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• Florida’s manufacturing dominance continues to flourish

  For every 100 direct manufacturing jobs that create durable goods, approximately 744.1 indirect jobs are sustained, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

  Florida Politics February 10, 2025
• Which states have the biggest Black unemployment gaps

  Driving the news: The overall U.S. unemployment rate was 4.2% as of Q3 2024, but the rate among Black Americans was 6.5%, per the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank.

  Axios February 10, 2025
• Federal Workers’ Unions See DOGE-Inspired Surge

  The American Federation of Government Employees, the largest union representing federal workers, added 5,575 new members in the first six days of February alone, according to union spokesperson Tim Kaufman. By comparison, the union gained 14,996 new members during all of 2024.

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  This moment puts public sector unions “at the front lines not just of defending their negotiated contracts and rights but defending the rule of law and democracy itself,” said Jennifer Sherer, a labor advocate who analyzes labor policy at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.

  “It’s not surprising that folks are looking to unions for accurate and timely guidance on the directives that they’re being given,” she added.

  Boston Globe February 10, 2025
• February 10, 2025
  February 10, 2025
• Federal Workers’ Unions See DOGE-Inspired Surge

  The American Federation of Government Employees, the largest union representing federal workers, added 5,575 new members in the first six days of February alone, according to union spokesperson Tim Kaufman. By comparison, the union gained 14,996 new members during all of 2024.

  …

  This moment puts public sector unions “at the front lines not just of defending their negotiated contracts and rights but defending the rule of law and democracy itself,” said Jennifer Sherer, a labor advocate who analyzes labor policy at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.

  “It’s not surprising that folks are looking to unions for accurate and timely guidance on the directives that they’re being given,” she added.

  Boston Globe February 10, 2025
• Chico joins protesters across the country in opposition to Trump administration

  The Economic Policy Institute of America reports immigrants are a vital part of the economy and have led to higher wages for American-born residents and immigrants alike. It reports that immigrant workers generated $4.6 trillion dollars for the U.S. economy in 2022.

  North State Public Radio February 7, 2025
• What Would a Pro-Worker Agenda for the South Look Like?

  Jasmine Payne-Patterson, Senior State Policy Strategist with the Economic Policy Institute, joins us to talk about how the pro-worker fight is going in the States, but especially the South.

  The Valley Labor Report February 7, 2025
• 7 Ways to Get Financial Help From the Government

  Child care is one of the biggest budget breakers for many families. Annual costs for infant care range from just shy of $5,000 in Mississippi to more than $22,600 in Washington, D.C., according to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit organization focused on low- and middle-income workers.

  NerdWallet February 7, 2025
• Major Unions Sue DOGE to Block Musk Labor Department “Power Grab”

  The lawsuit was filed by Democracy Forward on behalf of AFL-CIO and affiliated unions, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and Communications Workers of America (CWA). The Economic Policy Institute also joined the suit.

  Truthout February 7, 2025
• The Timeline: Black Homeownership

  The problem didn’t come out of nowhere, according to Richard Rothstein, a distinguished fellow at the Economic Policy Institute and author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.

  Many people have heard of redlining—the practice where banks literally drew red lines on maps around Black neighborhoods to deny mortgages—but that’s only part of the story. Redlining was officially outlawed in 1968, and is only a slice of the numerous ways that public policy locked Black people out of homeownership and conspired to depress equity once the doors were finally opened.

  BET February 7, 2025