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• Wisconsin union members speak on recent increases in strikes and labor organizing

  That used to be a very common question in the U.S., as the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports there were 470 major work stoppages in 1952. By 1980, that number had dropped to 187. There were just 16 major strikes last year, which was double the amount in 2020. Think tanks like the Economic Policy Institute argue there were many more work stoppages at smaller companies last year that the Labor Department didn’t monitor.

  WUWM | June 24, 2022
• Will Defense Production Act Spur Solar Supply Chain Development?

  Robert Scott, Senior Economist and Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Research at the Economic Policy Institute, offers a closer look at the Defense Production Act and its potential to spur the development of a robust solar supply chain in the U.S. Scott examines the policies and trade dynamics that led to China’s dominance in the global solar supply chain, and how the DPA and related trade and industrial policies might create the foundation for a competitive domestic solar manufacturing industry.

  Energy Policy Now | June 24, 2022
• Commentary: Measure National Economic Well-being By How People Are Doing Not Just Traditional Indicators

  Brown’s comment echoes the positions of economic organizations like the Groundwork Collaborative, Economic Policy Institute and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. These groups are at the forefront of shifting how people interpret and discuss economic gains and challenges.  

   
  NewsOne | June 24, 2022
• Report: Impact of Wage Growth on Inflation Dwarfed by Corporate Profiteering

  Josh Bivens, research director for the Economic Policy Institute, recently deconstructed each major component impacting prices over the past year, including wages, corporate profits and supply-chain issues.

  Public News Service | June 24, 2022
• In Massachusetts, a Limit on Gig Companies’ Deceptions

  Terri Gerstein is the director of the State and Local Enforcement Project at the Harvard Law School Labor and Worklife Program and a senior fellow at the Economic Policy Institute.

  American Prospect | June 24, 2022
• ‘Not Her Parent’: Woman Backed for Reporting Sister’s Job Over Wage Theft

  Wage theft is when an employee is not paid the full amount to which they are entitled. In a report done by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) in 2017, between the years 2015 and 2016, $2 billion was given to employees that reported unpaid wages.

  Newsweek | June 24, 2022
• Senate fails to pass breastfeeding law for 9 million working parents despite calls for flexibility amid formula shortage

  About 9 million working women of childbearing age fall into that category, as well as an additional 3.7 million salaried workers who earn above the law’s salary threshold but whose job duties mean they should be eligible under the law, according to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank. The analysis studied only women, not all people who can become pregnant. 

  The 19th | June 24, 2022

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