“If we really had a free and fair way to form unions without fear of retaliation and reprisal,” she argues, “we would see tremendous growth.” While more recent data is hard to find, a 2017 survey from the Economic Policy Institute appears to back Shuler up on that point, with 48 percent of nonunion workers saying they’d vote to create a union in their workplace if they could.
Politico
April 5, 2024
That’s led to the largest effort in years to change the patchwork of state laws that regulate child labor, with major implications for the country’s youth and the labor market. At least 16 states have one or more bills to weaken their child labor laws and at least 13 are seeking to strengthen them, according to a report from the Economic Policy Institute and other sources. Among these states there are 43 bill proposals.
The Washington Post
April 5, 2024
At the national level, food and drink service workers make up a quarter of all workers suffering minimum wage violations, the largest share of any industry, according to an analysis of survey data by the Economic Policy Institute in 2017.
The Connecticut Mirror
April 1, 2024
The Economic Policy Institute looked at new unemployment claims in 2022-2023 and strike activity over that period, and found that if workers could access UI, it would amount to just 2% of statewide initial claims for benefits, and 0.3% of weekly claims past that first payment.
Hartford Business Journal
April 1, 2024
Supporters of the captive audience bans say they don’t restrict speech that endorses specific viewpoints as the Florida law did.
“The laws are focused on making sure individual workers have the right to opt out of such a meeting if it is not clearly related to their job duties and requirements,” said Jennifer Sherer, director of the state worker power initiative at the Economic Policy Institute. “It is pretty different from the Florida example.”
Bloomberg Law
April 1, 2024
“If we really had a free and fair way to form unions without fear of retaliation and reprisal,” she argues, “we would see tremendous growth.” While more recent data is hard to find, a 2017 survey from the Economic Policy Institute appears to back Shuler up on that point, with 48 percent of nonunion workers saying they’d vote to create a union in their workplace if they could.
Politico
April 1, 2024
That’s led to the largest effort in years to change the patchwork of state laws that regulate child labor, with major implications for the country’s youth and the labor market. At least 16 states have one or more bills to weaken their child labor laws and at least 13 are seeking to strengthen them, according to a report from the Economic Policy Institute and other sources. Among these states there are 43 bill proposals.
The Washington Post
April 1, 2024
Farmworkers are paid less than even some of the lowest-paid workers in the U.S. labor force, according to the Economic Policy Institute. The majority of farm laborers in the United States are Latiné, while more than 40% are undocumented, according to the same site.
San Jose State University News
March 29, 2024
However, an Economic Policy Institute report found that, of the 9,000 restaurants investigated by the Department of Labor, 84% were violating wage laws, cheating tipped workers out of $5.5 million.
The Providence Journal
March 29, 2024
Based on 2024 cost-of-living estimates independently compiled by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Economic Policy Institute, basic family budgeted expenses would range from about $87,500 to $131,200 for a household with two adults and two children, depending on the county in New Hampshire. Households with poverty-level incomes likely have far fewer resources than needed to meet these cost-of-living estimates.
New Hampshire Bulletin
March 29, 2024
Unions can also help improve the workplace for people with disabilities by increasing access to sick leave, which would help facilitate keeping sick workers at home and from spreading illness to those who are vulnerable. “Never in recent history has this dynamic been more clear,” researchers at the Economic Policy Institute noted in a 2020 report on how unions benefit all workers during public health crises.
Prism Reports
March 29, 2024
Such a claim leaves out the role the labor market plays in creating the racial wealth gap, which the Economic Policy Institute says is caused in part by the concentration of Black workers in low-wage industries, like restaurants.
Restaurant Dive
March 29, 2024
…is a little more than half the typical ratio, according to the Economic Policy Institute, which calculated the ratio of American CEO pay…[paywall].
Atlanta Journal Constitution
March 29, 2024
Even in 2023, women still earned almost 22% less than men earned, according to the Economic Policy Institute; and the COVID-19 pandemic hit women’s careers harder than men’s, as millions of women had to prioritize childcare and helping their children home school over their jobs.
