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Industrial Safety and Hygiene News
September 30, 2019
As we have previously noted in assessing income levels in South Carolina, there is real concern over whether gains in median household income are accruing to middle income earners. According to the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute (EPI), from 2009-2013 South Carolina was one of fifteen states in which the top one percent of income earners captured all of the income growth over that five-year period.
FITSNews
September 30, 2019
Now, when we narrow down to only the United States, an income much higher than the global cut-off is required to be a member of club 1%. About $421,926 in wages a year (per the Economic Policy Institute, or EPI, as of 2015) is estimated to be the cut-off to be a 1 percenter in the country.
Yahoo Finance
September 30, 2019
The main problem? Domestic work continues to be among the most undervalued, under-compensated, overworked, and hyper-vulnerable jobs in the country. There are an estimated 2.5 million domestic workers, mostly women, in the country. The Economic Policy Institute reports that nearly a quarter of domestic workers live below the official poverty line, and their median real weekly wages are half that of other workers.
Forbes
September 30, 2019
Workers of color are over-represented in low-wage industries and more susceptible to workplace abuses, including harassment, discrimination and wage theft. Yet a recent study from the Economic Policy Institute estimates that 59.1 percent of black workers are subject to forced arbitration. Communities of color have fought hard and continue to advocate for strong workplace legal protections to ensure safe environments and fair wages. When businesses deny workers access to the courts and, instead, force them into secret arbitration proceedings, it threatens economic progress and renders toothless critical workplace protections.
Newsweek
September 30, 2019
Montana teachers spend on average $373 of their own money per school year, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Daily Inter Lake
September 30, 2019
Companies will need to focus on restoring trust. A panel discussion with JUST Capital CEO Martin Whittaker, CNN global business columnist Rana Foroohar, Trust Edge Leadership Institute CEO David Horsager, and Economic Policy Institute president Thea Lee explored the growing lack of confidence in the capitalist system.
NACD BoardTalk
September 30, 2019
On average, child care in Louisiana costs $149 a week, according to the Economic Policy Institute — about 43% of what Thomas brings home. In New Orleans, prices can go to nearly $260 a week.
NOLA.com
September 30, 2019
This year’s Gini index tells us that America has not become a poor country but an unfair country. The poor aren’t necessarily making less money, but as the wealthy get wealthier, people on the bottom end of the income scale are running in place. Thursday’s data “showed an increase of 0.2 percent in the inflation-adjusted median household income for the country as a whole — an increase of just $130 for a typical U.S. household and a slowdown in growth compared to the past three years,” explained the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
NY Mag
September 30, 2019
“Things are generally getting better because the economy is still growing, but it seems like what improvements we’re making are slowing down,” said David Cooper, a senior economic analyst at the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank.
The Hill
September 30, 2019