According to the Economic Policy Institute, adjusting for costs of living, a full-time minimum wage worker today earns 18% less annually than workers earned at the time of the last increase in 2009, and 46% less than workers did in 1968 when accounting for inflation.
FOX 4 KC
February 18, 2022
Under the National Labor Relations Act, it is illegal for employers to prevent, interfere with, or retaliate against workers who organize to form unions. According to the Economic Policy Institute, unionized workers covered by a collective bargaining agreement earn 10.2 percent more than non-unionized workers in the same sectors.
VICE
February 18, 2022
Sanders was referencing the massive gains in net worths and profits that both groups have seen throughout the pandemic. In 2021 alone, American billionaires added $1 trillion to their wealth, according to an analysis from the left-leaning Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF). In 2020, CEOs got paid 351 times what typical workers made, according to research from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
Business Insider
February 18, 2022
In theory, employees have the right to organize, Lafer said. In practice, employers have a lot of power to prevent that from happening. They also have a lot of capital. According to the Economic Policy Institute, employers spend approximately $340 million annually on union busting.
Street Roots
February 18, 2022
According to the Economic Policy Institute, 16 states use the federal tipped minimum wage of $2.13, 26 use a tipped minimum wage above the federal limit, but below its state minimum wage, and eight have eliminated the tipped minimum wage in some form.
FSR Magazine
February 18, 2022
The pay and benefit differential between unionized and nonunionized workers is greatest for Black and other workers of color. “Unionized Black workers are paid 13.7% more than their nonunionized peers,” according to a 2020 Economic Policy Institute report. But like the Black heroes of 1937, they have to contend with vicious union busting, like that directed at the Black-majority Amazon workforce in Bessemer, Alabama, or the fired Starbucks workers in Memphis, Tennessee.
Workers World
February 18, 2022
Rob Scott of The Economic Policy Institute joins us to talk about our massive trade deficit – how it happened, and how it affects working people and they families.
Rick Smith Show
February 18, 2022
According to the Economic Policy Institute, many restaurant workers struggle to cover all of their living expenses, causing many to live in or near poverty. This fuels One Fair Wage to stand up in the fight against tip credit and to advocate for restaurant employees to receive the pay they deserve.
Mashed
February 18, 2022
However, according to the Economic Policy Institute, between 1979 and 2019 wages for the richest 1% in the U.S. have soared 160%, while the share of wages for the bottom 90% has shrunk by about 9 percentage points. While the wealthy let their money make more money through investments and business ventures, the majority of Americans earn their living through salaries and wages—yet, taxes on salaries and wages are significantly higher than taxes on investments.
Global Finance
February 18, 2022
BLACK WORKERS ARE 11 PERCENT more likely than the general population to be in unions. A 2007 study found that workplaces that are majority–Black female and were organized by Black women union organizers have the highest likelihood of success of any unionization campaign. By 2032, Black and brown workers will be a majority of the American working class, according to research from the Economic Policy Institute. This basic demographic fact underscores the critical importance of the labor movement doing whatever it takes to expand organizing of Black and brown workers.
The American Prospect
February 18, 2022