Press releases and announcements
Media advisory: Trade experts to discuss new data showing 3.7 million U.S. jobs lost to China
January 28, 2020
Number of workers represented by a union held steady in 2019: Union coverage rate ticked down as more workers enter the labor market
January 22, 2020
The Earned Income Tax Credit and the minimum wage work together to raise incomes and reduce poverty
January 22, 2020
Up to 16 million children could benefit from a high quality early child care and education system
January 15, 2020
Media advisory: EPI President Thea Lee to participate in panel on the labor provisions in the USMCA
January 14, 2020
New Trump administration joint-employer rule has $1 billion price tag for workers
January 13, 2020
2019 ends with solid job growth and tepid wage growth
January 10, 2020
EPI’s ‘Top Charts of 2019’ shows that we must address economic inequality in 2020
December 24, 2019
Year-end budget deal shouldn’t include temporary tax breaks for special interests
December 19, 2019
President Trump’s NLRB seeks to eliminate the right to a union for graduate student workers
December 19, 2019
The TCJA overwhelmingly benefited the rich and corporations while overlooking working families
December 17, 2019
New Trump NLRB election rule betrays the workers it is meant to protect
December 13, 2019
Employers are charged with violating federal law in four out of every 10 union elections
December 11, 2019
U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement—Weak tea, at best
December 10, 2019
Nearly half of U.S. families have no retirement savings: Policymakers should expand Social Security to meet 21st century retirement needs
December 10, 2019
More than a quarter of private-sector workers are subject to noncompete agreements
December 10, 2019
Payroll employment beats expectations, but wage growth underperforms
December 6, 2019
California’s AB5 will give workers more protections than weak assurances in gig companies’ ballot initiative
November 14, 2019
Clearing out the noise in today’s jobs numbers reveals solid job growth and tepid wage growth
November 1, 2019
EPI welcomes Fed’s rate cut
October 30, 2019
Media advisory: Janet Yellen to join EPI discussion on the changing economics profession
October 17, 2019
President Trump’s NLRB has systematically eroded workers’ rights
October 16, 2019
Media advisory: EPI’s women economists to discuss policies that disproportionately impact women and communities of color
October 11, 2019
African Americans face widespread racial disparities across the Midwest
October 10, 2019
Disappointing wage growth in September
October 4, 2019
EPI’s Budget for Shared Prosperity redefines the priorities of ‘fiscal responsibility’
September 26, 2019
The Trump administration’s overtime rule leaves millions of workers behind
September 24, 2019
EPI applauds House’s passage of the FAIR Act
September 20, 2019
Uber drivers are not independent contractors: NLRB’s General Counsel erroneously misclassifies these gig economy workers
September 20, 2019