According to a recent report from the Economic Policy Institute, the U.S. auto sector could require an increase of over 150,000 jobs if electric vehicles rise to 50% of domestic auto sales in 2030.
Minnesota Reformer
March 4, 2022
Using data from the Economic Policy Institute, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), GOBankingRates identified the cost of child care in each state. It also identifies the 10 states where child care is least affordable and most affordable in the context of each state’s median salary.
GO Banking Rates
March 4, 2022
An Economic Policy Institute analysis found that child care workers are paid about $13.51 per hour, nearly half of what the average U.S. worker makes, at $27.31 per hour. Child care workers are among the lowest-paid professions and are underpaid and given fewer benefits like health insurance.
The Edwardsville Intelligencer
March 4, 2022
Recent data from the Economic Policy Institute show that those with incomes under $25,000 were 3.5 times as likely to report missing an entire week of work because of COVID-19 compared with those earning $100,000 or more. Too often, workers are forced to make an impossible choice between caring for themselves and their families and earning a paycheck that they need to stay afloat.
Colorado Politics
March 4, 2022
The Economic Policy Institute’s State of Working America Data Library and the Economic Policy Institute’s Working Economics Blog (cites chart).
Truthout
March 4, 2022
Terri Gerstein is the director of the State and Local Enforcement Project at the Harvard Law School Labor and Worklife Program and a senior fellow at the Economic Policy Institute.
American Prospect
March 4, 2022
“The job losses were disproportionately happening in leisure and hospitality, and that’s where they remain,” said Elise Gould, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute think tank.
Huffington Post
March 4, 2022
Elise Gould is a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute. Heidi Shierholz is president at the Economic Policy Institute and former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor. The opinions expressed in this commentary are their own.
CNN Business
March 4, 2022
According to the Economic Policy Institute, less than 20% of private-sector workers are covered by a traditional pension, and the national savings rate is close to zero. This leaves most Americans financially unprepared for retirement.
Smart Union
March 3, 2022