Almost 10 million people in 22 states across the country will see a minimum wage pay increase in 2024, according to the Economic Policy Institute. The Institute estimates that workers will receive $6.95 billion in additional wages from these increases.
NewsNation
January 5, 2024
“When the labor market is tight, union activity is less risky because you’re more likely to be able to find another job in a reasonable time if an employer retaliates against you,” said Heidi Shierholz, former Labor Department economist and president of the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington-based think tank.
The Washington Post
January 5, 2024
Since 2021, at least 10 states have introduced or passed laws rolling back protections for children, the Economic Policy Institute noted in a recent report. The legislative push is “part of a coordinated campaign backed by industry groups intent on eventually diluting federal standards that cover the whole industry,” according to the left-leaning think tank.
CBS Moneywatch
January 5, 2024
While more work needs to be done — and is being done — to support the continued transition to EVs, the Economic Policy Institute estimates that more than 150,000 jobs could be created in the auto sector in 2030 because of the vehicles if a number of factors fall into place.
Yahoo
January 5, 2024
Twenty U.S. states still use the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) says.
KTVB (Boise)
January 5, 2024
Unionization has been booming in recent years and today some 16 million employees in the United States are union members, according to data collected by the Economic Policy institute. In 2022, union ranks increased by almost a quarter million, the institute says.
Legal Dive
January 5, 2024
The Big Three made a quarter-trillion in profits and CEO pay rose 40% from 2013-2022, but average real wages for auto workers have fallen almost 20% since 2008, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
High Country News
January 5, 2024
According to early-childhood advocacy group Think Small of Little Canada, the median Minnesota family with one infant spends about 21% of their household income on child care, compared with the 7 % of income that the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a nonprofit think tank, deems “affordable.” EPI put the average annual cost at $16,087.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
January 5, 2024
The Economic Policy Institute estimated that 91,000 Nebraska workers — 9.5% of Nebraska’s workforce — would see a wage increase when the state’s minimum wage went up.
Omaha World-Herald
January 5, 2024
Although a growing number of states have enacted paid sick leave laws, the share of the lowest-wage workers with access to that benefit has nearly doubled from 20% to 39% since 2010, according to a new Economic Policy Institute report.
CPA Practice Advisor
January 5, 2024