Marketplace
October 3, 2019
The Economic Policy Institute has found that universities increasingly depend on graduate assistants and non-tenure track faculty, as the growth of those positions outpaces the growth of tenured and tenure-track positions, which have significantly higher pay and offer much more stability. Not only does that leave graduate students with more work while they’re in schools, but it also means their future job prospects are diminished after graduation as well.
Inequality.org
October 2, 2019
According to the Economic Policy Institute, workers age 35 and under are the main reason for the surge in union membership over the past two years. Nationwide in 2017, nearly 860,000 workers under age 35 got hired and nearly a quarter of those were union jobs. Let’s not forget young workers were instrumental in the Fight for $15, #MeToo and living wage to just name a few.
QNS
October 2, 2019
Though he called Tuesday’s ISM report “bad news for the economy,” Robert Scott, director of trade and manufacturing policy research at the Economic Policy Institute, also said it has little to do specifically with trade tensions between the U.S. and China that have dragged on for over a year.
“It has everything to do with the slowdown in the domestic and global economies,” Scott said in an email Tuesday. “Trade wars restrict imports and exports, so both can slow. But it’s the trade balance that matters for GDP, so those factors have little impact on the rate of growth of domestic GDP.”
Courthouse News Service
October 2, 2019
In July, more than 30 groups, including the Economic Policy Institute and US PIRG, also asked Congress and regulators to impose a moratorium on Libra until “profound questions” are answered.
CNET
October 2, 2019
However, civilian jobs for veterans aren’t always paired with generous wages. According to a study by the Economic Policy Institute, one in five veterans gets paid less than $15 an hour. So, although veterans are obtaining jobs, they aren’t necessarily high-wage jobs that can comfortably sustain a citizen throughout his or her life.
Chamber Business News
October 2, 2019
“I think we should all be preparing for an aggressive, continued rollback of these fundamental worker protection regulations and I have no doubt that this will result in a lot of guidance memos that will do workers no favors,” said Celine McNicholas, government affairs director at the left-leaning think tank Economic Policy Institute.
Bloomberg Law
October 2, 2019
According to a 2014 report published by the Economic Policy Institute, up to two-thirds of hourly workers in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York have experienced wage theft in their lifetime. This includes not only refusal to pay for work performed, but also not paying overtime.
WGNO
October 2, 2019
A recent study by the Economic Policy Institute found more and more qualified educators are either quitting or deciding not to enter the teaching field at all.
Spectrum News 1
October 2, 2019
The monthly cost of infant day care in the United States ranges from $453 in Mississippi to $2,020 in Washington DC, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Hiring a nanny is a lot more convenient, but usually a lot more expensive.
CNN
October 2, 2019