Joseph Costello, a Kamala Harris campaign spokesperson, reacted to Donald Trump’s speech in Erie, Pennsylvania, picking on the former president’s comments about overtime pay.
“As president, Trump took executive action to rip away overtime pay for *millions* of workers, including nearly 5 million workers without a college degree,” Costello said on Twitter/X.
Costello attached a link to a paper by the Economic Policy Institute titled: More than eight million workers will be left behind by the Trump overtime proposal.
The Guardian
October 1, 2024
During Trump’s term, the NLRB — a quasi-judicial body with up to five members appointed by the president — acted on all 10 items in a 2017 corporate wishlist from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, according to a report by the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit nonpartisan think tank.
Capital & Main
October 1, 2024
Several other states are considering similar legislation. The Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, estimates that 60 million workers could soon be protected by such bans.
Huffpost
October 1, 2024
Across the country, districts, parents and students are struggling with similar issues. While the number of bus drivers have increased since pandemic lows, employment has not fully recovered. An analysis from the Economic Policy Institute shows a 15 percent drop in school bus drivers employed in k-12 public schools from September 2019 to 2023. During that time, 1.4 million more students enrolled in public schools. School bus workers tend to be older and paid less than the average worker, EPI notes.
PBS Newshour
October 1, 2024
‘[T]he use of AI in the healthcare setting is exacerbating long-standing issues that healthcare professionals have bargained over, including staffing ratios and discretion in patient care.’
—Analysts Patrick Oakford, Josh Bivens and Celine McNicholas. (Source: “Federal AI legislation: An evaluation of existing proposals and a road map forward.” Economic Policy Institute, Sep. 25)
AI in Healthcare newsletter
October 1, 2024
According to the Economic Policy Institute, the average cost of infant care in Montana is more than $9,000 a year.
Montana Public Radio
October 1, 2024
School bus driver numbers have yet to return to pre-pandemic levels. There were 192,400 school bus drivers in September 2023, down 15.1% from September 2019, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Ohio Capital Journal
October 1, 2024
In the past few years, America’s business lobby has sort to reverse that progress and roll back protections, according to the Economic Policy institute. This year alone, six states—Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, and West Virginia, enacted legislation to weaken child labor protections, despite an increase in child labor violations.
Common Dreams
October 1, 2024
Ben Zipperer, a low-wage labor market economist at the Economic Policy Institute, said the early fears around automation and robots threatening jobs in the foodservice industry are not being realized. Automation has shown to make workers more productive and effective, he said.
Robots have also been shown to make businesses more efficient and profitable, Zipperer siad, which creates an “offsetting demand factor.” That increased demand and profitability can actually help keep the cost of food for customers more affordable, he added.
States Newsroom
October 1, 2024
Around 900,000 workers — nearly a third of Missouri’s workforce — would either get automatic raises or likely get raises because they already make just above that new minimum wage, according to the Economic Policy Institute. And with one in five private employees nationwide lacking paid sick time, organizers say that this proposition would especially benefit poor Missourians.
Kansas City Beacon
October 1, 2024