“Starting on Wednesday, there will be 47 new wage increases hitting workers in cities, counties and states across the country, according to the National Employment Law Project,” a CNBC report noted. “That means about 6.8 million Americans will start the year with higher wages, progressive think tank the Economic Policy Institute estimates.”
ETF Trends
January 3, 2020
We are all weaker because 25% of the benefit of the income tax cuts flow to the top 1% of earners. The same earners, according to the Economic Policy Institute, have captured 58% of all income growth since the Great Recession. Precisely at the time we should all be paying our fair share to ensure broad prosperity, we are amplifying inequality. We are amplifying inequality by handing tax cuts to the wealthy and by limiting the state’s ability to make investments that would lift residents out of poverty, while growing and strengthening the middle class. The inability to invest can be seen and felt across Massachusetts and we are weaker for it.
WAMC Northeast Public Radio
January 3, 2020
Companies are increasingly requiring employees to agree to forced arbitration as a condition of employment. A recent study by Cynthia Estlund at the Economic Policy Institute showed that 56 percent of non-unionized private sector employees — that’s 60.1 million American workers — are currently subject to forced arbitration.
ACLU
January 3, 2020
According to the Economic Policy Institute, a not-for-profit, non-partisan think tank that focuses on the needs of low- and middle-income workers, Bergen County is one of the most expensive places to live in 2018. The estimated needed salary for a family of two adults and two children is $105,042.00 per year. This figure does not take into account any aspects of keeping a kosher home. It is believed that kosher food can cost between 20% to 50% more than non-kosher food. This figure also does not consider the cost of private school. Combining these two unique needs will increase the basic number considerably. These facts should be strongly considered when planning to move to and raise a family here in Bergen.
Jewish Link NJ
January 3, 2020
Employers were charged with violating federal law in about four out of 10 union election campaigns supervised by the NLRB in 2016 and 2017, according to a recent study by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. Those elections were conducted under procedures the Obama-era board amended, which tightened deadlines and streamlined procedures.
Bloomberg Law
January 3, 2020
The cost of traditional college education is also a concern for students, said Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington-based left-leaning think tank.
York Dispatch
January 3, 2020
The Mountain Express reports that Blaine County workers, who sustain the multimillion-dollar mansions and glitz of Ketchum and Sun Valley, have seen wages fall to their lowest point since 2005, even as rent has continued to increase. And the Economic Policy Institute calls Blaine the “most unequal county” in the state.
Idaho Mountain Express
January 3, 2020
Economic Policy Institute: A July 2019 report from the institute puts the average cost of infant child care in Wisconsin at $12,597 a year. The report states that care for one infant would take up 18.5% of a median family’s income in Wisconsin. Wisconsin is ranked 20th out of 50 states and the District of Columbia for most expensive infant care.
Politifact Wisconsin
January 3, 2020
Ben Zipperer at the Economic Policy Institute said there could be new limits on who can join a union.
“The Trump administration has proposed that graduate student workers — teaching assistants and research assistants — shouldn’t be counted as employees with protected bargaining rights,” he said.
Marketplace
January 3, 2020
The new year has been ushered in by increases in the minimum wage in 21 states, stretching from Alaska to Florida and from California to Vermont. As a result, nearly 7 million Americans are earning more money in 2020, according to an estimate from the Economic Policy Institute.
MoneyWise
January 3, 2020