CAP Union is affiliated with the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union, which represents other think tank employees in the capital. Katie Barrows, NPEU’s president, said the salary minimum at CAP is below other comparable left-leaning research institutions, such as the Economic Policy Institute ($51,700), the Center for Economic and Policy Research ($53,558) and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities ($50,000).
Huffington Post
February 4, 2022
Wilson will remain as director of the Economic Policy Institute’s Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy (PREE), a nationally recognized source for expert reports and policy analyses on the economic condition of America’s people of color. Prior to joining EPI in 2014, Wilson was vice president of research at the National Urban League Washington Bureau, according to a press release.
Black Enterprise
February 4, 2022
All high wage workers have access to paid sick days, two-thirds of low-wage workers go without, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Quartz
February 4, 2022
The following chart from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), an independent think tank, shows the growing gap between productivity and worker pay since 1979, during which productivity grew 3.5 times as much as pay.
In These Times
February 4, 2022
Dr. Valerie Wilson, Director of the Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy at the Economic Policy Institute, testified on the state of racial and ethnic economic inequality and the macroeconomic implications of allowing disparities to persist
Black Star News
February 4, 2022
A coalition of more than 50 groups, led by the Economic Policy Institute and including workers advocates and civic allies, is pushing a landmark law in California to empower fast-food workers and franchise-holders against McDonald’s, Burger King, and other corporate giants that now hold a grip on both.
People’s World
February 4, 2022
“The U.S. labor market, unfortunately, is still a racist institution, and what that means is that it underpays people of color,” Ben Zipperer, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute told theGrio.
The Grio
February 4, 2022
The soaring cost of child care is one of the most pressing issues facing families nationwide. The annual cost of child care rivals the cost of a college education in many states, according to a recent analysis from the Economic Policy Institute.
CBS News
February 4, 2022
The high quit rate for US workers can be attributed to employees moving on to higher paid jobs with better benefits – not simply leaving their roles to follow passions or start afresh. White House economists are stressing that what has been termed the “Great Resignation” is actually the “Great Upgrade”, as workers are staying in the labour market and looking for positions where they can provide for their families. President Joe Biden was keen to point out US unemployment has fallen below 4% for the first time since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, while hiring rates are surpassing quit rates, particularly for lower-wage workers, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Curation
February 4, 2022
The number crunchers parsed data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Policy Institute, and Zillow to determine how long it would take a two-person family to set aside the down payment on what is often one’s first real estate investment: a starter home.
The Motley Fool
February 4, 2022