Jeff Faux, founding president and now distinguished fellow at the Economic Policy Institute, is the author of ‘The Servant Economy’ and ‘The Global Class War.’
The American Prospect
November 23, 2021
Those people, by the way, certainly wouldn’t be able to afford to provide care for their own loved ones. Home health care workers, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) found in a new report, make on average $13.18 an hour, about half what the average U.S. worker is paid. That’s slightly better than a child care worker, who makes on average $13.50 an hour. Just under 26% of home care workers have employer-sponsored health benefits; only 20.7% of child care workers do. Despite the fact that children are our future, we don’t really care about them, either.
Daily Kos
November 23, 2021
Immigrants without authorization typically take these jobs because they have the fewest options, Daniel Costa, the director of immigration law and policy research at the Economic Policy Institute, told Insider.
Business Insider
November 23, 2021
Features Josh discussing Jerome Powell’s nomination for Federal Reserve Chair.
Spectrum News
November 23, 2021
Since China joined the WTO, the number of jobs in the U.S. manufacturing industry has been decreasing. The Economic Policy Institute estimates that the trade deficit with China cost about 2.7 million jobs between 2001 and 2011, including manufacturing and other industries.
The BL
November 22, 2021
Since China joined the WTO, the number of jobs in the U.S. manufacturing industry has been decreasing. The Economic Policy Institute estimates that the trade deficit with China cost about 2.7 million jobs between 2001 and 2011, including manufacturing and other industries.
The BL
November 22, 2021
A study of the workforce released by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) delineates 1979 as the point where significant changes started to accelerate a large chasm between workers and wages. Whereas the mid-20th century reflected a time of advances for working class Americans, “The decades since 1979 have been characterized by erosion of the minimum wage and overtime-pay standards, a decline in unionization and cultural and political acceptance of excessive executive pay.”
The Malibu Times
November 22, 2021
Penalties for companies wrongfully terminating pro-union employees are “just pathetic”, said Oliver. A company might be forced to provide backpay, “but that on its own is a pretty small price for them to pay if it helps them crush a union”.
Which is why US employers are charged with violating federal law in over 41% of union election campaigns, “because why wouldn’t they?” Oliver exclaimed. “Even when the charges are proven, the consequences are laughable.”
The Guardian
November 19, 2021
Teresa Ghilarducci is the Schwartz Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research. She’s the co-author of “Rescuing Retirement” and a member of the board of directors of the Economic Policy Institute.
Bloomberg
November 19, 2021