According to the Economic Policy Institute, Starbucks had faced hundreds of unfair labor practice charges from the National Labor Relations Board as of early 2025, including accusations of retaliation and union-busting. The board is closed due to the government shutdown and did not respond to a request for comment.
Business Insider
October 23, 2025
“The fingerprints of Trump policy decisions are most clearly found in the distinct rise in federal [unemployment insurance] claims—claims filed specifically by workers laid off from federal agencies,” Elise Gould and Joe Fast of the Economic Policy Institute wrote last week. “However, we are also seeing troubling trends in UI claims in regular state programs, particularly in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.”
“The shutdown (and potentially the attempted politicization of key government data-collection agencies) could leave policymakers flying blind just as the economy encounters real turbulence,” they cautioned.
Common Dreams
October 22, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute, antidiscrimination policies like the CROWN Act are needed because Black and Brown students continue to face discrimination based on their hair.
Florida Politics
October 22, 2025
Real wages are substantially higher now than they were in the seventies, eighties, and nineties. The real median wage in 2024 was 30 percent higher than it had been in 1980.
Source: Economic Policy Institute.
Counterpunch
October 22, 2025
But it’s unclear which federal funding sources and how much money would be on the line if districts don’t comply. Federal funding makes up 15.6% of district revenue in Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Topeka Capital-Journal
October 22, 2025
The data was sourced from the U.S. Census American Community Survey, the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center, the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey, Zillow Home Value Index, the Federal Reserve, ASPCA’s Annual Pet Costs, the Economic Policy Institute’s Childcare Costs by State.
GO Banking Rates
October 21, 2025
More than $1.5 billion in stolen wages were recovered for workers between 2021 and 2023 thanks to federal, state and local efforts to combat wage-theft, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Public News Service
October 21, 2025
There are about 11,000 federal workers who live in Sacramento County, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Sacramento Bee
October 21, 2025
Child care remains unaffordable for many, with the Economic Policy Institute putting the lowest cost per year of child care at just under $7,000, and the most at nearly $30,000.
In Business Madison
October 21, 2025
“There are already multiple avenues under federal law that allow for lower minimum wages for student learners and apprentices,” Nina Mast, an economic analyst for the Economic Policy Institute, previously told Orlando Weekly. “But this Florida bill really massively expands those classifications,” she said, speaking of Chamberlin’s earlier bill.
“I think that the concern is that it creates an opportunity for exploitation and to essentially find a rationale to pay basically anyone the lower minimum wage by characterizing your work as work-based learning,” Mast added.
Orlando Weekly
October 21, 2025