And these effects disproportionately affect people who are already marginalized in the workplace. A 2018 study published in the journal Ethnic and Racial Studies demonstrated yet another way that the “model minority” stereotype negatively impacts Asian American employees, who are expected to work harder than white Americans despite being less likely to secure top-tier positions than their less well-educated white peers. And according to the Economic Policy Institute, Black women in the workplace have historically had the highest levels of labor market participation, holding down more jobs for a longer period of time than other demographic groups. Yet, for all that extra labor, Black women (especially queer and trans Black women) continue to be paid significantly less for more work than other demographic groups.
Bustle
October 23, 2019
The Massachusetts picketers, who are members of Teamsters Local 25 in Boston, started striking on Aug. 29 after Republic Services didn’t agree to sign a contract seeking higher wages and more affordable health care. According to the Economic Policy Institute’s Family Budget Calculator, which in turn was cited in a recent press release from the Teamsters International Union, the sanitation workers in question are paid below 40 percent of the livable wage for a family with one adult and one child living in Massachusetts.
Bellevue Reporter
October 23, 2019
According to the Economic Policy Institute, this means a family should be earning around $421,000 with varying thresholds that differ from state to state.
Frugal for Less
October 23, 2019
Parents spend between 9 and 22% of their annual income on childcare, per Economic Policy Institute data cited by The Conversation — often more than they do on rent. Merrill Lynch estimates that parents of adult children spend around $500 billion on their grown offspring each year, with parents spending in general somewhere around the quarter-million mark on each child, or two-and-a-half plates at a fundraiser for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, if you want to be fancy — and you’d better believe that on those plates, there isn’t a chicken nugget in sight.
Romper
October 23, 2019
A typical American household spends as much as 10% of disposable income on daycare. Even more shocking, a recent Economic Policy Institute report found that full-time childcare for a 4-year-old is more expensive than in-state public college tuition in 23 states – including North Carolina. Carrboro must attract more daycare facilities and even consider subsidizing the cost of childcare for some of our low- and moderate-income working families.
Indy Week
October 23, 2019
According to Republic, the average Marshfield driver earned $80,000 last year (considered a local living wage for a family with one adult and one child per the Economic Policy Institute), received a “highly competitive, industry-standard healthcare plan” and had a 401(k) with company matching. In contrast, per Republic, moving to a Teamsters health plan that was free for employees would double the company’s costs. Switching to an underfunded regional Teamsters pension plan is also described as more risky, given its critical status.
Waste Dive
October 16, 2019
- From the Economic Policy Institute: “From 2017 to 2018, relatively fast growth continued at the top…but the 20th and 30th percentiles saw the strongest growth at 4.8 percent and 3.7 percent, respectively.”
Breitbart
October 16, 2019
Workers’ share of corporate income has plummeted dismally in the past 25 years, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank dedicated to economic policy discussions. The Great Recession, from 2007 through 2012, put significant downward pressure on pay.
The Goshen News
October 16, 2019
Uber has rapidly expanded into 700 cities across the world in large part by relying on a business model that preys on drivers, who do not receive basic labor protections and benefits like overtime pay, worker’s compensation, and health insurance. According to a 2018 study by the Economic Policy Institute, Uber drivers earn $9.21 an hour after accounting for the costs of gas, car maintenance and other expenses. That’s below the minimum wage in 13 of its 20 biggest urban markets in the United States.
VICE
October 16, 2019
According to a study from the Economic Policy Institute last year, drivers take home an average of $9.21 an hour after expenses.
LAist
October 16, 2019