Research by Kyle Moore, an economist with the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, shows that Illinois has one of the highest Black unemployment levels in the nation. He says those issues, however, are linked to longstanding problems, not a consequence of recent migration.
“It’s not like there’s something new that’s happening that’s taking away jobs from Black folks,” Moore said.
Bloomberg
August 21, 2024
The president of the Economic Policy Institute, Heidi Shierholz, who served in the Obama administration as chief economist at the Labor Department, wrote in 2019 that the Trump administration’s rule left millions of workers behind.
“At its heart, the Trump administration’s rule is based on the notion that someone making $35,568 a year is a well-paid executive who doesn’t need or deserve overtime protections,” Shierholz wrote. Rather than defend the Obama rule, “Trump has sided with the interests of corporate executives over those of working people.”
Politifact
August 21, 2024
Finally, these proposals create incentives to drive even more low-paid service employees into the tipped worker category, harming many workers and their families. Tipped workers have more unstable incomes than non-tipped workers, are more likely to live in poverty, and are more vulnerable to wage theft, according to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).
Common Dreams
August 21, 2024
Meanwhile, Minnesota raised the minimum wage, raised taxes on the wealthy, expanded educational and infrastructure spending, increased aid to low-income families, including child care support, and was one of the first states to embrace Medicaid expansion.
The result, according to the Economic Policy Institute: “On virtually every metric, workers and families in Minnesota are better off than their counterparts in Wisconsin — and the decisions of state lawmakers have been instrumental in driving many of those differences.”
The Cap Times
August 21, 2024
Research by Kyle Moore, an economist with the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, shows that Illinois has one of the highest Black unemployment levels in the nation. He says those issues, however, are linked to longstanding problems, not a consequence of recent migration.
“It’s not like there’s something new that’s happening that’s taking away jobs from Black folks,” Moore said.
Bloomberg
August 21, 2024
The president of the Economic Policy Institute, Heidi Shierholz, who served in the Obama administration as chief economist at the Labor Department, wrote in 2019 that the Trump administration’s rule left millions of workers behind.
“At its heart, the Trump administration’s rule is based on the notion that someone making $35,568 a year is a well-paid executive who doesn’t need or deserve overtime protections,” Shierholz wrote. Rather than defend the Obama rule, “Trump has sided with the interests of corporate executives over those of working people.”
Politifact
August 21, 2024
Finally, these proposals create incentives to drive even more low-paid service employees into the tipped worker category, harming many workers and their families. Tipped workers have more unstable incomes than non-tipped workers, are more likely to live in poverty, and are more vulnerable to wage theft, according to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).
Common Dreams
August 21, 2024
Meanwhile, Minnesota raised the minimum wage, raised taxes on the wealthy, expanded educational and infrastructure spending, increased aid to low-income families, including child care support, and was one of the first states to embrace Medicaid expansion.
The result, according to the Economic Policy Institute: “On virtually every metric, workers and families in Minnesota are better off than their counterparts in Wisconsin — and the decisions of state lawmakers have been instrumental in driving many of those differences.”
The Cap Times
August 21, 2024
Research by Kyle Moore, an economist with the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, shows that Illinois has one of the highest Black unemployment levels in the nation. He says those issues, however, are linked to longstanding problems, not a consequence of recent migration.
“It’s not like there’s something new that’s happening that’s taking away jobs from Black folks,” Moore said.
Bloomberg
August 21, 2024
The president of the Economic Policy Institute, Heidi Shierholz, who served in the Obama administration as chief economist at the Labor Department, wrote in 2019 that the Trump administration’s rule left millions of workers behind.
“At its heart, the Trump administration’s rule is based on the notion that someone making $35,568 a year is a well-paid executive who doesn’t need or deserve overtime protections,” Shierholz wrote. Rather than defend the Obama rule, “Trump has sided with the interests of corporate executives over those of working people.”
Politifact
August 21, 2024