GO Banking Rates
March 29, 2024
It also reflects the recent growth of unions in the private sector. In 2023, the unionization level in the private sector rose from 6.8% to 6.9% — an increase of more than 261,000 unionized workers, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
NerdWallet
March 29, 2024
The share of foreign-born workers in the US labor force rose faster than the share of native-born workers in 2022, and some industries are heavily dependent on certain types of visas to source talent. Tech companies like Infosys, Google, and Meta, for example, were some of the top employers petitioning for H-1B visas in 2022, according to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute.
HR Brew
March 29, 2024
Farmworkers are paid less than even some of the lowest-paid workers in the U.S. labor force, according to the Economic Policy Institute. The majority of farm laborers in the United States are Latiné, while more than 40% are undocumented, according to the same site.
San Jose State University News
March 29, 2024
The new wages go into effect within 30 days, retroactive to the beginning of this year, according to an official statement issued by the museum. Previously, the average salary for union workers was $43,600, which was almost $4,000 less than the Economic Policy Institute’s cost of living estimate for a one-person household in Berkshire County.
Albany Times Union
March 29, 2024
A 2019 analysis by the Economic Policy Institute found that a regional approach over a $15 hourly national minimum wage would lead to 15.6 million fewer workers getting raises, reducing the total increase in wages from $118 billion to an estimated $35.7 billion.
WRIC
March 29, 2024
However, an Economic Policy Institute report found that, of the 9,000 restaurants investigated by the Department of Labor, 84% were violating wage laws, cheating tipped workers out of $5.5 million.
The Providence Journal
March 29, 2024
As union organizing continues to increase across the country, so too have instances of employers retaliating against their employees for unionization efforts. In 2022, employers were charged with violating federal labor law in 41.5% of all union election campaigns held that year, according to NLRB data analyzed by the Economic Policy Institute.
Alabama Daily News
March 29, 2024
Based on 2024 cost-of-living estimates independently compiled by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Economic Policy Institute, basic family budgeted expenses would range from about $87,500 to $131,200 for a household with two adults and two children, depending on the county in New Hampshire. Households with poverty-level incomes likely have far fewer resources than needed to meet these cost-of-living estimates.
New Hampshire Bulletin
March 29, 2024
Ismael Cid-Martinez, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank partly funded by labor unions, said the law would help lift wages for workers in other low-paying industries in the state.
“These workers are also consumers,” he said. “Any increase in earnings for them means additional resources that they use to feed their families, bolster small businesses and strengthen their state economy.”
New York Times
March 29, 2024
Samantha Sanders, the director of government affairs and advocacy at nonprofit organization Economic Policy Institute, told Law360 on Monday that “things could have come out much worse” during the compromising undertaking the bill process required, but that what the department is getting might still not be enough.
“Considering that the funding for Wage and Hour is more or less flat, that’s certainly better than a cut, but not anywhere near where it should be, ideally, to actually do what they need to do,” Sanders said.
Law360
March 29, 2024
In fact, wages for most workers in the U.S. have essentially stagnated since the 1970s, despite a rise in productivity. Middle-wage workers’ hourly pay is up 6% since 1979, and low-wage workers’ earnings are actually down 5%. Meanwhile, those with very high wages saw a 41% increase, according to an analysis from the Economic Policy Institute. That’s a significant spike in inequality that can make the question of whether you can afford to become a parent a difficult one.
Motley Fool
March 29, 2024
According to the Economic Policy Institute, there have been at least 12 bills filed in 10 separate states over the past two years aimed at loosening child labor laws.
Action News Jax
March 29, 2024
According to the Economic Policy Institute, since the 1970s the U.S. economy has suffered from wage stagnation and the slow growth of living standards for low- and moderate-income workers while the costs of living have drastically increased. On the flip side, those with the most income, wealth, and power have continued to actively suppress policies that would allow for shared prosperity.
Santa Monica Daily Press
March 29, 2024
Thirty states have introduced bills to weaken child labor laws since 2021, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank.
Courier Journal
March 29, 2024
When deciding how much to tip, it can be helpful to look up the minimum and subminimum wages of your state, says Allegretto. The think tank Economic Policy Institute has a wage tracker that can help you find this information.
NPR
March 29, 2024