Media clips

MSNBC’s Ali Velshi

I think it will pass if it doesn’t have it in it, but that’s a big loss for the country because if you raise the minimum wage as we’ve proposed and as the overwhelming majority of Americans support you are giving a raise to 32 million people, according to the Economic Policy Institute and you’re also helping directly the lives of children.

MSNBC March 1, 2021
The $15 minimum wage debate clarifies the partisan economic divide

Cites productivity-pay chart.

New York Magazine March 1, 2021
Low-wage tax penalty risks sparking contract labor boom

“The proposals to use the tax system aren’t anybody’s first choice for doing some kind of effective wage increase for low-wage workers,” said Ben Zipperer, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank that’s backed boosting the wage floor to $15 per hour.

Bloomberg Tax March 1, 2021
$15 minimum wage hopes dimmed for millions

The measure would have given a pay raise to some 32 million workers, according to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank.

The Balance March 1, 2021
$15 federal minimum wage in doubt as some lawmakers seek compromise

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., dismissed the $10 proposal as “legislated poverty.” The Economic Policy Institute estimated the Romney-Cotton plan would only benefit 3.2% of the workforce, compared to more than 20% of workers who would see a raise if the federal minimum wage is increased to $15 per hour.

Sinclair Broadcast Group March 1, 2021
Washington’s Most Influential People

Heidi Shierholz
Economic Policy Institute
Senior Economist and Director of Policy

Washingtonian Magazine February 26, 2021
$66K recovered for 12 New Jersey landscape workers

Wage theft isn’t one of the crimes most prosecutors and politicians refer to when they talk about getting ‘tough on crime,’ but it represents a massive portion of all theft committed in the country, according to a 2017 study by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).

NJ Today February 26, 2021
Adams Pushes For Minimum Wage Increase on the House Floor

The Economic Policy Institute reports that an estimated 146,000 workers would receive wage increases if a $15 per hour minimum wage is passed by Congress and signed into law. Of those 146,000 workers, 80,000 are women and 66,000 are Black. 12th District workers benefiting from the legislation would see an average annual wage increase of 18% or approximately $4,200 in 2020 dollars.

Rep. Alma Adams February 26, 2021
Black Families Have a Major Stake in the Future of the Postal Service

The Center for Economic and Policy Research notes that the wage gap between white and Black workers is narrower among postal workers than among private sector employees. The Economic Policy Institute has found that Black workers’ share of USPS jobs is significantly higher than their share of all public sector jobs.

Inequality.org February 26, 2021
Building an Economy That Supports All Children Requires Raising the Minimum Wage

The findings in this column are based on CAP’s analysis of 2020 Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotational Groups (CPS-ORG) data extracts made publicly available by the Economic Policy Institute. The analysis includes workers ages 16 and older who were in the labor force and employed and were not self-employed.

Center for American Progress February 26, 2021