All the public health warnings in the world can’t always stand up against the need to bring home a paycheck. Just 27 percent of people whose wages fall in the bottom 10 percent are able to earn paid sick leave from their job, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Any less pay eats into their basic needs: As EPI put it, the lost wages from missing three days of work can equal a month’s worth of groceries or their monthly utility bills.
VOX
March 4, 2020
As this graphic from the Economic Policy Institute shows wages at the bottom are up because of those states and localities that increased the minimum wage.
Raw Story
March 4, 2020
The Lower Class worker was earning less money in 2013 than in 1979 — adjusted for inflation — according to the Economic Policy Institute. Like, 5% less.
Pagosa Daily Post
March 4, 2020
One estimate from a pro-labor think tank, the Economic Policy Institute, puts the cost to employees at about $1.3 billion a year.
“This rule enables firms to avoid responsibility and liability,” said a statement from the EPI. “Weakening the joint-employer standard has serious adverse consequences for working people, such as depriving workers of the ability to bargain with the employer contracting for their services through an intermediary, who in most cases is the employer with ultimate control over wages, hours and working conditions.”
The Philadelphia Tribune
March 4, 2020
New analysis of the latest census data by Capital & Main (a nonprofit news organization where I serve as publisher) and the Economic Policy Institute has found that growth in median household income, adjusted for inflation, fell in 48 of the 50 states during Trump’s first two years in office compared to the last two years of Barack Obama’s presidency. Nationally, median household income grew at a rate of just 2.7% in Trump’s first two years, compared to a 5.8% growth rate in Obama’s last two years.
Los Angeles Times
March 4, 2020
The legislation was unveiled at a press conference Thursday attended by Schakowsky, Pressley, DeLauro, and Porter as well as representatives from the Center for Popular Democracy (CPD), United for Respect, United Food & Commercial Workers, the National Women’s Law Center, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), and the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP).
Common Dreams
March 4, 2020
REPORT FINDS PART-TIME WORKERS PAID LESS PER HOUR: A report by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute found that part time workers receive, on an hourly basis, 19.8 percent less pay than full-time workers in the same industries with similar educational backgrounds and experience.
This gap is larger for male part-time workers, relative to other men, than for women part-time workers relative to other women. Men are paid 25.8 percent less per hour than their full time male counterparts, while women part time workers are paid 15.9 percent less per hour than their full-time female counterparts. White part time workers receive 20.7 percent lower wages per hour, while that difference is 20.2 percent for African American workers and 14.2 percent for Hispanic workers.
Politico
March 4, 2020
While the growing economy has created jobs, many don’t pay well, said Lawrence Mishel, distinguished fellow at the Economic Policy Institute. The success of Lyft and Uber is an indicator, he said, because the companies are constantly losing drivers and signing up more, signaling a reservoir of people who need money.
Quad-City Times
March 3, 2020
If you don’t have Blacktower’s recommended amount saved, you’re not alone. Older millennials (ages 32 to 37) had about $1,000 saved in their 401(k) accounts in 2016, which is the most up-to-date data on file, according to progressive think tank the Economic Policy Institute.
CNBC
March 3, 2020