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• Labor unions see rise in NY membership, but it’s still below 2019 levels

  Quotes Margaret on union membership numbers (paywall).

  Newsday January 28, 2022
• New Orleans residents prepare for school vaccine mandate for kids as young as 5

  Ben Zipperer, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, said “it’s pretty clear that greater vaccine take-up is one of our best public health weapons, period.”

  NBC News January 28, 2022
• Too young to retire but at risk for Covid, older Americans struggle to find work

  Monique Morrisey, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, explained there are differences among affected older workers, with 55 to 64 year olds who are not eligible for Medicare and in most cases are not yet receiving social security, and workers 65 and older who left the workforce. The issues facing late middle age workers are more worrisome, given their economic demographics.

  The Guardian January 28, 2022
• The author of a book on the ultrawealthy says billionaires ‘have taken their winnings and used them to stack the deck against everybody else’ — but the solution isn’t complicated

  Union membership has also been on the decline for decades, which the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute said tracked alongside an increasingly larger share of income going to the top 10%. The latest data released from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that union-membership numbers slid yet again.

  Business Insider January 28, 2022
• If You’re a Frontline Worker, States Might Give You a Raise

  Past underinvestment in school and state employees has contributed to today’s hiring problems, said Dave Kamper, senior state policy coordinator for the Economic Analysis and Research Network at the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank based in Washington, D.C.

  Pew Charitable Trust January 28, 2022
• This Company Spent More Than $1 Million On Union-Busting Consultants

  What was unusual about the anti-union consulting work was how much money the company spent on it: more than $1.1 million in less than a year, according to Labor Department disclosure filings. A 2020 Economic Policy Institute analysis found that only a handful of companies have broken the $1 million mark on consultant spending in recent years.

  The Huffington Post January 28, 2022
• Child care workers are vanishing and it’s hurting the entire economy

  Child care workers have long been underpaid and given fewer benefits like health insurance, according to a November 2021 report from the Economic Policy Institute.

  CNN Business January 28, 2022
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• Texas teachers are more likely to quit after their first year, study shows
  according to a 2019 report from the Economic Policy Institute. In the last 10 years, the salary of teachers in Texas has stayed about…(paywall).
  San Antonio News-Express January 28, 2022
• Millions of workers just got a pay raise

  It’s hard to tell how many workers will see their paychecks grow, considering the current volatile job market, says Julia Wolfe, a state economic analyst for the Economic Policy Institute. But roughly 39 million people — 28% of the workforce — earned less than $15 dollars an hour in 2019, before the pandemic hit. 

  The Center for Public Integrity January 28, 2022