Elise Gould, senior economist at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, said the three-month average of job growth at 173,000 jobs shows a fairly strong labor market.
States Newsroom
December 9, 2024
If Trump successfully deports millions of workers, the consequences could be economically devastating, says Daniel Costa, who leads the immigration law and policy research team at the Economic Policy Institute. Most significantly, deporting these workers would cause the remaining workers to pay higher prices for necessary goods like food and gas.
Jacobin
December 9, 2024
According to a study by the Economic Policy Institute, that gap increased by 7.6 percent between 2010 and 2021, causing the average weekly wages of teachers…[paywall].
Boston Globe
December 5, 2024
Unions can help shrink the so-called public-sector wage gap, according to a report from the Economic Policy Institute, at a time when many state and local governments continue to face staffing shortages.
Orlando Weekly
December 5, 2024
The labor-affiliated Economic Policy Institute also offered encouraging words, citing Chavez-DeRemer’s support for the PRO Act and the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, which would protect organizing and collective bargaining rights for government employees.
“While Congresswoman Chavez-DeRemer’s support for these needed reforms is encouraging,” EPI general counsel Celine McNicholas wrote, “if confirmed, she will be Secretary of Labor for a president who steadfastly pursued an ambitious anti-worker agenda during his first term in office.”
LA Times
December 5, 2024
The two parties have been negotiating for about eight months. In many cases, it takes more than one year for a new union to reach their first contract deal with owners and management, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank.
WHYY
December 5, 2024
Here are the sources I currently rely on for the truth: The Guardian, Democracy Now, Business Insider,The New Yorker,The American Prospect,Americans for Tax Fairness, The Economic Policy Institute, The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, ProPublica, Labor Notes, The Lever, Popular Information, Heather Cox Richardson, and, of course, this Substack.
Robert Reich Substack
December 2, 2024
In a survey done by the Economic Policy Institute, it was found that almost 33% of graduating high schoolers were employed but not seeking education, while about 31% were in college, but not looking for work. This is only one survey and does not encompass the nationwide student body.
KTVO
December 2, 2024
Kansas City Star
December 2, 2024
Various policies will present Chavez-DeRemer opportunities to pursue a truly proworker agenda, labor groups say.
Worker-oriented D.C. think tank the Economic Policy Institute called out wage theft enforcement, safety inspections by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, overtime pay thresholds, and immigration status protections as issues to watch, among others.
The Hill
December 2, 2024