A recent report released by the Economic Policy Institute, a non-partisan think tank, found that the average CEO pay at the 350 largest U.S. companies climbed by over 1,000% in the last 40 years. Meanwhile, wages for the average worker climbed by less than 12%.
24/7 Wall St.
January 8, 2020
At least part of that is possible because company leaders tend to be paid more proportionately to other workers. Consider that Arnaud Plas, CEO of Prose, earns about four times as much as the average Prose employee. (The average CEO of a Fortune 500 company makes 278 times the salary of their average worker, according to the Economic Policy Institute.)
New York Post
January 8, 2020
At least part of that is possible because company leaders tend to be paid more proportionately to other workers. Consider that Arnaud Plas, CEO of Prose, earns about four times as much as the average Prose employee. (The average CEO of a Fortune 500 company makes 278 times the salary of their average worker, according to the Economic Policy Institute.)
USA Today
January 8, 2020
In the summer of 2019, the Economic Policy Institute released a report in collaboration with the University of California Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Child Care Employment. Titled “Breaking the silence on early child care and education costs,” the authors examined early care and education systems across California.
Next City
January 8, 2020
Let’s take them in turn. On Anderson Cooper’s CNN show recently, Sanders pointed out that Biden had been on the wrong side of almost every major policy question for the last 30 years. He supported free trade agreements with Canada, Mexico, and China that devastated the American industrial base. (A study from the Economic Policy Institute found that the trade deficit with China alone killed 2.7 million American jobs just between 2001 and 2011.) Biden repeatedly pushed for cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and veterans benefits. He voted for the Iraq War — indeed, he voted against attempted amendments that would have added conditions making it harder to invade.
The Week
January 8, 2020
According to research by the nonprofit Economic Policy Institute, among households headed by adults ages 50 to 55, the median retirement savings is only $8,000, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Magnify Money
January 8, 2020
Older workers and those over 50 are more likely to work as independent contractors, separate research from the progressive Economic Policy Institute, a labor policy think tank, concluded. The share of people working as independent contractors, freelancers and other categories of on-call workers who were ages 55 to 64 increased to 22.9% in 2017 from 18.8% in 2005. For people aged 65 and older, the figure rose to 14.1% from 8.5%.
MarketWatch
January 8, 2020
According to the Economic Policy Institute, teachers spend on average $459, annually, on school supplies.
Enid News & Eagle
January 8, 2020
That local schools are involved in Eight Cousins annual giving tree project is not surprising. Most teachers go out of their way to provide students with materials and supplies that might help them learn. It’s also well-publicized that many teachers spend their own money to supplement the supplies for their classrooms. According to the Economic Policy Institute, kindergarten through 12-grade public school teachers spend an average of $459 a year of their own money to purchase school supplies. (The range goes from North Dakota teachers averaging $327 to California averaging $664 out of pocket.)
Tribune Content Agency
January 8, 2020
For a full summary of Trump anti-worker NLRB actions, check out this report from the Economic Policy Institute.
The American Prospect
January 8, 2020