The Economic Policy Institute, a non-profit, non-partisan Washington, D.C. think tank, analyzed a dozen historical examples of U.S. emissions reduction regulations that industry opposed based on projected high costs. Across the board, compliance costs were routinely much lower than expected.
David Suzuki Foundation
October 23, 2020
Without a federal fiscal relief package, workers will face even greater loss of jobs and services than has already occurred. The Economic Policy Institute predicts that in Virginia 135,100 public-sector jobs employing teachers, public safety workers, and health care workers, will be lost by the end of 2021 without more federal aid.
Blue Virginia
October 23, 2020
Without a federal fiscal relief package, workers will face even greater loss of jobs and services than has already occurred. The Economic Policy Institute predicts that in Wisconsin 99,200 public-sector jobs employing teachers, public safety workers and health care workers, will be lost by the end of 2021 without more federal aid.
Wiz Business
October 23, 2020
The Economic Policy Institute’s Family Budget Calculator was used to determine the local cost of living, which includes housing, food, health care, transportation and other necessities. In many of the locations identified, housing costs can account for more than 30 percent of these expenses.
The Center Square
October 23, 2020
They also are among 625,000 essential workers in Michigan and more than 55 million throughout the United States, 70 percent of whom do not have a college degree, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Second Wave Southwest Michigan
October 23, 2020
The Trump Labor Department repealed rules requiring employers to disclose the companies they hire and how much they pay them to fight worker organizing campaigns. The Economic Policy Institute estimates that employers spend $340 million per year to help prevent employees from organizing.
St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune
October 23, 2020
“When things shut down, there was a lot of delusion” that employment would soon return to normal, said Heidi Shierholz of the Economic Policy Institute, a former Labor Department chief economist. “Now, people are realizing that in industries where there’s a lot of social contact, many of those [jobs] are just not coming back” until well after there’s a vaccine.
Politico
October 23, 2020
According to the Economic Policy Institute, about 16% of all veterans—1.2 million men and women–are covered by a union contracts (compared to 10.3% of all workers). They are most heavily represented in the American Federation of Government Employees and American Postal Workers, where veterans have a strong collective identity and internal union presence. On an individual basis, union members who are veterans may also belong to local posts of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, or AMVETS. But these old-line groups tend to be conservative on military and foreign policy issues and not much engaged with issues affecting veterans as workers. Common Defense, in contrast, proclaims its commitment to “progressive values” and seeks partnerships with like-minded unions working for social and economic justice.
Counterpunch
October 23, 2020
We are also discussing Republican’s efforts to block the passage of more than a $1.8 trillion stimulus package. According to the Economic Policy Institute, over 13 million more people would be in poverty without unemployment insurance and stimulus payments.
KALW San Francisco
October 23, 2020
According to Zurofsky, Rewiring America’s new report—which echoes a recent study by the Economic Policy Institute confirming that investments in energy efficiency and clean energy would create millions of jobs—is meant to demonstrate “what the future can look like if we are motivated to make it so.”
Common Dreams
October 23, 2020