Features interview with Nina Mast on child labor.
Free Speech TV
February 23, 2024
At least seven other states have introduced similar bills in the past two years, according to Daniel Perez, an analyst who’s been tracking the issue for the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, which supports the policy. These include California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The Maryland bill was unveiled just last month.
“It seems like a groundswell moment,” Perez said.
Huffpost
February 23, 2024
Features interview with Nina Mast on child labor.
Free Speech TV
February 23, 2024
According to the Economic Policy Institute, the number of bus drivers in the country is down 15% from 2019.
KWQC
February 23, 2024
Support has grown across the United States recently for legislation banning race-based discrimination on hair, specifically textures or styles associated with a particular race or national origin. Texas is one of 24 states to have passed a law banning such discrimination, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Texas passed its law in May 2023.
Reuters
February 23, 2024
Access also varies depending on where in the country you live. Due to state laws, nearly 94% of workers in California, Oregon and Washington have paid sick leave according to the Economic Policy Institute, compared with less than two-thirds of workers in the South.
Bloomberg
February 23, 2024
The name is an acronym for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair and it prohibits discrimination against a hair texture or protective hairstyle commonly or historically associated with race. There were 24 states with such laws as of July 2023, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
NBC Washington
February 23, 2024
Fortune
February 23, 2024
It all made for compelling headlines. And those headlines masked a frustrating truth for organizers: Good news notwithstanding, the unionization rate in the U.S. fell once again in 2023.
That’s according to a report released last month by the Washington, D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute, which closely tracks union activity and analyzes data provided by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. As the report’s authors noted, the surge in labor activity last year didn’t produce greater union representation — at least, not yet.
Capital & Main
February 23, 2024
As of July 2023, more than 20 states have enacted legislation to combat race-based discrimination against hair texture and protective hairstyles, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
CNN
February 23, 2024