H-2A farmworkers, who are hired to help with seasonal harvests, make up 10% of farmworkers in the United States. Last year, there were 150,000 H-2A farmworkers in the field from January through July. According to the Economic Policy Institute, it’s a decrease from 2019, which had 257,667 H2-A certified jobs.
The States Public Radio
January 14, 2021
Teacher professional development was on the brink of wide-spread reform before the pandemic. All-day in-service learning logistics, irrelevant content and the expense of travel were just a few of complaints of the traditional PD practices. Teachers also said there was limited access to effective PD opportunities, according to research published in 2019 by the Economic Policy Institute that was included in a series about the teacher labor market.
K-12 Dive
January 14, 2021
But many do. Full-time workers making the federal minimum wage bring home just $15,080 a year; all in all, 11 percent of American workers earn poverty wages. This is a straightforward product of policy, a chosen technocratic outcome. The federal minimum wage has languished at a measly $7.25 an hour since 2009. That leaves it roughly one-third lower than it was in 1968, in inflation-adjusted terms, despite the fact that the country is now much richer and the economy far bigger. The Economic Policy Institute has estimated that workers earning the minimum wage make $7,000 less each year than their grandparents did half a century ago, in real terms.
The Atlantic
January 14, 2021
To figure out how much income households need, we used data from the Economic Policy Institute’s (EPI) Family Budget Calculator. EPI estimates expenses by county for households with up to two adults and up to four children. The expenditure categories include housing, transportation, health care, food, childcare, taxes, and other necessities. We modified some of these estimates to account for the actual housing costs and ages of household members reported in 2018 American Community Survey data, the most recent year available when we conducted the analysis.
Joint Center for Housing Studies
January 14, 2021
Some of this is only becoming more obvious, including to myself, in an era when stable, full-time employment is evaporating, and holding on to any job is its own kind of feat. The Economic Policy Institute calculates that the failed political response to the pandemic has left nearly 16 percent of the workforce—26.8 million people—unemployed or employed but losing hours and pay. And having work isn’t necessarily a guarantee against hardship—even before the current recession, one in nine workers received wages too low to get out of poverty, even if they worked full-time hours. But the idea of a dream job is still catnip. There’s a slew of self-help articles advertising tips on how to Land Your Dream Job by the End of the Year or 9 Genuine Steps to Quit Your Job and Fulfill Your Dream. Indeed.com lists info for 25 dream jobs, three-quarters of which have an average national salary of less than $50,000 per year.
The New Republic
January 14, 2021
Unions are legally required to represent all workers in a unionized workplace, whether individual workers are union members or not. According to Margaret Poydock, who focuses on workplace and labor issues at the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank in Washington, D.C., right-to-work in practice strains unions by creating the so-called free rider problem: “If you decide not to pay your dues, you can be not [a member of] the union, but you’re still getting all the benefits that the union negotiates over.”
Montana Free Press
January 14, 2021
Last year 8% of Blacks in the state were unemployed, compared to 3.3% of whites, according to 2020 Q1 and Q2 data from the Economic Policy Institute’s most recent report.
Dover Post
January 14, 2021
But many do. Full-time workers making the federal minimum wage bring home just $15,080 a year; all in all, 11 percent of American workers earn poverty wages. This is a straightforward product of policy, a chosen technocratic outcome. The federal minimum wage has languished at a measly $7.25 an hour since 2009. That leaves it roughly one-third lower than it was in 1968, in inflation-adjusted terms, despite the fact that the country is now much richer and the economy far bigger. The Economic Policy Institute has estimated that workers earning the minimum wage make $7,000 less each year than their grandparents did half a century ago, in real terms.
The Atlantic
January 14, 2021
To figure out how much income households need, we used data from the Economic Policy Institute’s (EPI) Family Budget Calculator. EPI estimates expenses by county for households with up to two adults and up to four children. The expenditure categories include housing, transportation, health care, food, childcare, taxes, and other necessities. We modified some of these estimates to account for the actual housing costs and ages of household members reported in 2018 American Community Survey data, the most recent year available when we conducted the analysis.
