The letter was spearheaded by the progressive Economic Policy Institute, We Build Progress, the AFL-CIO Tech Institute and Workshop.
In it, the groups noted that nearly two years have passed since the Bipartisan Senate AI Working Group released its roadmap for AI policy, “but the Senate has yet to consider comprehensive legislation.”
The groups called on the House Democratic Commission on AI and the Innovation Economy, which was formed in December, to ensure that federal reforms “center the impacts of AI on workers.”
Leaders from the Senate and House AI groups could not immediately be reached for comment before press time.
HR Dive
May 4, 2026
There are about 5 million people employed in North Carolina. On Monday Rep. Tim Longest, D-Wake, cited research from the pro-labor think tank Economic Policy Institute that found 1.2 million of them make less than $15 an hour.
WRAL.com
May 4, 2026
The Economic Policy Institute’s Productivity-Pay Tracker, updated through the third quarter of 2025, captures the split in hard terms. Economy-wide net productivity reached an index value of 412.3, meaning output per hour grew 312% since 1948. Typical worker compensation hit just 253.6, reflecting growth of only 154%. The 57-point divergence represents income that flowed to executives and capital owners rather than the professionals who produced it.
Tech Times
May 4, 2026
Longest noted that the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute found that 1.2 million North Carolinians make below $15 an hour.
NC Newsline
May 4, 2026
A new report on worker misclassification has singled out construction, both for the scale of the problem and the magnitude of its impact in the industry.
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“When employers illegally misclassify their workers, they are able to substantially reduce their labor costs, which gives these unscrupulous employers an unfair advantage over law-abiding businesses,” Mast said. “This behavior by unscrupulous firms puts pressure on law-abiding firms to break the law in order to lower their labor costs, leading to a race to the bottom on labor standards, which is where the construction industry finds itself.”
Construction Dive
May 4, 2026
Arbitration policies are a get-out-of-jail-free card for companies that want to deprive workers and consumers of their rights, as the Economic Policy Institute pointed out a decade ago. Research shows that workers’ claims fail almost twice as often in arbitration as when they’re heard in federal court. Those who do succeed take home cash settlements that are thousands of dollars less than if their cases were heard in federal court. In other words, arbitration allows employers to continue breaking the law.
American Prospect
May 4, 2026
Labor unions are fighting in court a federal change that slashed minimum wages for H-2A workers, undercutting the domestic labor market, according to unions. The change dropped hourly wages from about $17.43 to a tiered structure, based on skill level, of $13.70 and $17.22, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank.
The Press Democrat
May 4, 2026
While undocumented laborers are being deported, the administration has made changes to the H-2A visa program to make it easier and less expensive for farms to hire temporary foreign labor. However, the Economic Policy Institute notes that farmers could lose as much as $3 billion in annual revenue because suppressed wages don’t address shortages.
GO Banking Rates
May 4, 2026
It’s May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, so there will be marches throughout the country, including a big one in downtown L.A. But what are the biggest challenges facing workers in the US today? Labor expert with the Economic Policy Institute Dave Kamper talks about it with L.A.’s Morning News.
KNX News Radio
May 4, 2026
By 1980, they had 9.5%, a number that would mostly continue to grow in the succeeding years, according to the Economic Policy Institute and WardsAuto.
Detroit Free Press
May 4, 2026