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
A recent report by Josh Bivens and Jori Kandra of the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) documents the wide wage gap. In 2022, they report, the top executives of the 350 largest U.S. companies received 344 times the pay of the typical worker; 87% of that top pay was received as a bonus, usually based on stock price. That compares to just 15 times the pay of the typical worker in 1965. They argue that this difference is not justified by an increase in the complexity of the top manager’s job.
Boston Business Journal
December 15, 2023
Writing for the Economic Policy Institute in 2020, for instance, education economist Emma García summarized the data: “When black students have the opportunity to attend schools with lower concentrations of poverty and larger shares of white students they perform better, on average, on standardized tests.”
Minnesota Reformer
December 15, 2023
Several factors contribute to the higher jobless rates among black Americans compared to whites. Racism and single-adult households, where one person must balance childcare and full-time employment, are among the primary reasons, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
24/7 Wall St.
December 15, 2023
Still, the report said Colorado educators make about 37 percent less compared to other professionals with the same amount of education, citing research by the Economic Policy Institute.
Colorado Public Radio
December 15, 2023