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• MACHINE LEARNING PLATFORM HOPES TO IMPROVE WORKPLACE SAFETY

  According to the Economic Policy Institute, work-related injuries and illnesses can cost the U.S. up to $250 billion every year.

  All Work February 12, 2021
• Progressives Applaud FAIR Act Reintroduction Aimed at Ending Anti-Worker, Anti-Consumer Forced Arbitration

  The Economic Policy Institute’s Heidi Shierholz and Margaret Poydock noted in a statement: “As of 2017, 56.2% of private-sector nonunion workers were subjected to forced arbitration agreements and an EPI and Center on Popular Democracy analysis projects that by 2024, that share will rise to more than 80%. The FAIR Act is a crucial step toward ending the growing practice of forced arbitration.”

  Common Dreams February 12, 2021
• Rep. Johnson Re-Introduces Legislation to End Forced Arbitration & Restore Accountability for Consumers, Workers

  SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS: A Better Balance, AKPIRG., Alliance for Justice, American Association for Justice, Americans for Financial Reform, Association of Late Deafened Adults (ALDA), Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Bayard Rustin Liberation Initiative, Better Markets, California Employment Lawyers Association, California Reinvestment Coalition, Center for Auto Safety, Center for Economic Integrity, Center for Justice & Democracy, Center for Popular Democracy, Center for Responsible Lending, Citizen Works, Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws, Consumer Action, 6 See, Meyer v. Kalanick, 200 F.Supp.3d 408 (S.D.N.Y. 2016), Consumer Federation of America, Consumer Reports, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, Consumer Watchdog, D.C. Consumer Rights Coalition, Demos, Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council, Inc., Disability Rights Advocates, Disability Rights Legal Center, Disability Rights Texas, Earthjustice, Economic Policy Institute,…

  Rep. Hank Johnson February 12, 2021
• Public Citizen to Congress: Ban Forced Arbitration Clauses

  “Shockingly, individual consumers win in arbitration only 9% of the time, and in arbitrations against a financial company, the consumer ends up paying the company more than $7,700 on average, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Already, more than 60 million workers are forced into arbitration, and by 2024, more than 80% of private-sector, nonunion workers will be subject to it.

  Public Citizen February 12, 2021
• Study estimates federal minimum wage increase would help 439,000 Arkansans

  The nonprofit Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a Washington, D.C.-based think tank that has advocated for a higher federal minimum wage, said the $15 an hour target would raise wages for 32 million U.S. workers and add $107 billion in annual wages to those workers. The EPI study estimates the average worker would receive $3,300 a year in new wages.

  5 News Online February 12, 2021
• The Biden White House Is Tossing Obama’s Economics Playbook

  The message implicit in the Biden plan is that prior Democratic Administrations have been too modest in their ambitions and too committed to the old orthodoxy about the relationship between inflation and unemployment. Biden’s advisers haven’t made this argument explicitly, but Josh Bivens, an economist at the Washington-based Economic Policy Institute, laid it out clearly last week. “The U.S. economy has run far too-cool for decades, and this has stunted growth and deprived millions of potential job opportunities and tens of millions of potential opportunities for faster pay raises,” Bivens wrote, praising the Biden plan. Ever since the inflation of the nineteen-seventies, policymakers, led by the Fed, have sought to exert downward pressure on rising prices, a policy of “opportunistic disinflation,” Bivens noted. “The Biden plan is essentially the reverse of opportunistic disinflation—it’s opportunistic go-for-growth.”

  The New Yorker February 12, 2021
• This map shows the last time each state raised its minimum wage

  Some other states have not seen an increase since the federal minimum wage last rose from $6.55 to $7.25 on July 24, 2009. According to the Economic Policy Institute, there were 31 states affected by that increase, but several states have since raised their wages since then, such as New York and Maryland.

  Business Insider February 12, 2021
• Tipped workers’ sub-minimum wage is slavery’s legacy; Biden’s plan ends it

  The Economic Policy Institute estimates that nearly a third of all Black workers would get a raise under the Raise the Wage Act. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that it could also raise wages for 17 million workers overall. Another 10 million workers earning just above $15 could also see an increase.

  People's Weekly World February 12, 2021
• Opinion

  What is more, the investment would pay dividends for school systems. The Economic Policy Institute found that for every $1 invested in capital improvements to education facilities, $1.50 in eventual economic development in the community is generated. A Quarterly Journal of Economics study found that educational advancement, housing prices and school enrollment increases follow suit.

