Lined up to uphold the vote is the One Fair Wage D.C. coalition backed up by documents and reports from the Economic Policy Institute, D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute and Public Citizen organizations.
The Georgetowner
September 19, 2018
Meanwhile, the pay gap between teachers and other comparably educated professionals is now the largest on record. In 1994, public-school teachers in the U.S. earned 1.8% less per week than comparable workers, according to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a left-leaning think tank. By last year, they made 18.7% less. The situation is particularly grim in states such as Oklahoma, where teachers’ inflation-adjusted salaries actually decreased by about $8,000 in the last decade, to an average of $45,245 in 2016, according to DOE data. In Arizona, teachers’ average inflation-adjusted annual wages are down $5,000. (EPI cited throughout)
Time
September 17, 2018
It’s not hard to see why parents would feel that way. A report by the Economic Policy Institutefinds that teacher pay lags 18.7 percent behind those with similar education. For three presidential administrations in a row, federal education policy has been aligned around establishing “test and punish” policies, which have stripped teachers of their autonomy and sent them chasing one initiative after another.
New York Daily News
September 17, 2018
In a July 2018 report, the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal think tank, ranked the states on the basis of the ratio of the average income of the top one percent to the average income of the remaining 99 percent. California came in seventh, with New York, Florida and Connecticut ranked highest on inequality.
The New York Times
September 17, 2018
Research from the Economic Policy Institute released on Thursday in partnership with the Century Foundation showed that wages have been growing slowly and unequally in the past four decades. According to the research, wages have increased 0.4 percent per year, on average, when adjusted for inflation.
Politico
September 17, 2018
In 2000, the average CEO was paid 343 times more than the average worker, according to the liberal-leaning Economic Policy Institute. That number dropped to about 188-to-1 in 2009. It has since rebounded to 312-to-1 last year, according to a report from the Economic Policy Institute. (Larry quoted and EPI cited throughout)
PBS Newshour
September 17, 2018
C-SPAN
September 17, 2018
USA Today
September 17, 2018
The Washington Post
September 17, 2018
The Hill
September 17, 2018