Real wages declined 0.3% for low-income workers last year, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a reversal from post-pandemic trends when low- and …
Fortune
April 6, 2026
The U.S. Senate business report also found that job creation is being impacted, citing an Economic Policy Institute paper which found that, if the administration reached its 4 million deportation goal, there would be 3.3 million fewer employed immigrants and 2.6 million fewer employed U.S. citizens.
New Bedford Light (Massachusetts)
April 6, 2026
To that point, a 2024 Economic Policy Institute Report, “The Rise of the ‘Union Curious,’ ” delved into data collected by the Worker Empowerment Research Network and found that 45% of workers under 30 are “union curious,” meaning they don’t necessarily favor or oppose unions, but they are open to considering third-party representation.
SHRM
April 6, 2026
Similarly, a 2025 Economic Policy Institute (EPI) report found that childcare for one infant is more expensive than public college tuition in 38 states.
“Childcare is unaffordable for working families everywhere in the country, and it’s even more unattainable for minimum-wage workers and the very workers that administer childcare,” EPI research assistant Katherine deCourcy said in a press release. “This isn’t inevitable—it is a policy choice. Federal and state policymakers can and should act to make childcare more affordable, and ensure that childcare workers can afford the same quality of care for their own children.”
Fast Company
April 6, 2026
A recent Economic Policy Institute report found that achieving historically normal rates of economic growth will be nearly impossible without sustained … [paywall].
Barron’s
April 6, 2026
The cost of infant care in Indiana is $1,206 per month, according to a study by the Economic Policy Institute. Foster families get a $28 per day base rate to take an infant.
WFYI
April 6, 2026
The proposal arrives against a labor market backdrop that the DOL painted in sharp terms. The agency cited Federal Reserve Bank of New York data showing unemployment rates of 7.5 percent for recent computer science graduates and underemployment rates exceeding 17 percent. It referenced ADP payroll figures showing that employment of software developers – the single largest occupational category in the H-1B system – was lower in 2024 than it was in 2018. And it pointed to a 2023 Economic Policy Institute study finding that the top 30 H-1B employers laid off at least 85,000 workers in 2022 and early 2023 while simultaneously hiring 34,000 H-1B workers.
Human Resources Director Magazine
April 6, 2026
“Folks, today’s jobs report is not good,” declared Heidi Shierholz, president of the think tank Economic Policy Institute (EPI). She pointed to average job growth over the past two months, the reason for the drop in unemployment (“people leaving the labor force”), slowing wage growth, and the fact that “the effects of our war in Iran aren’t even in these numbers yet.”
EPI senior economist Elise Gould further explained those points on social media. Although the report “came in stronger than expected… much of the gain was a bounce back to February declines (now a loss of 133,000 jobs),” she said. “As a result, average monthly growth the last two months was only 22,500 jobs.”
As far as the unemployment rate ticking down, “it’s important to note that this happened for the ‘wrong’ reasons as both the labor force participation and the share of the population with a job also ticked down,” Gould continued. “Job gains were strongest in healthcare as striking workers returned to work.”
Common Dreams
April 6, 2026
Thursday: The Economic Policy Institute holds a virtual briefing on the State of Working America at 1 p.m. …
Politico Morning Money
April 6, 2026
According to economist Daniel Costa of the Economic Policy Institute, the problem is not immigration itself, but the lack of legal protection for these workers. Without stable status, many avoid reporting abuses for fear of deportation, which increases their vulnerability.
According to him, the sector has become increasingly dependent on workers in more precarious conditions, which contributes to maintaining low wages and weak protection standards.
DW Brazil
March 31, 2026