Press releases and announcements
EPI President Thea Lee joins Center for Strategic and International Studies Commission on Affirming American Leadership
August 20, 2019
CEO compensation kept surging in 2018: The ratio of CEO-to-worker compensation was 278-to-1
August 14, 2019
Job growth stays solid but wages disappoint—again
August 2, 2019
EPI welcomes Fed rate cut
July 31, 2019
New report reveals the employers using the State Department’s J-1 Summer Work Travel Program: Non-public data show program can be used as a source of cheap, exploitable labor
July 30, 2019
Media Advisory: Press call to discuss new report revealing employer misuse of the State Department’s J-1 Summer Work Travel Program
July 29, 2019
Investment spending crumbles in second quarter
July 26, 2019
EPI strongly opposes DOL proposal that would privatize the federal Employment Service and likely reduce services for unemployed workers
July 25, 2019
EPI releases interactive data map highlighting widespread benefits from raising the federal minimum wage—in every congressional district
July 25, 2019
A values-based model budget for early care and education: California plan would provide high-quality child care for millions of children by supporting teachers
July 23, 2019
Statement on Trump DOL nominee
July 19, 2019
EPI applauds House passage of the Raise the Wage Act
July 18, 2019
EPI President writes letter supporting Senator Elizabeth Warren’s ‘Stop Wall Street Looting Act’
July 18, 2019
EPI’s ‘Budget for Shared Prosperity’ would raise revenue and increase government spending to fund single-payer health care, infrastructure, and education
July 18, 2019
Congress should pass the Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019 to strengthen the ACA
July 17, 2019
EPI president testifies before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the future of the American Dream
July 17, 2019
There’s ample room to improve professional development offered to teachers, despite a solid foundation
July 17, 2019
CBO report shows broad benefits from higher minimum wage
July 8, 2019
Media Advisory: Heidi Shierholz joins press call to discuss CBO report on minimum wage at 3 p.m. Eastern
July 8, 2019
Jobs rebound in June points to ongoing recovery
July 5, 2019
The Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act would provide public service workers the national right to join in union
June 26, 2019
EPI submits comments to the Department of Labor opposing its proposed joint-employer rule: Proposed rule would cost workers more than $1 billion in wages annually
June 25, 2019
Media advisory: Paul Krugman, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, and Rep. Jan Schakowsky to keynote Taxing the (Very) Rich conference: Tax policy experts, activists, advocates, organizers, and elected officials will be make the case for taxing the ultra-wealthy
June 18, 2019
Jhacova Williams joins the Economic Policy Institute as PREE economist
June 17, 2019
Infrastructure investments would create more jobs if accompanied by reductions in the trade deficit
June 13, 2019
EPI urges Congress to pass the Restoring Overtime Pay Act to provide better overtime protections for 8.2 million additional workers
June 12, 2019
Pace of slowdown in employment growth is troubling
June 7, 2019
Class of 2019 high school graduates are entering a solid labor market, but remain worse off than similar graduates in 2000
June 6, 2019
Curbing CEO pay will require a broad policy toolkit, including measures to empower shareholders
June 4, 2019
More than half of teachers do not feel supported, and one in four has considered quitting as a result: Challenging working environment contributes to the teacher shortage
May 30, 2019