Research by the progressive Economic Policy Institute shows union workers earn about 10.2% more in hourly wages, and even nonunion workers benefit in highly unionized industries.
Minnesota Reformer
February 4, 2025
According to a survey by Future Forum reported by the Economic Policy Institute, 80% of knowledge workers want flexibility in where they work, and 94% of them want schedule flexibility.
Entrepreneur
February 4, 2025
Nina Mast, a policy and economic analyst for the Economic Policy Institute, said it is just the start of combatting illegal child labor in the Commonwealth.
Public News Service
February 4, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), CEOs were paid 290 times more than the average worker in 2023 — compared to 21 times as much in 1965.
Entrepreneur
February 4, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute,
“Following the EO’s directives would require executive branch agencies to illegally redirect dollars from programs where both funding levels and disbursement rules are assigned by Congress. Legality aside, this EO effectively redirects taxpayer money away from students attending public schools towards relatively well-off families who send their kids to private schools. Around 90 percent of students attend public schools — and this is particularly true in the low-income communities where private schools may be financially out of reach, and rural communities where private schools may not exist. These school districts rely on federal funds to provide high quality education.”
Under the Desk News (Substack)
February 4, 2025
Progressive legal group Democracy Forward is sending two separate letters to Trump’s Cabinet picks calling for them to enforce the Biden administration’s overtime and independent contractor rules.
“If the Trump administration breaks its promise to working Americans and chooses not to fully defend the rule, we will,” the group wrote. “One or more of our clients or their members will seek to intervene to defend the rule and protect the interests of American workers.”
The letters, sent to Pam Bondi and Chavez-DeRemer, who are being vetted to lead the Justice Department and Labor Department respectively, were sent on behalf of the Service Employees International Union, National Employment Law Project, Economic Policy Institute, and Restaurant Opportunity Centers United.
Politico Morning Shift
February 4, 2025
The Economic Policy Institute reports that as of 2023, teachers nationwide earned 26.6% less than workers with similar educational credentials, and Mississippi’s average teacher salary is just $53,354.
WLOX-TV (Mississippi)
February 4, 2025
From Dr. Josh Bivens: Pausing Federal Grants Is Reckless and Could Cause a Steep Recession
The short-run impacts of a federal grant freeze are dire and the questions they raise should make it obvious how gratuitously reckless this idea is. Will rural hospitals get Medicaid reimbursements for the services they provide? Will nursing homes receive payments for care they’re providing to elders? Will schools bounce checks and be charged late fees because Title I grants that finance ongoing operations are disrupted?
The long-term consequences would be catastrophic. They would be guaranteed to cause a steep recession—the Federal government gives $1 trillion in grants to state and local governments alone, sucking any significant portion out of the economy would represent a huge economic shock—and the valuable work done across governments could be fatally compromised.
Newsweek
February 4, 2025
Private sector workers typically receive more pay than their public sector counterparts, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Philadelphia Inquirer
February 4, 2025