“His rollout follows broad education proposals unveiled by other top candidates, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who also called for tripling Title I funding for low-income schools and for setting a minimum starting salary for teachers of $60,000. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) proposed spending $315 billion over 10 years to boost teacher pay, while former San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro has called for giving teachers a tax credit of up to $10,000.” A recent report by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute found that teachers were paid 21.4 percent less than similarly educated and experienced professionals in 2018. More from Gaudiano here.
Politico
May 29, 2019
The Louisiana Budget Project says increasing the state’s minimum wage to $9 an hour would directly affect 112,700 workers, boosting annual wages by a total of $156 million. The move would disproportionately affect women workers and people of color, according to a report compiled by LBP, which cited research from the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank that analyzes policies that impact working families.
The Advocate
May 22, 2019
“If you really care about the trade deficit with China, what you want to do is come up with a strategy, a plan, that’s going to reduce the deficit, Scott, director of trade and manufacturing policy research at the Economic Policy Institute, told Hill.TV’s Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti on “Rising.”
The Hill
May 22, 2019
“He cares much more about the interests of Wall Street than he does about workers and main street companies that are producing goods here in the United States,” Scott, the director of trade and manufacturing policy research at the Economic Policy Institute, told Hill.TV’s Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti on “Rising.”
The Hill
May 22, 2019
Oxfam estimates that raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour would result in pay increases for nearly half a million Mississippi workers, 396,000 of which Oxfam estimates will still earn under $15-an-hour in 2024 if the wage is not increased. The Oxfam report used data supplied from the Economic Policy Institute, a D.C.-based think-tank with labor union backing, and its Minimum Wage Simulation Model based on data from the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Congressional Budget Office.
Mississppi Today
May 22, 2019
Last year, the weekly wages for teachers was more than 21 percent lower than those of comparable workers. That’s according to the recent analysis from the Economic Policy Institute.
KUNC
May 22, 2019
— Report: “Unchecked corporate power – Forced arbitration, the enforcement crisis, and how workers are fighting back,” from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute
Politico
May 22, 2019
At issue are forced arbitration clauses that require employees (and consumers) to waive their rights to class-action lawsuits. Such contracts are becoming increasingly ubiquitous: According to a new report from the Center for Popular Democracy, Economic Policy Institute, and National Employment Law Project, forced arbitration will apply to more than 80 percent of the non-union private-sector workforce by 2024.
CityLab
May 22, 2019
According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), women were paid 22 percent less than men in 2017 — and that’s even after controlling for race and ethnicity, education, age, and location.
InStyle
May 16, 2019
The decline in union density accounts for one-third of the rise in income inequality among men and one-fifth among women, Economic Policy Institute researchers found.
Common Dreams
May 16, 2019