It also reflects the recent growth of unions in the private sector. In 2023, the unionization level in the private sector rose from 6.8% to 6.9% — an increase of more than 261,000 unionized workers, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
NerdWallet
March 29, 2024
The share of foreign-born workers in the US labor force rose faster than the share of native-born workers in 2022, and some industries are heavily dependent on certain types of visas to source talent. Tech companies like Infosys, Google, and Meta, for example, were some of the top employers petitioning for H-1B visas in 2022, according to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute.
HR Brew
March 29, 2024
Farmworkers are paid less than even some of the lowest-paid workers in the U.S. labor force, according to the Economic Policy Institute. The majority of farm laborers in the United States are Latiné, while more than 40% are undocumented, according to the same site.
San Jose State University News
March 29, 2024
The new wages go into effect within 30 days, retroactive to the beginning of this year, according to an official statement issued by the museum. Previously, the average salary for union workers was $43,600, which was almost $4,000 less than the Economic Policy Institute’s cost of living estimate for a one-person household in Berkshire County.
Albany Times Union
March 29, 2024
A 2019 analysis by the Economic Policy Institute found that a regional approach over a $15 hourly national minimum wage would lead to 15.6 million fewer workers getting raises, reducing the total increase in wages from $118 billion to an estimated $35.7 billion.
WRIC
March 29, 2024
However, an Economic Policy Institute report found that, of the 9,000 restaurants investigated by the Department of Labor, 84% were violating wage laws, cheating tipped workers out of $5.5 million.
The Providence Journal
March 29, 2024
As union organizing continues to increase across the country, so too have instances of employers retaliating against their employees for unionization efforts. In 2022, employers were charged with violating federal labor law in 41.5% of all union election campaigns held that year, according to NLRB data analyzed by the Economic Policy Institute.
Alabama Daily News
March 29, 2024
Based on 2024 cost-of-living estimates independently compiled by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Economic Policy Institute, basic family budgeted expenses would range from about $87,500 to $131,200 for a household with two adults and two children, depending on the county in New Hampshire. Households with poverty-level incomes likely have far fewer resources than needed to meet these cost-of-living estimates.
New Hampshire Bulletin
March 29, 2024
Ismael Cid-Martinez, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank partly funded by labor unions, said the law would help lift wages for workers in other low-paying industries in the state.
“These workers are also consumers,” he said. “Any increase in earnings for them means additional resources that they use to feed their families, bolster small businesses and strengthen their state economy.”
New York Times
March 29, 2024
Samantha Sanders, the director of government affairs and advocacy at nonprofit organization Economic Policy Institute, told Law360 on Monday that “things could have come out much worse” during the compromising undertaking the bill process required, but that what the department is getting might still not be enough.
“Considering that the funding for Wage and Hour is more or less flat, that’s certainly better than a cut, but not anywhere near where it should be, ideally, to actually do what they need to do,” Sanders said.
Law360
March 29, 2024