Critics of H-1B say the program underpays foreign workers compared to their American counterparts, according to nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank the Economic Policy Institute.
Fox Business
June 23, 2020
Jacobs aired a TV ad late in the special-election campaign that accused McMurray of “supporting trade agreements costing us thousands of jobs.” The ad cited a May 2016 blog post from the Economic Policy Institute that was critical of a 2012 U.S.-South Korea free-trade agreement.
Bloomberg Government
June 23, 2020
A report by the Economic Policy Institute based on federal labor data shows that a disproportionately high share of Black and Hispanic workers can’t telecommute for their jobs, putting them at higher risk of contracting the coronavirus, or being laid off as businesses continue to close.
Business Insider
June 23, 2020
Economist Valerie Wilson, director of the Program on Race, Ethnicity and Economy (PREE) at the Economic Policy Institute, said, “The pandemic really does shine a light on a number of economic disparities along racial lines.”
CBS This Morning
June 23, 2020
There’s also the racial wage gap: the Economic Policy Institute says that in 2017, Black men made about 70 cents for every $1 their White counterpart made. The gap is especially large when it comes to Black women, who make 62 cents for every $1 a White man makes, according to the National Women’s Law Center.
The Skimm
June 22, 2020
With the labor market in a state of unprecedented turmoil, the data is coming in so quickly that it can be difficult to see the clear trendlines. Heidi Shierholz of the Economic Policy Institute attempted to straighten out some of the crooked lines in a blog post Thursday.
The Fiscal Times
June 22, 2020
“In today’s gradually reopening coronavirus economy, hires (or rehires) are now outpacing job losses, but we are still seeing a huge number of people losing jobs,” Heidi Shierholz, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, wrote in a blog post. Shierholz added that the recession is going to “exacerbate existing racial inequalities by causing greater job loss in Black and Hispanic households than in white households.”
CBS News
June 22, 2020
While some argue that these symbols are Southern heritage, research has shown that these symbols are related to historically racist acts. Specifically, research has found that the same areas that lynched more Blacks in the past also have more Confederate streets today. Additionally, all other factors equal, Blacks who reside in areas with more Confederate streets are less likely to be employed, more likely to be employed in lower-paying occupations and have lower wages compared to whites. Furthermore, these results extend to other minority groups: Asians, Hispanics, and foreign-born individuals also have worse economic outcomes compared to whites in these areas.
The Brookings Institution
June 22, 2020
“The missing piece is hiring,” said Heidi Shierholz, a former Department of Labor economist and director of policy at the Economic Policy Institute, in a blog post. “If there are a large number of layoffs, there can still be job growth if there is also a lot of hiring (or rehiring). In today’s gradually reopening coronavirus economy, hires (or rehires) are now outpacing job losses, but we are still seeing a huge number of people losing jobs.”
Sinclair Broadcast Group
June 22, 2020
The report is a drab reminder of the poor employment landscape, despite a stunning jobs report that showed nonfarm jobs rose by 2.5 million in May. “We would need to see the same level of job growth for months and months and months to fill in the current jobs deficit,” said Heidi Shierholz, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute.
Courthouse News Service
June 22, 2020