“This morning Gov. Whitmer announced a proposal to update Michigan’s overtime regulations,” said Heidi Shierholz, an economist with the labor-backed Economic Policy Institute. “The governor is stepping up for the hard-working people of Michigan and I applaud this move, particularly given that the Trump administration recently published a weak overtime rule that would leave almost 200,000 Michigan workers behind. The governor’s proposal embodies the idea of a fair day’s pay for a long day’s work is the right move for Michigan families and the Michigan economy.”
Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council
November 4, 2019
A 2019 study by the Economic Policy Institute found that the Midwest is one of the worst places for black Americans to live. Iowa was one of 10 Midwestern states with the worst ratios of black to white unemployment. Here black people are incarcerated at five times the rate of white people and black Midwesterners of all income levels are less likely to receive preventive health care.
The Gazette
November 4, 2019
Earlier this year, I spent a long weekend in Jackson, Wyoming, the most economically unequal place in the US, according to a 2018 report published by the Economic Policy Institute. In the Western resort town, the average income of the richest 1% is more than $16.1 million, while the average income of the remaining 99% is $122,447.
Business Insider
November 4, 2019
Bloomberg
November 4, 2019
Linking to an Economic Policy Institute study, Warren argued closing the OCO account would save $798 billion over a ten-year period she could use to help fund her $20.5 trillion Medicare for All plan.
The Hill
November 4, 2019
It is true that the increased wealth tax in her Medicare for All funding plan only affects billionaires, but the plan also includes a tax on capital gains for the top 1%, which includes people making far less than $1 million annually. According to the Economic Policy Institute, those making $421,926 annually are in the top 1% of income earners.
CBS News
November 4, 2019
The group is continuing its efforts to draw attention to the practice, which impacts workers in industries across the country — and most affects black female workers, according to research by the Economic Policy Institute. Timed to the anniversary of the walkout on Friday, the group announced a podcast featuring conversations with eight trial lawyers, who hold corporations accountable, about the practice of forced arbitration.
CNN
November 4, 2019
A few weeks ago, the Economic Policy Institute released a report based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that illustrated a troubling finding: the United States is experiencing a 307,000 job shortfall in public education positions. The extreme shortfall in public education jobs first took hold when the recession hit in 2007. Not only do we have 60,000 fewer public educators than before the recession, but the teacher shortage is also not keeping up with increasing enrollment sizes as population grows, meaning that fewer educators are teaching larger classes with less pay. Given the last year and change of widespread teacher strikes over poor pay, low quality school conditions, and lack of funding, it’s clear that there’s a massive school-funding problem in public education.
Fatherly
November 4, 2019
Across the country, low-income schools experience pronounced salary disadvantages as they fight for teachers, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
The Southern Illinoisan
November 4, 2019
Experts have said that an investment in young students can yield high returns. According to a Harvard University study, 90% of brain development occurs by age 5, and the Economic Policy Institute has found that kids who get quality early education are more likely to enter grade school ready and ultimately to graduate from high school.
NOLA.com
November 4, 2019