  The Daily Free Press February 12, 2021
• Job losses, income gain: What increasing the minimum wage means for small businesses, SC employees

  For a Columbia resident with no children, the cost of living is approximately $35,325 considering housing, food, child care, transportation, health care and other expenses, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

  The State February 12, 2021
• FAIR Act is being revived in Washington, raising hopes for end to forced arbitration

  Googlers for Ending Forced Arbitration said in a blog post Thursday that the need to end forced arbitration has become “increasingly relevant during COVID as we watched employers and nursing homes evade accountability with forced arbitration clauses.” More than 50% of U.S. workers are subject to forced arbitration, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

  MarketWatch February 12, 2021
• Surveillance: Dudley Weighs Inflation Risk (Podcast)

  William Dudley, Bloomberg Opinion Columnist & Former New York Fed President, says the U.S. economic and labor market recovery could happen faster than people think. Dan Ives, Wedbush Securities Analyst, sees a tidal wave of tech M&A coming. Greg Boutle, BNP Paribas U.S. Head of Equity & Derivative Strategy, discusses recent changes in market volatility. Heidi Shierholz, Economic Policy Institute Senior Economist & Director of Policy, discusses what it will take to get the labor market back on track.

  Bloomberg February 12, 2021
• How To Find the Best Life Insurance Policy for You and Your Family

  Although there’s a clear need for insurance coverage for the primary breadwinner in a household, a nonearning spouse should usually be covered as well. Life insurance can help pay for services that used to be covered by the nonearning spouse, such as child care, cleaning or home maintenance. These services, which can often be taken for granted, are quite expensive when you have to hire outsiders. For example, according to the Economic Policy Institute, the average cost of infant care in California is $16,945 per year, or almost double the cost of in-state tuition at a public college. Professional house cleaning can cost anywhere between $120 and $300 in major cities across America.

  GoBanking Rates February 12, 2021
• Intenseye raises $4M to boost workplace safety through computer vision

  Workplace injuries and illnesses cost the U.S. upwards of $250 billion each year, according to the Economic Policy Institute. ERA-backed startup Intenseye, a machine learning platform, has raised a $4 million seed round to try to bring that number way down in an economic and efficient way.

  Tech Crunch February 12, 2021
• MACHINE LEARNING PLATFORM HOPES TO IMPROVE WORKPLACE SAFETY

  According to the Economic Policy Institute, work-related injuries and illnesses can cost the U.S. up to $250 billion every year.

  All Work February 12, 2021
• Progressives Applaud FAIR Act Reintroduction Aimed at Ending Anti-Worker, Anti-Consumer Forced Arbitration

  The Economic Policy Institute’s Heidi Shierholz and Margaret Poydock noted in a statement: “As of 2017, 56.2% of private-sector nonunion workers were subjected to forced arbitration agreements and an EPI and Center on Popular Democracy analysis projects that by 2024, that share will rise to more than 80%. The FAIR Act is a crucial step toward ending the growing practice of forced arbitration.”

  Common Dreams February 12, 2021
• Public Citizen to Congress: Ban Forced Arbitration Clauses

  “Shockingly, individual consumers win in arbitration only 9% of the time, and in arbitrations against a financial company, the consumer ends up paying the company more than $7,700 on average, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Already, more than 60 million workers are forced into arbitration, and by 2024, more than 80% of private-sector, nonunion workers will be subject to it.

  Public Citizen February 12, 2021
• Rep. Johnson Re-Introduces Legislation to End Forced Arbitration & Restore Accountability for Consumers, Workers

  SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS: A Better Balance, AKPIRG., Alliance for Justice, American Association for Justice, Americans for Financial Reform, Association of Late Deafened Adults (ALDA), Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Bayard Rustin Liberation Initiative, Better Markets, California Employment Lawyers Association, California Reinvestment Coalition, Center for Auto Safety, Center for Economic Integrity, Center for Justice & Democracy, Center for Popular Democracy, Center for Responsible Lending, Citizen Works, Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws, Consumer Action, 6 See, Meyer v. Kalanick, 200 F.Supp.3d 408 (S.D.N.Y. 2016), Consumer Federation of America, Consumer Reports, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, Consumer Watchdog, D.C. Consumer Rights Coalition, Demos, Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council, Inc., Disability Rights Advocates, Disability Rights Legal Center, Disability Rights Texas, Earthjustice, Economic Policy Institute,…

  Rep. Hank Johnson February 12, 2021
• Study estimates federal minimum wage increase would help 439,000 Arkansans

  The nonprofit Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a Washington, D.C.-based think tank that has advocated for a higher federal minimum wage, said the $15 an hour target would raise wages for 32 million U.S. workers and add $107 billion in annual wages to those workers. The EPI study estimates the average worker would receive $3,300 a year in new wages.

  5 News Online February 12, 2021
• The Biden White House Is Tossing Obama’s Economics Playbook

  The message implicit in the Biden plan is that prior Democratic Administrations have been too modest in their ambitions and too committed to the old orthodoxy about the relationship between inflation and unemployment. Biden’s advisers haven’t made this argument explicitly, but Josh Bivens, an economist at the Washington-based Economic Policy Institute, laid it out clearly last week. “The U.S. economy has run far too-cool for decades, and this has stunted growth and deprived millions of potential job opportunities and tens of millions of potential opportunities for faster pay raises,” Bivens wrote, praising the Biden plan. Ever since the inflation of the nineteen-seventies, policymakers, led by the Fed, have sought to exert downward pressure on rising prices, a policy of “opportunistic disinflation,” Bivens noted. “The Biden plan is essentially the reverse of opportunistic disinflation—it’s opportunistic go-for-growth.”