Joint Center for Housing Studies
January 14, 2021
Some of this is only becoming more obvious, including to myself, in an era when stable, full-time employment is evaporating, and holding on to any job is its own kind of feat. The Economic Policy Institute calculates that the failed political response to the pandemic has left nearly 16 percent of the workforce—26.8 million people—unemployed or employed but losing hours and pay. And having work isn’t necessarily a guarantee against hardship—even before the current recession, one in nine workers received wages too low to get out of poverty, even if they worked full-time hours. But the idea of a dream job is still catnip. There’s a slew of self-help articles advertising tips on how to Land Your Dream Job by the End of the Year or 9 Genuine Steps to Quit Your Job and Fulfill Your Dream. Indeed.com lists info for 25 dream jobs, three-quarters of which have an average national salary of less than $50,000 per year.
The New Republic
January 14, 2021
Unions are legally required to represent all workers in a unionized workplace, whether individual workers are union members or not. According to Margaret Poydock, who focuses on workplace and labor issues at the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank in Washington, D.C., right-to-work in practice strains unions by creating the so-called free rider problem: “If you decide not to pay your dues, you can be not [a member of] the union, but you’re still getting all the benefits that the union negotiates over.”
Montana Free Press
January 14, 2021
Last year 8% of Blacks in the state were unemployed, compared to 3.3% of whites, according to 2020 Q1 and Q2 data from the Economic Policy Institute’s most recent report.
Dover Post
January 14, 2021
Some of this is only becoming more obvious, including to myself, in an era when stable, full-time employment is evaporating, and holding on to any job is its own kind of feat. The Economic Policy Institute calculates that the failed political response to the pandemic has left nearly 16 percent of the workforce—26.8 million people—unemployed or employed but losing hours and pay. And having work isn’t necessarily a guarantee against hardship—even before the current recession, one in nine workers received wages too low to get out of poverty, even if they worked full-time hours. But the idea of a dream job is still catnip. There’s a slew of self-help articles advertising tips on how to Land Your Dream Job by the End of the Year or 9 Genuine Steps to Quit Your Job and Fulfill Your Dream. Indeed.com lists info for 25 dream jobs, three-quarters of which have an average national salary of less than $50,000 per year.
The New Republic
January 14, 2021
Unions are legally required to represent all workers in a unionized workplace, whether individual workers are union members or not. According to Margaret Poydock, who focuses on workplace and labor issues at the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank in Washington, D.C., right-to-work in practice strains unions by creating the so-called free rider problem: “If you decide not to pay your dues, you can be not [a member of] the union, but you’re still getting all the benefits that the union negotiates over.”
Montana Free Press
January 14, 2021
Last year 8% of Blacks in the state were unemployed, compared to 3.3% of whites, according to 2020 Q1 and Q2 data from the Economic Policy Institute’s most recent report.
Dover Post
January 14, 2021
“Letting this extra $600 in unemployment insurance benefit expire at the end of July would by itself cause more job loss than was seen in either of the recessions of the early 1990s or early 2000s,” writes Josh Bivens, director of research for the Economic Policy Institute.
CNBC
January 13, 2021
The biggest setback could be felt by Black women; those over 20 saw 14% unemployment last month, compared to 10.3% unemployment for White women, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That rate of unemployment for Black women is higher than that of Black men, White women, and White men. And Black women are already struggling with a much larger pay gap: they earn 62 cents for every dollar White men earn, while White women earn 79 cents on the dollar, according to LeanIn. And Black workers and their families are more likely to face health risks from the coronavirus, as they comprise a greater percentage of front-line workers, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
CNBC
January 13, 2021
Yet unemployment during a health crisis can be especially challenging in the U.S. since about 49% of Americans get health insurance through their employer. As many as 16.2 million workers are at risk of losing their employer-provided health insurance in the middle of a national health crisis, according to the latest estimates from the Economic Policy Institute.
