Meanwhile, data from the Economic Policy Institute shows a growing productivity gap. Since 1980, worker productivity has grown 1.4% annually, while hourly compensation has grown only 0.6%.
KOB-TV (New Mexico)
September 2, 2025
The share of unionized workers in 1979 was 27%. That percentage fell to just 11.6% in 2019. Along with it, so did the wages of middle-class workers. According to a study by the Economic Policy Institute, declining union membership decreased the median worker’s wages by $1.56 per hour. Had union density remained at 1979 levels, workers would have earned another $3,250 a year.
The Press Democrat
September 2, 2025
According to the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, roughly 60 million workers in the U.S. wanted to join a union but couldn’t in 2024. Recent organizing pushes at vehemently anti-union franchises like Starbucks and REI, meanwhile, suggest that the appetite for employee protections and fair wages is only growing.
Capital & Main
September 2, 2025
“The analysis compares median earnings data from the U.S. Census Bureau with cost-of-living estimates from the Economic Policy Institute to assess how far a graduate’s income goes across the country,” the travel and credit website Upgraded Points reported.
Voice of San Diego
September 2, 2025
Labor laws, including those around collective bargaining, have been weakened, according to the left-leaning think tank the Economic Policy Institute.
NorthJersey.com
September 2, 2025
The harder question, perhaps, is whether parents should actively contribute to the accounts over the next 18 years.
“It’s free money. The question is whether you would add onto it,” said Monique Morrissey, a senior economist at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
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Morrissey predicts Trump Accounts will become “a niche thing,” favored by parents with large portfolios and paid investment advisers. “I don’t think these are going to take off in a big way,” she said.
USA Today
September 2, 2025
The US is the only OECD country that does not have any statutory leave. It has 11 public holidays, but according to Adewale Maye, many industries such as retail, tourism and transportation still operate during public holidays as workers are not guaranteed paid days off.
He points to all the other OECD countries that provide statutory vacation days without damaging their economies. “These economies have done well for themselves while also allowing workers the right to rest,” he said.
He says that is one of the central arguments against President Trump’s hypothesis that the US has too many “non-working holidays.”
“Working more has never been the issue in the United States,” he said. “Building an economy where all workers and their families can feel supported, secure, and can thrive is.”
Deutsche Welle
September 2, 2025
And according to the Economic Policy Institute, Black women in unions earn about 30 percent more than their non-union counterparts.
Forbes
September 2, 2025
Similar findings come from the Economic Policy Institute. It estimated in 2019 that those ages 32 to 37 had saved around $31,644.
Investopedia
September 2, 2025
To get a better picture of what might make an area least vulnerable to natural hazards and still boast the creature comforts of basic infrastructure, NerdWallet set a population control of at least 100,000 people. It includes the annual cost of living in 2023 dollars, according to the Economic Policy Institute’s Family Budget Calculator for households comprising two adults and two children.
NerdWallet
September 2, 2025