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
Ismael Cid-Martinez, an economist with the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, said the aftereffects have been evident. Fewer parents say they can come up with $400 in an emergency, and they report more instances of food insufficiency.
After 2021, Cid-Martinez said, “parents’ savings began to dwindle.”
Another key pandemic program provided increased financial support to child care centers. That support, too, has ended without being reinstated.
NBC News
June 3, 2024
Activists appeal for a $15 minimum wage near the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. According to the Economic Policy Institute, the federal minimum wage in 2021 was worth 34% less than in 1968, when its purchasing power peaked.
WOSU
June 3, 2024