“Do low-wage workers, can they actually withstand such a gradual adjustment in wages?” said Ben Zipperer of the Economic Policy Institute.
The Institute adds providing workers with a living wage contributes to a healthy economy because they buy things.
CBS New York
September 19, 2019
Muhil’s experience isn’t unique. More than half of private-sector employees in the United States who are not represented by a union have signed arbitration agreements, according to a 2018 report from the Economic Policy Institute, and they’re more prevalent in low-wage workplaces, such as OTG’s airport bars and restaurants, as well as industries that employ more women and African Americans. There’s little data on how many unionized workers are covered by these agreements.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
September 19, 2019
Although a 2018 report by the Economic Policy Institute estimated that more than 65 percent of companies with 1,000 or more employees use mandatory arbitration, some companies facing #MeToo blowback have begun to abandon the practice.
The Business Journals
September 19, 2019
[Cites EPI] [7] A Well-Educated Workforce Is Key to State Prosperity By Noah Berger and Peter Fisher Economic Policy Institute https://www.epi.org/publication/states-education-productivity-growth-foundations/
Medium
September 19, 2019
Why would you write about Lyft and Uber’s labor issues, they’d ask me, when there are so many sectors with bigger workforces? Lawrence Mishel, then the president of the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), wrote in 2015 that “dwelling on these companies too much distracts from the central features of work in America that should be prominent in the public discussion.”
Medium
September 19, 2019
Many people drive for companies such as Uber and Lyft because “they don’t get enough from their full-time job,” said Lawrence Mishel, an economist for the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. (Indeed, more than half of Uber’s drivers work less than 10 hours a week, according to the company.)
CNBC
September 19, 2019
While the building trades continue to be characterized as “all old white guys,” says Gabby, in part because such a demographic continues to hold leadership, “that’s very far from the case now” when it comes to the membership. Indeed, the Economic Policy Institute reports that 62 percent of New York City building trades apprentices were nonwhite in 2014, up from 36 percent in 1994. Although all workers will be affected by reductions in pension contributions, it’s these younger, more diverse members who will be hit hardest by the new contract’s shortcomings.
The Nation
September 19, 2019
Meanwhile, legislation that would boost the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade languishes in the U.S. Senate. The Raise the Wage Act of 2019, passed by the House in July, would set the federal minimum wage at $15 by 2025. As many as 33 million Americans — nearly two-fifths of African Americans and one-third of Latinos — could see a raise, according to the Economic Policy Institute. 33
The Philadelphia Sun
September 19, 2019
But wage gaps do not measure total compensation. Non-wage compensation like health and retirement benefits have considerable value. Weber acknowledges that “teachers tend to have more generous benefit packages” than non-teachers, and the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) researchers he cites all quantify these benefits and take them into account to determine a “compensation gap.” Compensation gaps are the more accurate measure.
Insider NJ
September 19, 2019
According to adjusted figures from the Economic Policy Institute think tank, Connecticut teachers spent $397 of their own money without reimbursement in 2011-12 when adjusted for inflation.
New Haven Register
September 19, 2019