Mainstream progressives who are clear about first principles are not among the defectors to the right. Could you imagine, say, Elizabeth Warren switching sides just because the battles she fights are hard? Or anti-monopoly crusaders like Lina Khan or Matt Stoller? Or our friends at the Economic Policy Institute?
American Prospect
December 21, 2023
According to the Economic Policy Institute, at least 10 states introduced or passed bills weakening the protections for working minors in the last two years, with several bills backed by regional restaurant associations. McDonald’s did not respond to a request for comment on its opinion of those bills.
HR Dive
December 21, 2023
The Center for Popular Democracy, an assemblage of community groups and the Economic Policy Institute projected in 2019 that 80% of private sector, nonunion workers would be subject to mandatory arbitration by 2024.
Capital & Main
December 21, 2023
“While federal agencies are ramping up enforcement of child labor protections in response to increasing violations, industry groups are working to roll back child labor protections via state legislation,” the Economic Policy Institute reported in May.
Raw Story
December 21, 2023
According to the Economic Policy Institute, the compensation paid to the CEOs of the largest US companies has increased 13-fold since 1978, whereas the compensation paid to regular workers has risen by a mere 15%.
CEO World Magazine
December 21, 2023
“Workers are striking and forming unions because the US economy has churned out radically uneven income growth for decades, stemming from unbalanced bargaining power in the labor market,” said Margaret Poydock, a senior policy analyst at the Economic Policy Institute.
Yahoo Finance
December 21, 2023
But the term “wealthy” casts a very wide net in the United States — and not all wealthy people are billionaires or even millionaires. For example, if your definition of wealthy is the top 10% of earners, then someone who earns $167,639 a year qualifies, according to 2021 data from the Economic Policy Institute.
GO Banking Rates
December 21, 2023
Efforts to combat a bus driver shortage at districts like Shenendehowa go back years. The shortage has been seen across the state and country. According to the Economic Policy Institute, the number of school bus drivers nationwide dropped 15 percent between September 2019 and September 2023.
Albany Times Union
December 21, 2023
Economic Policy Institute’s Elise Gould talked about her group’s report on paid sick leave access and statewide legislative actions on the issue.
C-SPAN Washington Journal
December 21, 2023