…records of workplace injuries and illnesses,” according to the Economic Policy Institute. His first-term nominees to top positions at the…[paywall].
Atlanta Journal Constitution
December 9, 2024
“The latest jobs data says the labor market is still going strong,” Senior Economist with the Economic Policy Institute Elise Gould posted on X. “After the softer numbers in October from the weather and striking workers, November bounces back with strong job growth along with upward revisions. On average, the economy added 173k jobs the last 3 months”
The Center Square
December 9, 2024
The Biden administration in 2021 narrowed the circumstances under which workers could be paid the tipped subminimum, reversing a Trump-era rule that increased use of the tipped subminimum, at a cost to workers that the Economic Policy Institute estimated at $700 million annually.
New Republic
December 9, 2024
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
Heidi Shierholz, President of the Economic Policy Institute and former chief economist at the Department of Labor, says fears over automation and the risks posed by AI are overblown. She told Newsweek that “technological change has really never led to sustained reduction in the overall number of jobs,” and that change would instead be seen in the “composition” of the future job market.
Newsweek
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
“Job openings … have normalized considerably over the last 2.5 years since their peak in March 2022,” Economic Policy Institute senior economist Elise Gould wrote in a commentary Tuesday.
The Hill
December 9, 2024
A study by the Economic Policy Institute compared the economies of states with strong collective bargaining laws with so-called “right-to-work” states from 2011 to 2018.
Wisconsin Examiner
December 9, 2024
Since January 2014, 28 states and Washington, D.C., have changed their laws around minimum wage, according to the Economic Policy Institute, which has been tracking these changes nationwide.
Delaware News Journal
December 9, 2024
A combination of policies and companies has created several obstacles for employees to have a union to join in the first place. The Economic Policy Institute estimates that corporations spend $431 million annually on union-avoidance consultants, shutting down unions before they can even form.
Brown Political Review
December 9, 2024