CNBC
January 13, 2021
As much as $3 trillion could be needed to ensure a swift economic recovery, according to the Economic Policy Institute. The left-leaning think tank noted that the most recent stimulus package omitted funding for state and local governments, which have seen a plunge in tax revenue due to the crisis.
CBS News
January 13, 2021
The Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank, says that “26.8 million workers—15.8% of the workforce—are either unemployed, otherwise out of work due to the pandemic, or employed but experiencing a drop in hours and pay.” Adding to the woe, up to forty million Americans could soon face eviction, and ten per cent of families with children under age five say they don’t have sufficient food.
The New Yorker
January 13, 2021
The Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, blamed law enforcement for the security collapse, pointing out that some Capitol Police officers “were seen taking selfies with protesters and letting them through a barricaded area,” according to a statement. It was a “stark contrast” with the summer’s protests, the statement said, during which police “used tear gas and rubber bullets against peaceful Black Lives Matters protestors” fighting systemic racism.
U.S. News & World Report
January 13, 2021
According to the Economic Policy Institute, just 5% of Black workers and one-sixth of Latinx workers, in general, have the ability to telecommute. An overwhelming majority of those jobs are held by Black and Latino men.
Black Enterprise
January 13, 2021
Labor Department data show Google, which received 6,054 approvals in fiscal year 2019 for new and renewed H-1B visas, received 1,281 approvals in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020. For more than half those workers, pay levels were at least 20% higher than prevailing wages, according to Hira and the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. Apple, which received 3,469 approvals in fiscal year 2019, received 755 approvals in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020, with pay levels at least 20% higher than prevailing wages for nearly three-quarters of them. Facebook, with 3,552 approvals in fiscal year 2019, received 1,247 approvals in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020, with pay levels at least 20% higher than prevailing wages for 44% of that group.
East Bay Times
January 12, 2021
In November the official unemployment rate was 6.7 percent, or 10.7 million workers. But this is a dramatic undercount. The Economic Policy Institute has documented over 26 million workers, 15.5 percent of the workforce, who are either out of work or experiencing a drop in hours and pay.
Dissent Magazine
January 12, 2021
According to Robert Scott of the Economic Policy Institute, if we could revalue our currency, “the U.S. trade deficit could be reduced by $200 to $500 billion, raising demand for U.S. exports (which are dominated by manufactured goods). Stopping currency manipulation and revaluing the dollar could create 2 to 5 million jobs”.
Industry Week
January 12, 2021
DOL didn’t say how much workers would lose by being misclassified as independent contractors, though it conceded “this rule could leave workers with fewer critical job-based benefits, including health insurance’—during a pandemic, Scott noted—-“and retirement.”
The Economic Policy Institute calculated the costs, though: $3 billion yearly in lost wages for all independent contractors—truckers, warehouse workers, adjunct professors, some fast food workers, and others—nationwide. Cash-strapped states would lose payroll and workers comp revenue and there would be “a $750 million hit to social insurance programs” including jobless benefits, EPI calculated.
The present and potential “independent contractors” aren’t the only workers who would take an economic hit under Trump regime midnight rules. So would workers, most of them workers of color, who try to survive on tips.
They’d lose at least $700 million annually, EPI Senior Economist Heidi Shierholz reported after DOL unveiled its final “midnight” tipped workers rule on Dec. 11. And that DOL estimate was in the preliminary version, in 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic hit.
People’s World
January 12, 2021
Center for American Progress
January 12, 2021
According to the economic policy institute, “In order to stop the economic bleeding caused by the coronavirus pandemic and build a strong recovery, this country needs roughly $3 trillion in relief.”
ABC4-TV
January 12, 2021
The Economic Policy Institute’s Working Economics blog on July 16, 2020, posted an article by Josh Bivens entitled “Recovering fully from the coronavirus shock will require large increases in federal debt — and there’s nothing wrong with that.” This line of thought troubled us then, and troubles us even more now given the events of last week.
Detroit News
January 12, 2021