The intention was also to address the wage inequality for women and racial minorities who were some of the lowest earners, according to the Economic Policy Institute, she said. And the Denver City Council chose to align annual increases with CPI “because what we know from federal research is that when you fail to keep up with the cost of living, wages erode over time. That’s a best practice nationally.”
The Colorado Sun
August 12, 2024
Many data analysts see the shortage as a nationwide trend. The Economic Policy Institute reported that 72.6% of public school bus drivers were age 50 and older, compared to just 37.5% of state and local government employees. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said the median age for school bus drivers in 2023 was 55.5.
Paducah Sun (KY)
August 12, 2024
Across the U.S., public sector unionization (e.g., police officers, teachers and postal workers) is higher than private sector unionization. Union density for public sector workers in Colorado is 24%, whereas in states like California, it’s 57% and in New York, 69%, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Rocky Mountain PBS
August 12, 2024
“Slowing job growth makes clear that the Fed has waited too long to cut interest rates,” a note from analysts at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute stated.
Money Magazine
August 12, 2024
…for children. One of the most massive costs, according to the Economic Policy Institute, is child care. Offsetting that cost means, maybe,…[paywall]].
Forbes
August 8, 2024
HeyTutor analyzed data from the Economic Policy Institute to illustrate how teacher wages compare to other workers Teaching vacancies…[paywall].
Tulsa World
August 8, 2024
Airbnb called the regulation a soft ban on its business, but critics pointed to data suggesting the company’s short-term rentals were driving up rents in the city. According to a 2019 study by the Economic Policy Institute, the company’s introduction and expansion in New York drove up average rents in the city by nearly $400 annually. The company sued the city twice in an effort to undermine the legislation.
The Independent
August 8, 2024
An analysis done by Larry Mishel at the Economic Policy Institute in 2018 found that there was still a substantial premium for manufacturing workers over the years 2010-2016 when controlling for these factors. A more recent analysis from the Federal Reserve Board found that this premium had disappeared altogether, even when controlling for these factors.
Counterpunch
August 8, 2024
Minnesota also passed a law last year establishing a state-run sector council to set wages and other workplace standards for nursing home workers. The council—composed of labor, industry, and government representatives—is a new approach to improve working conditions by sector, said Dave Kamper, senior state policy strategist for the Economic Policy Institute Action organization.
And businesses needed some convincing from Walz to pass that law, Kamper, who worked at the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees before EPI, said.
“Governor Walz was helpful in bringing all the different parties to the table to to genuinely hammer out a compromise on how to make the standards board work,” said Kamper. “There are certainly other industries, other states, where this has come up and it’s often opposed very strongly. In this case, the unions and the employers and Governor Walz and the legislature as a whole were able to come up with a deal that everyone felt was in their best interests.”
Bloomberg Law
August 8, 2024