The NLRB is very selective about when it seeks an injunction and could still win them under a tougher standard, according to Lynn Rhinehart, a senior fellow at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
“It could make the board jump through a few more hoops to get an injunction, which is, of course, what Starbucks is trying to do here,” she said. “But at the end of the day, because the board pursues these cases so rarely and in really strong cases, and tends to win these cases regardless of the standard the court uses, I think it’s hard to say how huge of an impact this case will have.”
USA Today
April 26, 2024
The labor force behind this critical part of our food supply is made up of over 37% immigrant workers, according to an analysis of federal data by the Economic Policy Institute.
Montana Standard
April 26, 2024
Teachers make less than their similarly educated peers in other professions, a long-running analysis by the Economic Policy Institute has found. Nearly 1 in 5 teachers hold second jobs outside the school system during the school year to supplement their salaries, according to federal data.
Education Week
April 26, 2024
Worse, according to the Economic Policy Institute, this is part of “a coordinated campaign by conservative groups” that are going state-by-state with the ultimate goal of weakening protections at the federal level.
The Hill
April 26, 2024
“It certainly is the case that child care costs have gone up faster than inflation,” said Elise Gould, a senior policy analyst at the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan, left-leaning thinktank that has also studied child care costs in depth.
“What we discovered a few years ago is that child care is more expensive than rent for quite a few families. And that was pretty shocking.”
USA Today
April 26, 2024
Multiple studies show immigrants like Alaniz’s family were a key economic engine for the United States’ rebound from the pandemic. Some 50% of the labor market’s recent growth came from foreign-born workers between January 2023 and January 2024, according to an Economic Policy Institute analysis of federal data.
CalMatters
April 25, 2024
According to Heidi Shierholz, a labor economist and president of the Economic Policy Institute, the only leverage nonunion workers have is “…[T]heir ability to quit their job. Noncompetes don’t just stop you from taking a job — they stop you from starting your own business.”
Advisory Board
April 25, 2024
“Noncompetes are about reducing competition, full stop. It’s in their name,” Heidi Shierholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute, said Tuesday. “Noncompetes are bad for workers, bad for consumers, and bad for the broader economy. This rule is an important step in creating an economy that is not only strong but also works for working people.”
Common Dreams
April 25, 2024
These changes will have a profound impact on the number of employees subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”) minimum wage and overtime guarantees—the Economic Policy Institute estimated that 3.4 million employees will be affected by the EAP exemption threshold, with another 248,000 workers affected by the new HCE threshold.
JD Supra
April 25, 2024