“There’s not much the president can do as far as getting more benefits to people,” said Heidi Shierholz, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington. She was the chief economist at the U.S. Labor Department during part of the Obama administration.
Fresno Bee
November 12, 2020
Fresh off his election win, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Congress should focus its energy on approving a new coronavirus stimulus bill “by the end of the year” and it would possibly “do more for state and local governments.” That would be a relief, because without any more money, 5.3 million workers could lose their jobs by the end of 2021 if municipalities don’t get a bailout, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Tribune Content Agency
November 12, 2020
The Trump administration has moved aggressively to alter regulations affecting the environment, workplace health and safety, education policy and programs like Medicaid. This newspaper has documented the completion or advancement of rollbacks of more than 100 environmental rules, some of which went even beyond the wish lists of the companies that will benefit. The Economic Policy Institute found 50 actions that would limit workers’ rights.
New York Times
November 12, 2020
However, Ossoff and Warnock both support the PRO Act, which stands for Protecting the Right to Organize. This legislation, which passed the Democrat-controlled House this year, overrides Right to Work laws that prevent unions from collecting dues from the workers they represent, according to the Economic Policy Institute. The legislation essentially cracks down on independent contracting and freelancing.
Daily Caller
November 12, 2020
That idea is emblematic of Biden’s approach. He has also championed a $775 billion program underwriting the cost of childcare and eldercare for American families and backs a $2 trillion infrastructure plan that would overhaul U.S. roads, bridges, trains and broadband systems while creating millions of jobs. The Biden Administration is also expected to push Congress to extend the $600 in expanded unemployment that expired at the end of July and to back an influx of federal cash to state and local governments, which have been forced by the economic collapse to slash programs benefiting American families, experts say. Colorado, for example, has increased Medicaid co-pays; California reduced firefighter pay by 7.5%; and Georgia slashed K-12 public school budgets by nearly $1 billion. Data suggests that Congress’s failure in 2008 to sufficiently bolster state governments delayed the economic recovery by four years, says Heidi Shierholz, a senior economist at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute and a former Labor Department economist.
Time
November 12, 2020
Bloomberg News: Bidenomics: What the president-elect could mean for business and the economy. “One of the things Democrats have learned is that unless there is real change, that working people really do feel a difference, we would be setting the stage for another Trump. A different Trump, but another Trump,” says Heidi Shierholz, senior economist and director of policy at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington. “It is really important that economic growth is more broadly shared, so it doesn’t just go to the top 1 percent.”
The Hill
November 12, 2020
Hip Latina
November 12, 2020
Rhinehart is a senior fellow at the Economic Policy Institute, where she landed after leaving the AFL-CIO in 2018 after more than two decades as an attorney for the labor federation. She started there as an associate attorney in 1996 and worked her way up to the general counsel position by 2009.
Law360
November 12, 2020
Economic Policy Institute (EPI) research suggests that realigning the dollar could create 3.5 million to 6.6 million new, good-paying U.S. jobs over the next four years. It’s why currency matters far more than tariffs, particularly when Trump’s Section 301 China tariffs merely shifted the global export picture. Yes, America’s goods deficit with China dropped $30 billion between 2017 and 2019. But total U.S. imports actually continued to grow.
The Hill
November 12, 2020
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) estimates around 30 million workers in the U.S. have lost hours, jobs, or seen their wages cut because of the pandemic.
Mundo Obrero Workers World
November 12, 2020