A 30-page report issued in mid-October by the Economic Policy Institute, however, suggests they may instead be a “last hurrah.”
MagicValley.com
November 4, 2019
We also get an update on the Chicago Teachers Union, who have a tentative agreement and are back in the classroom as we speak, and the journalists at WHYY who voted to unionize this week. We dig into the Trump National Labor Relations Board’s record with Celine McNicholas from the Economic Policy Institute, and find out what happened to the miners from Blackjewel who occupied the railroad tracks and held up the coal train when their company suddenly went bankrupt and cut them all loose. For Argh, we consider the revolt in Chile, where neoliberalism began, and from right here at Dissent, why we need a working-class media.
Dissent Magazine
November 4, 2019
The Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU), IFPTE Local 70 represents professionals employed at over a dozen nonprofit organizations, including employees at Economic Policy Institute, the Center for American Progress, and Community Change. With several hundred members, NPEU gives nonprofit workers a voice to strengthen their workplaces and continue to do work that makes a difference in people’s lives.
Nonprofit Professional Employees Union
November 4, 2019
No matter what a house or apartment that’s been converted into a short-term rental may look like, the fact remains that every unit that’s taken out of the actual housing market and turned into an unlicensed hotel unit puts increasing stress on communities. According to a January report by the Economic Policy Institute that analyzed current studies on the STR phenomenon, “Because housing demand is relatively inelastic (people’s demand for somewhere to live doesn’t decline when prices increase), even small changes in housing supply (like those caused by converting long-term rental properties to Airbnb units) can cause significant price increases.”
Daily Kos
November 4, 2019
“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