And significantly, unlike in 42 states, there isn’t a lower minimum wage in California for employees who receive more than $30 a month in tips. In some states, that includes baristas, as well as waiters and bartenders. That lower wage for tipped employees puts more workers into poverty, the Economic Policy Institute points out, and also worsens racial and gender gaps in pay since minorities and women are overrepresented in these jobs.
Newsreview.com
October 25, 2019
Do these laws work? The Economic Policy Institute found that in the past five years, “1.8 million workers. . . .have benefitted from ordinances that protect against unfair scheduling practices and promote workplace flexibility.”
NJ.com
October 25, 2019
VANEK SMITH: And this comes to us courtesy of Heidi Shierholz, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C.
NPR
October 25, 2019
For example, since 1978, CEO compensation has grown 940%, while typical worker compensation has risen only 12%, according to a study published by Economic Policy Institute on Aug. 14.
Tulsa World
October 25, 2019
He cited 1992′s North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which was backed by many Democrats and cost the country more than 850,000 jobs, according to the Economic Policy Institute, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which was scuttled by President Trump, probably because it had been negotiated by President Obama. Both were tilted against workers, Trumka said.
Canton Daily Ledger
October 25, 2019
A third keynote session features economist Monique Morrissey of the Economic Policy Institute and Jason Fichtner, Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center. They will explore “Funding Our Future: Retirement Security Challenges and Solutions.”
Business Wire
October 25, 2019
Yet as a 2018 report from the Economic Policy Institute shows, African Americans continue to lag far behind whites in every economic category—education, income, home ownership, unemployment, and incarceration—despite their rising education rates and incomes. Perhaps Trump’s white supporters base their vision of the black experience in America on what they see on TV, which today offers more and more positive images of people of color, especially African Americans, than a few decades ago. In recent years, in part because of Black Lives Matter, the rise of white supremacist activism, and anti-immigration efforts, racism and racial inequality have become center stage issues in American politics. Yet during the same period, the white middle-class have seen their wages stagnate, their jobs become less secure, and their children struggle to achieve the trappings of middle-class life. That breeds resentment.
People’s World
October 25, 2019
The state’s poor showing underscores how Nevada households have failed to make economic gains since the economic crash. An Economic Policy Institute analysis in September found when adjusted for inflation, Nevada’s median household income was 12.3 percent lower in 2018 than it was in 2007.
Nevada Current
October 25, 2019
According to a March article published by the Economic Policy Institute, the teacher shortage is “real, large and growing, and worse than we thought.” The article is part of a series by EPI called “The Perfect Storm in the Teacher Labor Market.”
Tennessean
October 25, 2019
A quick search online would have you believe a recession is imminent. According to an Economic Policy Institute report published in April 2019, there is a “real possibility” that the United States could find itself in a recession as soon as the next 18 months. Lauren Anastasio, a certified financial planner with SoFi, a personal finance company that offers student loans, personal loans, investing and more, says while it’s hard to know exactly when, “what we do know for certain is that we will see another recession, and we just have to deal with it.”
Reader's Digest
October 25, 2019