New York and New Jersey are the only other states that allow unemployment benefits for striking workers, according to a report by the Economic Policy Institute, while several other states such as Connecticut, Hawaii and Oregon have recently considered similar laws. New York initially had a seven week waiting period to access benefits but shortened that to 14 days in 2020. New Jersey cut its 30-day waiting period in half last year.
Seattle Times
May 27, 2025
The bottom line: Critics argue the small pockets of victory don’t seem to outweigh the downsides.
- Some pockets of businesses want certain tariffs in place, acknowledges Heidi Shierholz, the president of the liberal Economic Policy Institute.
- But there isn’t a big constituency out there who wanted them to this scale.
Axios
May 27, 2025
As for the investments from the Gulf governments, “these sovereign wealth investment funds already have a substantial investment portfolio in the United States,” Adam Hersh, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, told Public Notice. “So a lot of what’s being announced is probably stuff that they already are doing or were going to do anyway.”
Public Notice Substack
May 21, 2025
The average annual cost of child care in Arizona is $15,625 per year, which comes to $1,302 per month, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
KTAR News
May 21, 2025
California teachers have the highest pay in the country, making an average of $101,084 a year. The starting salary for new teachers averages about $58,409. Despite that, teachers still make about 80 cents less an hour than other college-educated professionals in the state with similar work experience, according to the NEA. The minimum living wage for the state is $69,601, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
EdSource
May 21, 2025
An article from the Economic Policy Institute cautions that the “No Tax on Tips Act” could be dangerous by expanding the use of tipped work, a system they’re calling “rife with discrimination and worker abuse.” They worry about worker pay increases being undermined while at the same time depleting state and federal budgets.
K2 Radio
May 21, 2025
While NEA lists Mississippi’s “minimum living wage” at $62,865 per the Economic Policy Institute, the Forbes report shows the average overall salary in Mississippi to be $45,180, using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Magnolia State had the lowest average salary across the U.S.
Magnolia Tribune
May 21, 2025
The Economic Policy Institute, a liberal think tank based in Washington, D.C., has said this amounts to a program that exploits and silences migrant workers, replacing year-round workers in the process. In some cases, U.S. prosecutors have accused farmers and recruiters of using the H-2A program to engage in forced labor trafficking.
El Paso Inc.
May 21, 2025
The Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank, previously said that eliminating taxes on tips could motivate employers not to raise wages, adding that the bill distracts from more beneficial strategies like increasing the minimum wage and getting rid of the subminimum wage for tipped workers.
Huffpost
May 21, 2025