“Hasta 33 millones de trabajadores han sido perjudicados por la recesión por no tener empleo o por tener sus horas y su salario reducido”, explican los economistas del Economic Policy Institute.
El Diario
October 8, 2020
More than 21 million Americans are currently unemployed, and another 11.5 million have seen reduced hours and pay during the pandemic, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal think tank. Although the unemployment rate has fallen from its pandemic peak, job growth is slowing and the number of layoffs has increased. The lack of new stimulus funding risks turning the U.S. economy into “a wasteland,” economists have warned.
Huffington Post
October 8, 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 8, 2020
Heidi Shierholz, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, estimated that at least 33m workers have been harmed directly, after taking account of misclassification, undercounting, those who have dropped out of the labour force and those whose hours and pay were cut after the reimposition of local lockdowns.
Financial Times
October 8, 2020
A pair of complementary reports, rolled out by the Communications Workers of America and Economic Policy Institute on Monday…[behind paywall]
Law360
October 7, 2020
Further, many teachers work in schools that may not have the resources to safely address Covid-19. In a recent poll by NPR, 78% of teachers expressed concerns about accessing sufficient amounts of personal protective equipment (PPE) and in-classroom cleaning supplies. Teachers spent an average of $450 of their own money for classroom supplies even prior to the pandemic, according to a study by the Economic Policy Institute, which also pointed to considerable out-of-pocket expenses for supplies related to the prevention of Covid-19.
Forbes
October 7, 2020
The ACA has a profound, positive impact on our economy. According to the Economic Policy Institute, repeal of the ACA would cause nearly 30 million Americans to lose their health insurance and 1.2 million Americans to lose their jobs in health care and other lines of work.
Newsweek
October 7, 2020
In addition, unions promote racial and gender equity. While the American labor movement wasn’t inclusive, unions have been vehicles to the middle class since their integration in the 1960s. A 2016 study found that the median wealth of a nonwhite union worker was nearly five times greater than their non-union counterpart. Similarly, the Economic Policy Institute found that the gender pay gap in unions is only $0.94, compared to $0.74 for non-union women.
Minnesota Daily
October 7, 2020
The average cost of infant care for one child in Pennsylvania is $11,842, according to the Economic Policy Institute. For a person working a full-time, minimum-wage job, that amount would be more than 78% of their income. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services deems child care “affordable” if it costs 7% or less than the family’s total income.
Altoona Mirror
October 7, 2020