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  Heidi Shierholz
  Arthur B. Laffer

  Munk Debates | May 20, 2022
• Domestic Workers Deserve Rights, Too

  Today, more than 90 percent of domestic workers are women, and over half of them are Black, Hispanic, or Asian American/Pacific Islander women, according to a 2020 report published by the Economic Policy Institute. They tend to be older than those in other professions and are three times as likely to be living in poverty or just above the poverty line, a circumstance only made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. All of them are excluded from federal laws establishing basic workers’ rights.

  Harper's Bazaar | May 20, 2022
• “Everybody has a second job”: Low pay leaves rural Colorado teachers struggling

  A 2019 report by the Economic Policy Institute noted that “a lack of sufficient, qualified teachers threatens students’ ability to learn” and that “instability in a school’s teacher workforce (i.e., high turnover and/or high attrition) negatively affects student achievement and diminishes teacher effectiveness and quality.” 

  Colorado Sun | May 20, 2022
• Apple’s leaked anti-union memo warns ‘opportunities for employees’ could vanish

  Research from the Economic Policy Institute has found that “unions improve wages and benefits for all workers, not just union members. They help reduce income inequality by making sure all Americans, and not just the wealthy elite, share in the benefits of their labor”.

  The Independent | May 20, 2022
• How tech workers had an outsize role in shaping efforts to nix NDAs

  Mandatory arbitration is more common in industries dominated by female and Black workers, according to a 2018 report from the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank.

  Fast Company | May 20, 2022
• Are you happy? Your boss is asking

  “I don’t think these things like meditation or whatever employers may be doing to increase well-being are bad initiatives,” said Heidi Shierholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank. “But they do not substitute for decent wages, decent benefits, sane scheduling.”

  New York Times | May 20, 2022
• Overturning Roe Would Be an Economic Catastrophe for Millions of Women

  This story was first posted at Economic Policy Institute.

  A leaked draft of a majority opinion authored by Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito strongly suggests that the court will rule to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the two landmark cases that have upheld the right to an abortion nationwide for the last half century. If the final ruling largely follows what is sketched out in the leaked draft, abortion services will be drastically curtailed, if not outright banned, in over half the country.

  In These Times | May 20, 2022

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