A 2019 study by the Economic Policy Institute showed that the median white family had $184,000 in family wealth (property and cash), while the median Latino family had $38,000 and the median Black family had $23,000.
Sacramento Observer
December 16, 2024
“The states that have the option to put these issues on the ballot have seen them met with success repeatedly,” said Jennifer Sherer, an acting deputy director at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. “So we’re at this point where, either through ballot initiative or legislation, there are 30 states that have already raised their minimum wage beyond the federal level.”
Politico Morning Shift
December 16, 2024
The minimum wage increases will benefit three million employees across the country, and indirectly raise the pay of 6.2 million better-paid workers, according to analysis from the Economic Policy Institute.
Daily Mail
December 16, 2024
The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute notes that in 1975, more than 60% of full-time salaried workers were eligible to earn overtime pay. But over the decades, as earnings increased and the regulation failed to keep pace, the share of covered workers fell sharply — to 7% by 2016.
NPR
December 16, 2024
A recent report by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, or EPI, found that the number of people in the United State driving school buses had declined by 40,000 over the pandemic and by 100,000 compared with 2008, prior to the Great Recession. At the same time, wages of school bus drivers continue to be well below other professions and have failed to grow as fast over time as other workers.
The Advocate
December 16, 2024
Twenty states, including New York, and Washington D.C., automatically adjust their minimum wage for inflation, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Fox 5 New York
December 16, 2024
Those delays can weaken union efforts, said Margaret Poydock, a senior researcher at the Economic Policy Institute. “With turnover, it diminishes worker solidarity over time,” said Poydock. Federal labor law allows unionized workers without a contract to vote to decertify an election after one year.
Capital & Main
December 16, 2024
The increases will directly affect 3 million workers earning minimum wage and indirectly nudge up pay for 6.2 million higher-paid employees because of ripple effects on company pay structures, according to the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
Akron Beacon Journal
December 16, 2024
…growth for prime-age workers has been from immigration,” said Daniel Costa, director of immigration law and policy research with the…[paywall].
Globe and Mail
December 16, 2024