Joining Barber and his co-chair, the Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis, was a much less conventional array of experts. The Poor People’s Campaign had, in fact, partnered with some think-tank experts, like John Cavanaugh, the director of the Institute for Policy Studies, and Thea Lee, the president of the Economic Policy Institute, to write a fourteen-point policy plan pushing for poverty relief through a steep increase in the federal minimum wage, a single-payer universal health-care program, and student debt relief. That officials from think tanks based in D.C. presented a detailed policy proposal was itself nothing new for the transition period. This was the right time to make big asks.
Rolling Stone
June 3, 2024
Still, a 2017 report from the Economic Policy Institute found that, out of the 10 most populous states, minimum wage workers were least likely to be paid the bare minimum in Florida, with wage theft affecting an estimated one in four of Florida’s low-wage workers — our neighbors, friends and family members.
Orlando Weekly
June 3, 2024
The Economic Policy Institute says the minimum living wage is the income needed for a family of one adult and one child to have a modest but adequate standard of living in the most affordable metro area.
FOX 10 Phoenix
June 3, 2024
Nevertheless, the idea that the Senate would act on Ditelberg’s nomination without McFerran is a complete nonstarter under current leadership, said Celine McNicholas, general counsel and director of policy and governmental affairs at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
“The last time I checked, Democrats have the majority in the Senate,” said McNicholas, an NLRB official during the Obama administration.
Bloomberg Law
June 3, 2024
In fact, it increased again in the US for low-wage women, moving from 20.3% to 22.2% between 2019 and 2022, as cited by The Economic Policy Institute.
Forbes
June 3, 2024
“A lot of people just didn’t really know much about unions,” Knecht said. “So, it came down more to educating people on the unionizing process and how they work for us. Once you’ve kind of explained those things, people are on board.”
One way of educating was showing Economic Policy Institute statistics to coworkers that demonstrated the benefits of unionizing, Brown said.
NBC4i
June 3, 2024
The nationwide shortage of school bus drivers has left many students without reliable transportation. In 2023, the number of bus drivers nationwide in K-12 schools dropped to about 192,400, down 15.1% since 2019, according to research by the Economic Policy Institute.
CBS News
June 3, 2024
The cost of childcare in the Bay State is among the highest nationwide, running $15,095 a year for 4-year-olds, or $1,743 a month, according to 2023 data compiled by the Economic Policy Institute. The Bay State is ranked second out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia for the most expensive infant care, that same analysis showed.
Mass Live
June 3, 2024
The federal minimum wage — $7.25 an hour — has remained unchanged since 2009.
That’s the longest period in history without an increase from Congress, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank.
The minimum wage has lost 29% of its value since 2009 after accounting for the rising cost of living, according to an EPI analysis. It’s worth less than at any point since February 1956, the group found.
CNBC
June 3, 2024
The practice of labor law violations in countering unionization is so widespread that the Economic Policy Institute found in 2019 that “Employers are charged with violating federal law in 41.5 percent of all union election campaigns.” Given that these are officially deemed violations that have gone through the process of reporting and adjudicating, the number is likely an underestimate.
In These Times
June 3, 2024