“The top 30 H-1B employers hired 34,000 new H-1B workers in 2022 and laid off at least 85,000 workers in 2022 and early 2023,” said an April 11 report by the left-wing Economic Policy Institute (EPI).
Breitbart
April 14, 2023
In Georgia, the unemployment rate for Black workers is also higher than the overall rate. In the fourth quarter of 2022, the most recent figures available, the Black unemployment rate in Georgia was 5.1% according to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal think tank that specializes in labor and wage issues, better than the national rate at the time. The jobless rate for all Georgians was 3.1% at the end of the year.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
April 14, 2023
The Economic Policy Institute published a report that analyzes how privatized health reduces job growth and therefore overall economic growth.
The Michigan Daily
April 14, 2023
Employers spend over $400 million per year in “union avoidance” consultants, according to a recent study of US Department of Labor data by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. But the figure may actually be higher, as Amazon disclosed March 31 that it spent over $14 million in 2022 alone on such expenses, and Starbucks—which also is experiencing high organizing activity—has yet to reveal how much it spends on consultants.
Bloomberg Law
April 14, 2023
Quite the contrary. Despite employers’ claims that the H-2A program is too “expensive” and “bureaucratically complex,” the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) reports that American employers prefer to utilize the H-2A program over hiring U.S. workers because they see foreign workers as “exploitable.” The H-2A program has exploded over the last decade, but increased growth has not translated to increased resources to the DOL, the agency primarily responsible for overseeing the program. According to EPI, the government’s woefully inadequate oversight allows “frequent and extreme” violators of H-2A regulations to continue hiring guest workers with impunity.
Prism Reports
April 14, 2023
On average, teachers earn 76.5 cents on the dollar compared to what college graduates make at other jobs, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Marketplace
April 14, 2023
Features interview with Heidi Shierholz.
Bloomberg TV
April 14, 2023
Contrary to the name, RTW laws don’t guarantee a right to job. What they do is allow “freeloaders” to take advantage of union-won benefits without have to pay a penny to support the union’s efforts. A RTW law simply aims “to undermine unions’ bargaining strength” by making it harder for unions to sustain themselves financially, notes the Economic Policy Institute.
St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune
April 14, 2023
Jennifer Sherer, who published a report for the non-profit, left-leaning Economic Policy Institute with Nina Mast tracking states rolling back child labor laws, said in an interview that some industry groups have different interests when it comes to child labor laws, but they share a common desire to ease restrictions.
States Newsroom
April 14, 2023
And despite the Black unemployment rate tumbling to a new low, Heidi Shierholz, president of the non-partisan Economic Policy Institute and former chief economist of the US Department of Labor, said on Twitter to “make no mistake” that the rate “is still too high.”
“Due to the impact of structural racism on the labor market,” she wrote, Black workers as well as Hispanic workers “have much higher” rates than for white workers. “But the strength of this recovery has led to progress on reducing racial employment gaps,” she wrote.
Business Insider
April 14, 2023
In a 2019 report by the Economic Policy Institute, half of teachers surveyed reported “not feeling a great deal of support or encouragement” from administrators, and more than 70 percent reported “not having much control or influence on selecting the content, topics, and skills they will be teaching in their classrooms.” And that was before the pandemic.
Education Week
April 14, 2023
The pandemic has brought many economic challenges but also some good news for low-wage workers. Their hourly wages adjusted for inflation grew 9% during the pandemic.
That’s according to a new study from the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank focusing on low- and middle-income workers. Here & Now‘s Scott Tong hears from Elise Gould, a senior economist at the institute. She’s a co-author of the study.
WBUR Here and Now
April 14, 2023
When it comes to the health of the economy overall, the jobs report also doesn’t point to a recession in the near term, experts tell Vox. “There are just no signs of recession to me in this report. It’s very strong,” says Heidi Shierholz, the president of the Economic Policy Institute.
Overall, the jobs report signals that there is some cooling in the economy, but that key factors like unemployment remain in a solid place. “We are seeing clear slowing from the absolutely mind-boggling fast job growth that we had been seeing a year ago,” says Shierholz. “But it is still very strong. It is cooling but strong.”
