The Economic Policy Institute analyzed childcare costs by county and found that the average cost of childcare across the state of Georgia, the data was compiled from the statistics published by the U.S. Department of Labor’s National Database of Childcare Prices.
WSB-TV
February 23, 2024
But some people aren’t impressed by employers’ efforts. “It’s just a gimmick,” says Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank in Washington, D.C. “I think most people just need a raise.”
Gould says that many low-income employees don’t need advice on budgeting because they’ve learned to do it out of necessity. “I’m impressed they can put food on the table,” she says. “They probably know how to budget better than people who make more money.”
And while earnings have begun to outpace inflation, Gould says that low-wage workers are still behind due to years of being underpaid.
SHRM
February 23, 2024
A new US Department of Labor rule restores protections for misclassified workers and could help reduce the precarious status of freelance journalists, according to Samantha Sanders of the Economic Policy Institute. These protections are sorely needed in an industry buffeted by layoffs. Now, freelance workers are organizing to make sure that needed reforms like the new DOL rule stick.
Nonprofit Quarterly
February 23, 2024
Based on analysis conducted by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a total of 9 million workers will receive $6.95 billion from the new wage policy, significantly boosting the quality of life for workers.
Register Forum
February 23, 2024
“Despite the continued popularity of unions among workers and the public, we have yet to see this momentum translate into substantial increases in the number of workers represented by a union,” read a recent Economic Policy Institute report on the latest BLS union rates. “What is causing this disconnect? Simply put, decades of policy decisions have made it harder for workers to form unions and bargain collectively.”
Truthout
February 23, 2024
In their analysis of the data, also published Wednesday, Margaret Poydock and Jennifer Sherer of the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) pointed out that “this is an increase of over 280% from the number of workers involved in major worker stoppages in 2022, which was 120,600. Further, it is on par with the increase seen in pre-pandemic levels during 2018 and 2019.”
Poydock, a senior policy analyst at the think tank, said in a statement that “a surge of workers went on strike in 2023 to fight back against record corporate profits, stratospheric CEO pay, and decades of stagnant wages. From the United Auto Workers to nurses across the country, these strikes provided critical leverage to workers to secure better wages and working conditions.”
Common Dreams
February 23, 2024
According to the left-leaning think tank Economic Policy Institute, at least 30 states have introduced or passed bills to weaken child labor protections since 2021 — and in nine of those states, legislation has been introduced to expand youth employment in hazardous occupations or workplaces.
In this year alone, 11 states have introduced or taken new action on bills to roll back child labor protections in 2024, according to EPI.
ABC News
February 23, 2024
Games also make learning more accessible. According to the Economic Policy Institute, almost two-thirds of the workforce does not have a college degree, and “the last thing an hourly worker wants is to be put in a classroom and feel they’re being taught at,” said Caucci.
C-Store Dive
February 23, 2024
Modern Healthcare
February 23, 2024