These rollbacks could jeopardize the health and safety of teenagers in school, she said, noting that research shows that fatigue from excessive work is tied to more car accidents and workplace injuries. She also said it could contribute to more teens dropping out of school, adding that high school graduation rates have risen in the wake of passage of stricter child labor laws.
“Are we committed as a society to ensuring equal opportunity, equal access to public education for every child no matter what their background is?” Sherer said. “Or are we willing to sort of open the door to going back to a world where a handful of wealthier children have full access to that kind of education and most others are in the workforce at younger and younger ages.”
Tampa Bay Times
December 15, 2023
According to an Economic Policy Institute report, CEO compensation has grown by 1,209% since 1978, while the typical worker’s compensation has only ticked up 15%.
Sports Illustrated
December 15, 2023
Since January 2014, 28 states and Washington, D.C., have changed their laws around minimum wage, according to the Economic Policy Institute, which has been tracking these changes nationwide.
Delaware News Journal
December 15, 2023
The effort comes not a moment too soon, as wage theft and labor law violations have notoriously cost California’s minimum-wage earners nearly $2 billion every year, with a study from the Economic Policy Institute highlighting that these violations “exceeds the value of property crimes committed in the United States each year.”
Hoodline
December 15, 2023
The IRA was designed to counter the potential loss of American auto manufacturing jobs during the EV transition. The Washington, D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute warned in 2022 that 75,000 jobs could be lost “if – thanks to policy inaction – the batteries and drivetrains powering the BEVs continue to be produced abroad and U.S. producers make no gains in the share of overall car sales.”
Wards Auto
December 15, 2023
At the SEIU, Janelle Jones directs economic policy for over 2 million members, including healthcare workers, janitors, and education professionals. Jones’ leadership has been marked by a refusal to accept fewer benefits and stagnant pay. She’s found strength in advocating for workers often left out of union conversations, particularly Black women.
Before working at the SEIU, Jones was the chief economist at the US Department of Labor, the first Black woman to hold the post. She also worked at the Economic Policy Institute and the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
Business Insider
December 15, 2023
Teachers are notoriously underpaid in the US with a median annual salary of just over $61,000 a year, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
According to the Economic Policy Institute, teachers make about 20 per cent less than other college-educated workers with similar experience.
The Independent
December 15, 2023
Arbitration clauses in employment agreements have become standard, with more than half of American employees subject to them, compared to 2 percent 30 years ago, according to research from the Economic Policy Institute.
Vanity Fair
December 15, 2023
According to the Economic Policy Institute, 92 percent of the company’s employees nationwide in 2021 made less than $15 per hour — the minimum wage in Massachusetts.
The Berkshire Eagle
December 15, 2023
From 1979 to 2013, hourly pay for middle-wage workers increased 6% and pay for low-wage workers decreased 5%, whereas pay for very high-wage workers increased 41%, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank.
CNET
December 15, 2023