Driving the news: The overall U.S. unemployment rate was 4.2% as of Q3 2024, but the rate among Black Americans was 6.5%, per the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank.
- Oregon matched the national rate, with a gap of 2.3%.
- Kentucky had the widest gap at 6.1% while Mississippi and Maryland were tied for the lowest at 0.8%.
Axios
February 18, 2025
Wage theft costs American workers as much as $50 billion a year, according to a 2014 estimate by the Economic Policy Institute, a pro-labor think tank.
Capital Times
February 18, 2025
This week, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) launched an updated and expanded version of its State of Working America data library, offering researchers, journalists and the public a user-friendly resource for tracking key labor market trends.
Corridor Business Journal
February 18, 2025
“Overcapacity in the global steel industry is plaguing U.S. steel and aluminum producers. China, as the world’s largest and fastest-growing steel producer, has had production capacity that has exceeded the rest of the world combined since 2000,” Adam Hersh, a senior fellow specializing in international trade and industrial policy at the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington think tank, said in an interview with this station.
Radio Free Asia
February 18, 2025
Margaret Poydock, senior policy analyst at the Economic Policy Institute told Newsweek that unions offer several key benefits to workers, including “just cause” rights that protect against arbitrary and unfair dismissals. Union contracts often include legally binding layoff and recall protocols. In contrast, non-unionized workers, who lack these protections, can be fired for almost any reason without notice or severance pay.
Newsweek
February 18, 2025
..representing federal workers – along with the labor-allied Economic Policy Institute – have sued in an attempt to block Musk’s people from…[paywall].
Politico
February 18, 2025
Fox News Digital compiled a list of the groups, state attorneys general, cities or states, and individuals who have launched lawsuits against the Trump administration’s executive actions. The list includes the various groups and individuals challenging the Trump administration in court, as well as the executive order or proclamation that sparked the suit.
- American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, American Federation of Government Employees, AFLCIO, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, Communication Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Economic Policy Institute (Executive Action related to disclosure of personal and financial records to DOGE)
Fox News
February 18, 2025
The nonpartisan, nonprofit Economic Policy Institute think tank reported: “Steel and aluminum manufacturing are critical to the U.S. industrial base for both economic and national security reasons. Both industries have been plagued by chronic global overcapacity and unfair trading practices that have pushed U.S. producers to the brink of financial inviability, most notably from heavily-subsidized and state-backed producers in China, India, Turkey, Iran, South Korea, Vietnam, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, and imports have been surging once again.”
Metal Tech News
February 18, 2025
Transportation issues with Jefferson County Public Schools have resulted in cuts, lawsuits and hardships for families trying to get students back and forth to school. On this episode, we talk about JCPS and transportation. How do other cities handle it? And how does our own system compare? Our guests are Jess Clark, who covers education for LPM, and Sebastian Martinez Hickey, an analyst and researcher with the Economic Policy Institute.
Louisville Public Media
February 18, 2025
On average, Hoosiers spend more than $12,000 annually on child care for infants, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Some legislators are looking for ways to alleviate cost associated with newborns. A Senate committee advanced a bill Tuesday to establish a tax credit for newborn children.
Lakeshore Public Media
February 18, 2025