VOX
April 14, 2023
Workers’ wages have lagged productivity for decades, as the Economic Policy Institute has faithfully reported. This is because employers have power to set wages. They aren’t the passive agents you learned about in baby economics class operating on a knife edge to keep prices at a minimum and forced to pay market wages.
Forbes
April 13, 2023
A 2021 report by the Economic Policy Institute think tank reported that the decline in unionization has translated to a loss of earnings equivalent to $3,250 for a median full time worker.
VICE
April 13, 2023
Workers’ wages have lagged productivity for decades, as the Economic Policy Institute has faithfully reported. This is because employers have power to set wages. They aren’t the passive agents you learned about in baby economics class operating on a knife edge to keep prices at a minimum and forced to pay market wages.
Forbes
April 13, 2023
Amid ongoing layoffs, the top 30 H-1B visa employers hired 34,000 new workers in 2022 and laid off at least 85,000 workers in 2022 and early 2023, an Economic Policy Institute (EPI) analysis found.
The Economic Times
April 13, 2023
Workers’ wages have lagged productivity for decades, as the Economic Policy Institute has faithfully reported. This is because employers have power to set wages. They aren’t the passive agents you learned about in baby economics class operating on a knife edge to keep prices at a minimum and forced to pay market wages.
Forbes
April 13, 2023
According to the Economic Policy Institute, 19 percent of black households have zero or negative net worth. Just 9 percent of white families are that poor. Today’s racial wealth gap is perhaps the most glaring legacy of American slavery and the violent economic dispossession that followed.
Thegrio.com
April 7, 2023
Teen Vogue
April 7, 2023
Also, the Economic Policy Institute estimates an investment that caps child care expenditures at 10 percent of a family’s income could increase women’s workforce participation enough to boost America’s GDP by about $210 billion.
The Hill
April 7, 2023
“It’s bizarre they’re happening at the same time because when we see an uptick in child labor, logically, that should be when we actually strengthen our laws and try to think about what we can do to protect children,” Gerstein, a fellow at the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School and the Economic Policy Institute, said on Boston Public Radio.
WGBH
April 7, 2023
USCIS routinely releases extra visas to meet demand, but the H-2B visa program has faced some scrutiny of late. An August report from the Economic Policy Institute found that industries that employ H-2B visa workers accounted for nearly $1.8 billion in wage and hour violations during the past two decades — meaning the program could be exploiting the migrant workers it serves, as well as the U.S. citizens they work beside.
HR Dive
April 7, 2023
The company’s spending on anti-union consultants dwarfs that of other companies. Starbucks was the top spender in 2021, shelling out $4.3 million, while the next highest figure came in at less than $2.7 million, according to a new report from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
The Hill
April 7, 2023
These politicians are focused on protecting their wealthy donors, who pay less into Social Security than ever. The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) recently found that as inequality increases, a record share of all earnings are above the $160,200 cap on Social Security contributions.
Nevada Current
April 7, 2023
High inflation is the obvious culprit for America’s growing debt — but inflation is manageable when income rises along with prices. The problem, according to the Economic Policy Institute, is that wages haven’t increased in any meaningful way for decades.
GO Banking Rates
April 7, 2023
But, a 2023 report from the Economic Policy Institute finds the average annual costs of infant child care in Virginia is over $14,000, equaling over $1,100 a month.
Williamsburg Yorktown Daily
April 7, 2023
Chinese and Indian immigrants who came to the United States after immigration laws loosened in the 1940s and 1950s under visas set aside for “high-skill” workers see close to no wage gap today. Vietnamese and Cambodian immigrants who came to the United States as refugees, many of whom were low-wage before moving, face significant gaps. And language matters, too: Indians and Filipinos had access to English education as former British and American colonies and now face fewer barriers, according to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute.
The 19th
April 7, 2023
The SLFRF delivered $350 billion to state, territorial, local, and tribal governments. The money can be spent out until the end of 2026, but it must be obligated (meaning designated for specific purposes) by the end of 2024. An Economic Policy Institute study released last month found that only about 55 percent of the state funds have been obligated, with several states obligating less than 10 percent. Because of the timing of state legislative sessions, some states must figure out how to obligate those funds within the next three months.
The American Prospect
April 7, 2023