If working from home was a benefit that mostly went to higher-paid workers, the pay increases disproportionately went to those at the bottom, reversing the pattern that had been in place for more than four decades. An analysis from the Economic Policy Institute found that wages for workers in the bottom 10% of the wage distribution increased by 13.4% from before the pandemic, after adjusting for inflation.
Duluth News Tribune
September 3, 2024
CEO pay has soared in recent decades compared to typical workers’ pay. From 1978 to 2022, CEO pay increased by 1,209.2% compared to just a 15.3% increase in median worker compensation, according to a 2023 report by the Economic Policy Institute.
The Guardian
September 3, 2024
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Chicago Tribune
September 3, 2024
Many of these states are also right-to-work states, meaning that they have laws on the books that prevent workers from being required to join unions as a job requirement or paying agency fees for representation. Workers in such states are paid 3.2% less than similar workers in states without right-to-work laws, according to the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
Quartz
September 3, 2024
Wage theft, by contrast, is a massive crime: A 2014 study from the Economic Policy Institute found that wage theft “costs American workers as much as $50 billion a year.” It deserves massive attention.
New Republic
September 3, 2024
And, as the Economic Policy Institute notes, “a majority of workers in the United States across all sectors—59 percent—support unionization in their own workplace.” That means that there are literally millions of workers who are up for joining a union. What they need is a government that is explicitly, and aggressively, on the side of working-class Americans.
The Nation
September 3, 2024
Between 2019 and 2023, the number of U.S. school bus drivers fell by 15 percent. Those who remain still don’t make much money: an average of $20 an hour, with just 32 hours of work a week, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Slate
September 3, 2024
(The Groundwork Collaborative said it analyzed November 2023 data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis using the same approach that economist Josh Bivens at the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal think tank, used for his 2022 corporate profit and inflation analysis.)
Politifact
September 3, 2024
CEO compensation has ballooned since the late 1970s. Compensation of the country’s top CEOs at public firms increased 1,460 percent from 1978 to 2021, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank. For every dollar the average worker earns, a CEO makes about $400.
The Keene Sentinel
September 3, 2024
“Donald Trump knows how to take advantage of working people,” he said as part of an accusation against Trump for “waging war on workers and the middle class.” Walz also criticized Trump for blocking efforts to raise the minimum wage and for supporting right-to-work laws, which he said weaken unions and undermine workers’ rights.
Fact check: Trump did oppose efforts to raise the federal minimum wage because he said it was up to the individual states to address. According to Politico, he also supported “right-to-work” laws, which are widely criticized for weakening unions by reducing their financial resources and undermining workers’ rights and collective bargaining power. Trump’s administration did roll back numerous worker protections and regulations designed to safeguard labor rights, as detailed in this report from the Economic Policy Institute.
Racine County Eye
September 3, 2024