..domestic service work to white families, according to the Economic Policy Institute. During the 1970s, computing work gained more…[Paywall].
Business Insider
May 20, 2024
To understand why, you must understand how tariffs work and what the Biden Administration is trying to accomplish with the new duties. To walk me through it, I spoke to Adam Hersh, Ph.D., a Senior Economist and China-U.S. relations expert at the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank.
While no tariff package is perfect, Hersh suggests that the Biden Administration’s new approach is likely to strengthen the domestic auto industry and make it more competitive.
The only way it may fail is if U.S. consumers and automakers choose to turn away from the electric car revolution.
Inside EVs
May 20, 2024
It’s common for employees to feel singled out for punishment during union campaigns. Nearly 30% of all union elections held by the NLRB involve charges that workers were wrongfully fired, disciplined, or had their work terms changed unilaterally, according to an analysis from the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank.
Huffpost
May 20, 2024
Well … the GOP is running against Democrats, and certainly against Biden, but recently it also looks like they’re running against reality itself. Asking questions like “Are you better off than you were four years ago,” the GOP seems to be trying to convince voters that 4 years of absolute chaos and criminality, punctuated by a failed response to Covid that caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans … never happened. We discuss this ridiculous strategy and more with guests Lynn Rhinehart of The Economic Policy Institute, and Lee McNamara of the Culinary Union Local 226.
The Rick Smith Show
May 20, 2024
Meanwhile, Republican leaders in U.S. Southern states have shown “how scared they are that workers organizing with UAW to improve jobs and wages,” as the Economic Policy Institute put it last month, after Govs. Kay Ivey of Alabama, Brian Kemp of Georgia, Tate Reeves of Mississippi, Henry McMaster of South Carolina, Bill Lee of Tennessee, and Greg Abbott of Texas issued a joint statement accusing the union of coming to their states to “threaten our jobs and the values we live by.”
Common Dreams
May 20, 2024
In New York, the typical monthly cost of child care for two children is $2,634, while the typical cost of housing is $2,451, according to a family budget calculator by the Economic Policy Institute, which estimates the costs of living around the country. In Greensboro, North Carolina, childcare for two children costs an average of $1,182 each month, while housing costs $1,039 monthly, according to the EPI’s calculator; and in even Cottle County, Texas, one of the cheapest housing markets in the country, the monthly price of child care averages to $968, while housing costs $826 monthly.
Fortune
May 20, 2024
A third economist, the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Bill Hoagland, offered a more nuanced response hinging on whether Tai meant prices on goods subject to the tariff or prices overall.
“Those who have studied it carefully, e.g., Economic Policy Institute, the Peterson Institute for International Economics, [found] that tariffs have had a small, negligible impact on inflation,” he said.
Washington Examiner
May 20, 2024
Last year, autoworkers in Alabama earned about $3.80 an hour less on average than their counterparts in Michigan, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data compiled by the Economic Policy Institute.
The Washington Post
May 20, 2024
Dubose’s bill follows the trend of state’s loosening child labor protections in an attempt to combat the ongoing labor shortage. According to the Economic Policy Institute, 28 states have introduced or enacted laws weakening child labor protections since 2021.
Tuscaloosa Thread
May 20, 2024
The data is on the president’s side. An analysis by the Economic Policy Institute found that 34% of price increases from mid-2020 through 2022 could be attributed to corporations using pandemic-related disruptions as an excuse to raise prices.
MSNBC.com
May 20, 2024