Alaskans also voted on raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour, up from $11.73, and the measure is on track to pass. It would increase earnings for nearly 10 percent of the workforce, according to the Economic Policy Institute. In California, voters were asked to raise the state’s minimum wage to $18 per hour, but the results are still too close to call.
VOX
November 12, 2024
The worker-centered Economic Policy Institute said in 2023 that preemption can interfere with local governments’ ability to set job quality standards.
“Blocking these local policies results in wage suppression for all workers and contributes to maintaining racial and gender pay gaps,” the group said during committee testimony.
Bridge Michigan
November 12, 2024
We also looked at another data set maintained by the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal think tank. The group looks at inflation-adjusted wages through the lens of incomes, such as the lowest 10% of earners, the second-lowest 10%, the top 10% and the top 5%.
The Economic Policy Institute data shows that every slice of the income spectrum earned wages in 2023 above their 1973 level.
Politifact
November 12, 2024
Minimum wage increases also passed in Alaska and Missouri.
The Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank, noted in an election recap: “Voters given the opportunity to weigh in directly on questions of economic justice showed policy preferences far more progressive than those reflected in many national and state election outcomes.”
CNBC
November 12, 2024
“There will be a concerted effort to repeal pro-worker N.L.R.B. precedents,” said Heidi Shierholz, a senior Labor Department official during the Obama administration, referring to the National Labor Relations Board.
Experts like Ms. Shierholz, who is now president of the liberal Economic Policy Institute, said they also expected the Trump administration to ease up on enforcing safety rules, to narrow eligibility for overtime pay and to make it harder for gig workers to gain status as employees.
New York Times
November 12, 2024
But, it’s also essential that we dispel myths and counter misinformation. Despite the belief that immigrants hurt U.S.-born workers, for example, the data shows otherwise: Economic Policy Institute findings:
Immigrants spur renewal by renovating and filling vacant housing; as the enterprising newcomers they often are, they start new businesses, create jobs and bring new purchasing power and thus raise living standards.
New Jersey Hills Media Group
November 12, 2024
In the workplace, the Economic Policy Institute’s research paints a clear picture: Black women lose an average of $964,400 over a 40-year career due to the wage gap. States with stronger equal pay laws show up to 30% smaller wage gaps, and unionized Black women earn 26% more than their non-unionized peers.
Essence
November 12, 2024
…far more likely to get passed under a Harris administration,” says Ben Zipperer, senior economist with the left-leaning Economic Policy…[paywall].
Forbes
November 12, 2024
Five years earlier Puzder had sanctimoniously fired his housekeeper when he found out she was undocumented, yet he didn’t pay her state and federal employment taxes until after his nomination. “Andrew Puzder fails every test for a labor secretary,” the nonprofit Economic Policy Institute concluded.
New Republic
November 12, 2024