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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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