According to findings from the Economic Policy Institute, 59% of teachers nationwide turn to moonlighting or side jobs to supplement their income. Here in Brevard, the lack of compensation is resulting in widespread resignations and retirements. Hardly a day goes by when I don’t receive a call from a teacher telling me they are participating in the “silent strike.” In other words, they are giving up on Brevard County schools to teach in another state, county, abroad, or have left the profession all together.
Florida Today
August 19, 2019
Finally, CEO pay has increased by over 1000 percent over the last 40 years according to new research from the Economic Policy Institute and their compensation has increased more than the value of the companies they represent.
The Bob Cesca Show
August 19, 2019
This was made clear in a new report on executive pay by the Economic Policy Institute, which showed that CEO pay at the top 350 companies grew by 1,000 percent over the past four decades, while workers’ wages stagnated.
World Socialist Web Site
August 19, 2019
Workers are beginning to see rises in pay, but some experts say there’s a lot of ground to make up from the last recession. Elise Gould, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, found that since 2007, inflation-adjusted wages for the bottom 10 percent of earners has increased 8.4 percent, while wages for the top 10 percent of earners grew 13.1 percent over the same period.
Houston Chronicle
August 19, 2019
The new statement comes as the gap between the compensation growth of corporate executives and American workers has grown at staggering rates. An analysis released Aug. 14 by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, found that chief executive compensation had grown 940 percent since 1978, by one measure, while typical worker compensation had risen just 12 percent over the same period.
The Washington Post
August 19, 2019
At least $2 billion in stolen wages were recovered nationwide between 2015 and 2016, according to a 2017 study by the Economic Policy Institute.
NJ Biz
August 19, 2019
That is what the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank based in Washington, D.C., that focuses on the low- and middle-income Americans, found in a study released last week.
Star Tribune
August 19, 2019
Since 1978, CEO pay has grown 1,007.5% by one measure and a mere 940.3% by another measure, the Economic Policy Institute reports. Average workers? Their pay has gone up just 11.9%. That’s not all, either. The increase in CEO pay has dramatically outstripped the increase for other very high earners, which is positively modest at 339.2%.
Daily Kos
August 19, 2019
The findings came in a study released on Wednesday by the Economic Policy Institute, which argued that ‘exorbitant CEO pay is a major contributor to rising inequality.’
Daily Mail
August 19, 2019
Cites research on CEO pay at 06:46:00.
MSNBC Live
August 19, 2019