While arbitration is often used to settle disputes outside the legal system, many see it as an erosion of workers’ rights. According to the Economic Policy Institute, outcomes obtained through that method are, on average, weaker and success is less likely than when employees bring litigation to the courts. But, employees are generally forced to waive their rights to sue, to participate in a class action lawsuit, or to appeal when they sign contracts containing arbitration clauses.
The Consumer Warning Network
May 1, 2019
American wages have been slow to recover since the 2008 recession overall, but teacher salaries remain notably low. The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute reported on Wednesday that weekly wages for public-school teachers have steadily declined since the mid-1990s, even as wages rose for comparably educated professionals in other industries. Teachers earned, on average, 21.4 percent less than other college graduates in 2018, up from 5.3 percent in 1993. States simply aren’t paying new teachers enough to continue to attract people to the field, even though a national teacher shortage is gradually becoming more severe.
New York Magazine
May 1, 2019
* -$21 — the amount by which average, inflation-adjusted weekly wages of U.S. public school teachers decreased between 1996 and 2018 (Source: Economic Policy Institute: The teacher weekly wage penalty).
The Courier-Tribune
May 1, 2019
According to the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning policy organization, teachers are paid 21 percent less than similarly educated and experienced professionals. The so-called “teacher pay gap” reached an all-time high in 2018, the institute’s experts have said, exacerbated by the gender gap in wages. Women earn about 80 percent of men’s salaries across the spectrum of full-time jobs, and historically, teaching has been a profession made up mostly of women. Today, 77 percent of educators are women.
U.S. News
May 1, 2019
Teachers earned 21.4% less than similarly situated professionals in 2018 according to the Economic Policy Institute, she said.
Omaha World-Herald
May 1, 2019
Nationally, teachers earn 23 percent less in wages than similarly educated and experienced workers when adjusted for inflation. That’s according to a recent Economic Policy Institute (EPI) report. The “teacher pay gap” reached a record high in 2018.
National Education Association
May 1, 2019
SMALL TEACHER PAY BUMP: America’s teachers brought home a little more pay during the 2017-18 school year, according to a new report from the National Education Association. But POLITICO’s Kimberly Hefling notes that the 1.6 percent bump didn’t keep pace with 2018’s 1.9 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index. 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.
Politico
May 1, 2019
College graduates, on average, make almost double the hourly wage of high school graduates, according to data compiled by the Economic Policy Institute in 2017.
Post Register
May 1, 2019
The impact is painfully obvious: Educators aren’t earning the pay we deserve, and the pay gap between educators and other professionals is vast. In fact, an Economic Policy Institute (EPI) report released last week shows teachers are paid 21.4% less than comparably educated peers in other professions.
USA Today
May 1, 2019
According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), the average worker bonus in 2018 “was just $0.01 higher than in 2017,” contradicting Trump’s claim that his $1.5 trillion in tax cuts would substantially reward the working class.
Common Dreams
May 1, 2019