“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
The Economic Policy Institute recently found that Black women’s labor-force participation has declined faster than any other demographic group in 2025, particularly among middle-income professionals.
MinneapoliMedia
October 21, 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, D.C. 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.
Truthout
October 21, 2025
“Businesses don’t like (tariffs), but they can adjust to a reasonable tariff,” Hersh said. “(Trump has) created uncertainty for the economy that just has businesses sitting on their hands, not being able to make decisions about investment or to hire new workers.”
CNN.com
October 21, 2025
A January 2025 analysis from the Economic Policy Institute found that previous work requirements had “largely failed to boost work in significant ways” because they do not address “the core problems of weak macroeconomic conditions, the volatile nature of low-wage work, and other barriers to work like caregiving responsibilities.”
Newsweek
October 21, 2025
There are nearly 45,000 federal workers across the Bay Area’s nine counties, according to estimates from the Economic Policy Institute.
San Francisco Chronicle
October 21, 2025
Red River Radio
October 21, 2025
According to The Economic Policy Institute, in 2023 the top 1% of all U.S. income earners, with an average income of just under $800,000, earn about 21% of all income. The top 0.1 % of earners average over $2.8 million. Contrast that to the $58,019 average income earned by the remaining 99%.
Z Network
October 21, 2025
“If the shutdown continues, it’s possible that, for the first time in at least six decades, there will be a full month gap in data about jobs and unemployment in the U.S. economy,” Elise Gould, senior economist at the progressive Economic Policy Institute think tank, and Joe Fast, a research assistant, wrote in a commentary.
Investopedia
October 21, 2025
Acknowledgments
Gallup acknowledges the invaluable contributions of the partners and stakeholders whose collaboration has been instrumental in the development of the study, resulting analysis and report, including Jobs for the Future, The Families & Workers Fund and the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. We are also grateful for support from the Gates Foundation.
Research Taskforce
- Susan Houseman, Senior Economist, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
- Katharine G. Abraham, Distinguished University Professor of Economics, University of Maryland
- Chandra Childers, Senior Policy and Economic Analyst, Economic Policy Institute
Gallup News
October 21, 2025