  The New Yorker February 12, 2021
• This map shows the last time each state raised its minimum wage

  Some other states have not seen an increase since the federal minimum wage last rose from $6.55 to $7.25 on July 24, 2009. According to the Economic Policy Institute, there were 31 states affected by that increase, but several states have since raised their wages since then, such as New York and Maryland.

  Business Insider February 12, 2021
• Tipped workers’ sub-minimum wage is slavery’s legacy; Biden’s plan ends it

  The Economic Policy Institute estimates that nearly a third of all Black workers would get a raise under the Raise the Wage Act. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that it could also raise wages for 17 million workers overall. Another 10 million workers earning just above $15 could also see an increase.

  People's Weekly World February 12, 2021
• Opinion

  What is more, the investment would pay dividends for school systems. The Economic Policy Institute found that for every $1 invested in capital improvements to education facilities, $1.50 in eventual economic development in the community is generated. A Quarterly Journal of Economics study found that educational advancement, housing prices and school enrollment increases follow suit.

  The Daily Free Press February 12, 2021
• Job losses, income gain: What increasing the minimum wage means for small businesses, SC employees

  For a Columbia resident with no children, the cost of living is approximately $35,325 considering housing, food, child care, transportation, health care and other expenses, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

  The State February 12, 2021
• Rep. Johnson Re-Introduces Legislation to End Forced Arbitration & Restore Accountability for Consumers, Workers

  SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS: A Better Balance, AKPIRG., Alliance for Justice, American Association for Justice, Americans for Financial Reform, Association of Late Deafened Adults (ALDA), Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Bayard Rustin Liberation Initiative, Better Markets, California Employment Lawyers Association, California Reinvestment Coalition, Center for Auto Safety, Center for Economic Integrity, Center for Justice & Democracy, Center for Popular Democracy, Center for Responsible Lending, Citizen Works, Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws, Consumer Action, 6 See, Meyer v. Kalanick, 200 F.Supp.3d 408 (S.D.N.Y. 2016), Consumer Federation of America, Consumer Reports, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, Consumer Watchdog, D.C. Consumer Rights Coalition, Demos, Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council, Inc., Disability Rights Advocates, Disability Rights Legal Center, Disability Rights Texas, Earthjustice, Economic Policy Institute,…

  Rep. Hank Johnson February 12, 2021
• Study estimates federal minimum wage increase would help 439,000 Arkansans

  The nonprofit Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a Washington, D.C.-based think tank that has advocated for a higher federal minimum wage, said the $15 an hour target would raise wages for 32 million U.S. workers and add $107 billion in annual wages to those workers. The EPI study estimates the average worker would receive $3,300 a year in new wages.

  5 News Online February 12, 2021
• The Biden White House Is Tossing Obama’s Economics Playbook

  The message implicit in the Biden plan is that prior Democratic Administrations have been too modest in their ambitions and too committed to the old orthodoxy about the relationship between inflation and unemployment. Biden’s advisers haven’t made this argument explicitly, but Josh Bivens, an economist at the Washington-based Economic Policy Institute, laid it out clearly last week. “The U.S. economy has run far too-cool for decades, and this has stunted growth and deprived millions of potential job opportunities and tens of millions of potential opportunities for faster pay raises,” Bivens wrote, praising the Biden plan. Ever since the inflation of the nineteen-seventies, policymakers, led by the Fed, have sought to exert downward pressure on rising prices, a policy of “opportunistic disinflation,” Bivens noted. “The Biden plan is essentially the reverse of opportunistic disinflation—it’s opportunistic go-for-growth.”

  The New Yorker February 12, 2021
• This map shows the last time each state raised its minimum wage

  Some other states have not seen an increase since the federal minimum wage last rose from $6.55 to $7.25 on July 24, 2009. According to the Economic Policy Institute, there were 31 states affected by that increase, but several states have since raised their wages since then, such as New York and Maryland.

  Business Insider February 12, 2021
• Tipped workers’ sub-minimum wage is slavery’s legacy; Biden’s plan ends it

  The Economic Policy Institute estimates that nearly a third of all Black workers would get a raise under the Raise the Wage Act. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that it could also raise wages for 17 million workers overall. Another 10 million workers earning just above $15 could also see an increase.

  People's Weekly World February 12, 2021
• Opinion

  What is more, the investment would pay dividends for school systems. The Economic Policy Institute found that for every $1 invested in capital improvements to education facilities, $1.50 in eventual economic development in the community is generated. A Quarterly Journal of Economics study found that educational advancement, housing prices and school enrollment increases follow suit.

  The Daily Free Press February 12, 2021