Although 7 in 10 Americans say they approve of labor unions, as long as they’re not taking their business elsewhere, corporations including Starbucks and Amazon continue to obstruct, delay, suppress and harass to avoid workers being represented. The pro-labor Economic Policy Institute noted that large employers already spend more than $400 million on “union avoidance” consultants annually to dissuade representation-curious workers.
San Antonio Current
April 8, 2026
Estimates calculated by the Economic Policy Institute show that farmworkers across the country stand to lose $4.4 to $5.4 billion annually because of the change.
Capitol News Illinois
April 8, 2026
The money could prove impactful for the more than 9.7 million Native people in the US, who have historically faced hurdles to career advancement, including geographic barriers that may limit job opportunities for those living in rural areas like Alaska and Oklahoma, according to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). Native people also have fewer educational opportunities than other racial groups and are the least likely to complete college, the EPI reported.
As a result, Native populations typically have higher unemployment and lower average wages than other racial groups, the EPI found.
HR Brew
April 8, 2026
The first supposed end of globalization was the financial crisis of 2008. Then, in 2016, it was the Brexit referendum, which the Economic Policy Institute suggested could be “the end of globalization as we know it.”
The Washington Post
April 8, 2026
Even if an actor were to make $1,300 a week for 52 weeks, their gross annual income would be $67,600, well below the $72,551 needed to adequately support one adult with no children in D.C. as estimated by the Economic Policy Institute Family Budget Calculator
Washington City Paper
April 6, 2026
Celine McNicholas, director of policy at the Economic Policy Institute, agreed that Trump’s budget requests have become “increasingly ridiculous.”
“They no longer represent a reasonable starting place for budget negotiations,” she said. “Still, they do represent a statement of values—and a serious statement of this administration’s position. Positions can be both serious and ridiculous.”
Bloomberg Law
April 6, 2026
“It seems like, one, that was used for smuggling contraband,” said Adam Hersh, a Washington, D.C., economist who formerly worked at the Economic Policy Institutethink tank, “so they have cracked down on that a lot, not just drugs, but other things. Two, the big Chinese retail companies that do direct shipping avoid paying tariffs, or other companies like if you trade on the Amazon marketplace to import it and warehouse in the U.S., the Temus and Sheins and things like that, were big beneficiaries of de minimis.”
Detroit News
April 6, 2026
EVENT: The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) holds a virtual State of Working America Q1 Economic Briefing, beginning at 1 p.m.
Associated Press Daybook
April 6, 2026