The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute said workplace democracy and ability of working people to unionize was key to protect their rights.
Thompson Reuters
October 30, 2020
A report by the Economic Policy Institute published in August contradicted his claims, however. It found that far from reenergizing the so-called Rust Belt — former industrial areas of the northeastern US that had seen a sharp economic decline since the 1990s — more manufacturing jobs left the US than were created during Trump’s first two years in office.
Indian Express
October 30, 2020
Valerie Wilson, an economist at the labor-backed Economic Policy Institute, said that policy response to COVID-19 must acknowledge its effects on many racial groups. She added that no policy is ever race-neutral.
Wilson said that there is going to be a differential impact because society is structured. She added that the Black unemployment rate had been twice the size of the white rate.
Latin Post
October 30, 2020
Typically, there are enough applications submitted at the two highest wage levels to meet the cap, said Ron Hira, a research associate at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) in Washington, D.C., and an associate professor of political science at Howard University. Hira co-authored a May 2020 report at EPI that found 60 percent of H-1B positions certified in fiscal year 2019 were assigned the two lowest prevailing wage levels, which were “significantly lower” than the local median salaries surveyed for occupations.
Society for Human Resource Management
October 30, 2020
Economists say other relief policies have proved more effective at boosting the economy. For instance, an extra $600 in weekly unemployment pay helped bolster households that had suffered job or income losses — until it expired in July. In May alone, the program boosted personal income by $842 billion, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
CBS News
October 30, 2020
In New Jersey, where she lives, the average cost for child care for a 4-year-old costs $10,855 annually, according to the Economic Policy Institute.13 And according to data from September, women are leaving the workforce at four times the rate of men.14 Families, and women, in particular, are bearing the brunt of taking care of children and running a household during the pandemic when many children haven’t returned to in-person teaching.
Very Well Health
October 30, 2020
“Blocking more stimulus is not just cruel, it’s terrible economics. For example, the spending made possible by the extra $600 in UI was supporting millions of jobs. Letting the $600 expire means cutting those jobs,” wrote Heidi Shierholz, senior economist and director of policy at the liberal Economic Policy Institute in a recent blog post.
MarketWatch
October 30, 2020
According to the Economic Policy Institute, Black children are more than twice as likely as White children to attend high-poverty schools and researchers estimate that primarily white school districts receive $23 billion more in annual funding than non-white school districts.
CNBC
October 30, 2020
According to LeanIn.org, Latina women make 55 cents for every dollar made by a white man, which accounts for more than 1 million dollars lost over their lifetime. Latina women are overrepresented in some of the lowest paid jobs, according to the National Women’s Law Center. And, as the Economic Policy Institute reports, the population has also faced disproportionate economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mashable
October 30, 2020
“Although the current strain of the coronavirus is one that humans have never experienced before, the disparate racial impact of the virus is deeply rooted in historic and ongoing social and economic injustices,” the Economic Policy Institute reported. “Persistent racial disparities in health status, access to health care, wealth, employment, wages, housing, income, and poverty all contribute to greater susceptibility to the virus — both economically and physically.”
My Horry News
October 30, 2020