One practice that’s getting more scrutiny is on-call scheduling, which Mother Jones describes as “requiring employees to be available in case they’re needed for a shift without guaranteeing any actual work or pay.” According to the Economic Policy Institute, 6 percent of hourly workers are tied to on-call schemes, while 45 percent of the full workforce report that employers decide their schedule for them.
The New Republic
November 30, 2015
Warren has also spoken out about the need for stronger Wall Street regulations, a frequent topic in the debates. The same day that she gave the speech on corporate taxes, she joined the Economic Policy Institute at the release of the group’s 12-point women’s economic agenda. She also gave a speech on the Senate floor last week on the Syrian refugee crisis.
The Hill
November 30, 2015
But H-2 visa holders are just as likely to be subjected to low wages and other forms of exploitation as undocumented immigrants. According to a May 2015 Economic Policy Institute report, guest workers, like those sponsored through the H-2A or H-2B visa programs earn “about 11 percent less than” green-card holders and “their wages do not significantly differ from unauthorized workers’ wages.”
Think Progress
November 30, 2015
Many prominent progressives argue that despite vast gains in productivity, average workers have benefited little. For example, the liberal Economic Policy Institute (EPI) states that the vast majority of U.S. “workers have not benefited from productivity growth for four decades.”
Washington Monthly
November 30, 2015
The improvement in the overall labor market deserves most of the credit, says Valerie Wilson, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute. Over the past 12 months the U.S. economy has added almost 3 million jobs, reducing the total unemployment rate by a full percentage point, to 5.1 percent. Wilson says employers have dug deeper into the ranks of the unemployed to find candidates. Many have been veterans.
Bloomberg
November 30, 2015
Yet, since the Department of Labor started tracking unemployment in 1972, and despite the fact that black unemployment has slightly improved since then according to official government estimates, it doesn’t gloss over the fact that such rates have always found themselves double the rate of white peers. “The African American unemployment rate is at or below its pre-recession level in eight states: Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas, Illinois, and Missouri,” explained the Economic Policy Institute’s Valerie Wilson in a recent analysis on black unemployment rates. “But this numerical recovery must be put in proper context because with the exception of Texas, each of these states also had black unemployment rates that were among the highest in the nation before the recession.”
The Hill
November 30, 2015
The good news is that the gap between men’s and women’s earnings has shrunk considerably in recent decades, according to a new report from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. As if to underscore the point, the Census Bureau announced a bump in the number of wives out earning their husbands. Here’s the catch: One big reason women are catching up is that men have fallen down. About 40 percent of the narrowing of the wage gap is due to the fact that men’s wages have declined.
Boston Globe
November 25, 2015
In addition to the discrimination claims, the workers have also claimed a hostile work environment for having to train their replacements. Ronil Hira said this process is called “knowledge transfer,” and it is not unique to Disney. Hira is an associate professor in the political science department at Howard University and a research associate with the Economic Policy Institute. He studies visas, including the H-1B visa that allows employers to hire guest workers for highly skilled roles like these IT jobs, to the tune of 125,000 each year.
Marketplace
November 25, 2015
On paper, Oregon’s manufacturing economy still looks stronger than that of most states. Manufacturing accounts for 10.4 percent of state jobs, above the 8.8 percent national average and highest among Western states, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
The Oregonian
November 25, 2015
A report recently published by the Economic Policy Institute suggests that United States schools may not be trailing behind those of other countries as much as previous studies have suggested. The report was authored in part by professor of education Martin Carnoy, an economist specializing in education who has been a professor at Stanford for more than 40 years. The report analyzes international results of two assessments, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). It focuses on the usefulness, or lack thereof, of common metrics used to compare the U.S. with other countries in order to make conclusions about the relative statuses of international education systems.
Stanford Daily
November 25, 2015