Policy experts Nina Mast and Reed Shaw are calling on the U.S. Department of Labor to issue new regulations on child labor in order to address higher rates of violations, injuries…[Paywall].
Law360
November 4, 2024
Teacher salaries are a hot-button issue, with the field experiencing well-documented wage gaps. According to an Economic Policy Institute report, teachers made 26.4% less than other similarly educated professions in 2022 — the lowest level since 1960. With taxes and basic living costs to consider, teacher salaries can go a long way or do the opposite, depending on where an educator lives.
MoneyGeek
November 4, 2024
States have had far more success raising their minimum wages.
Thirty states and the District of Columbia have a minimum wage higher than the federal minimum wage, according to the Economic Policy Institute. In the remaining states, the federal minimum wage applies.
Yahoo Finance
November 4, 2024
In each of Project 2025’s overtime provisions, “Workers do not get any additional benefits. It is only employers who get additional benefits,” said Heidi Shierholz, an economist with Economic Policy Institute Action, a nonpartisan advocacy group focused on economic issues. Employers are granted various ways to avoid paying extra for extra work while benefiting from a worker’s labor. “It is an extremely anti-overtime agenda,” she said.
USA Today
November 4, 2024
After years of declining membership, unions have an opportunity to garner support with a new generation of workers. A report from the Economic Policy Institute shows that U.S. front-line workers’ attitudes toward labor unions are softening, which could have a significant impact on worker advocacy among people under 30.
MIT Sloan
November 4, 2024
In New York, the typical monthly cost of childcare for two children is $2,634, while the typical cost of housing is $2,451, according to a family budget calculator by the Economic Policy Institute, which estimates the costs of living around the country.
Fortune
November 4, 2024
This proposal would remove the governmental power to decide whether certain jobs are too dangerous for children, and place that power instead in the hands of parents. The suggestion is part of a larger right-wing movement to loosen federal and state restrictions on child labor. The think tank Economic Policy Institute noted that from 2021 to 2023, largely a period of low unemployment, at least 10 state legislatures moved to weaken child labor laws, and rollbacks were enacted in Arkansas, Iowa, New Hampshire and New Jersey.
Truthout
November 4, 2024
In April of this year, the nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute (epi.org) established that since 1949, the nation’s annual real growth has been 3.79% under Democratic administrations and only 2.6% under Republican administrations. In terms of total job growth over those same years it has been 2.5% annually under Democrats compared to about 1% under Republicans. Furthermore, business investment has grown more than double the rate under Democrats and average rates of inflation are lower under Democrats.
Hudson Star Observer
November 4, 2024
Atlanta Journal Constitution
November 4, 2024