Economic Policy Institute’s (EPI) new project, “The State of Working America Podcast,” debuted Tuesday (October 15) with an episode about the racial wealth gap. Jumping feet first into the tough conversation about race and wealth in America, host Pedro da Costa and guest Valerie Wilson, economist and director of the EPI’s Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy, tackled the undeniable role that structural racism plays in America’s economy.
ColorLines
October 30, 2019
(CNN) America is facing a looming crisis as generations of workers who mostly participated in do-it-yourself savings plans — or no plan at all — approach retirement.
CNN
October 30, 2019
Inflation-adjusted figures from the Economic Policy Institute, for example, show clear wage stagnation for the bottom 60 percent of the income scale. The rate did go up for the 70 and 80 percent levels, which means the 90 percent figure would be a bit exaggerated.
Politifact
October 30, 2019
When corporations write the rules, you can generally bet that executives will get bonuses, shareholders will get dividends and workers will get screwed. According to the Economic Policy Institute, the CEO-to-worker pay ratio has gone from 20-to-1 in 1965 to 278-to-1 in 2018.
CNN
October 30, 2019
Workers of color — specifically, black workers, Hispanic workers, and Asian-American workers — are more likely to get paid poverty-level wages than white workers, according to a 2018 analysis by the liberal-leaning think tank Economic Policy Institute.
Business Insider
October 30, 2019
A 2018 study by the Economic Policy Institute cited by the Times concluded that Uber drivers nationwide make $11.77 an hour after deducting vehicle expenses and Uber fees. That wage decreases to $9.21 after payroll taxes and benefits.
WCSI
October 30, 2019
The move comes as a think tank, the Economic Policy Institute, determined that the average hourly wage of Uber drivers is $9.21. A UCLA Labor Center study also found that a fifth of drivers in Los Angeles receive public assistance and 44% struggle with gas, insurance and maintenance expenses.
Daily Breeze
October 30, 2019
Last year, the Economic Policy Institute found that the average W-2 employee equivalent wage for Uber drivers after expenses, fees, and taxes is $9.21 an hour. A study by the UCLA Labor Center concluded that nearly 1 in 5 rideshare drivers in Los Angeles receive some form of public assistance and 44% struggle to pay for work expenses.
Los Angeles Sentinel
October 30, 2019
He also pointed out that an “Economic Policy Institute study found that the average W-2 employee equivalent wage for Uber drivers after expenses, fees, and taxes is $9.21 an hour.”
THE SACRAMENTO BEE
October 30, 2019
The comparison has been made many times, recently by The Economic Policy Institute, which concluded that teacher salaries and benefits remain about 12% less than those of similarly qualified workers. Individuals like Greene conclude that teachers don’t deserve more money because they don’t accomplish enough and then propose that we continue to underfund teacher salaries.
MultiBriefs: Exclusive
October 30, 2019