expected to add anywhere from $216 to $1,380 to the annual earnings of almost 10 million workers.
Money Magazine
January 3, 2024
Business Insider
January 3, 2024
Almost half of the 17.6 million people making less than $15 an hour live in those 20 states, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Newser
January 3, 2024
9.9 million: The number of Americans who will get a pay raise on New Years Day, when the minimum wage in 22 states increases. The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute estimates that those wage hikes will mean workers earn an additional $6.95 billion in the coming year. (The Hill)
Pluribus News
January 3, 2024