The bill could worsen graduation rates and hurt lower-income families, experts said, and could also be a way to replace some immigrant labor as Florida and other GOP-led states continue to crack down on undocumented workers.
“Are we willing to return to a world where we accept that children of the poorest families are working more than full-time jobs under hazardous conditions?” said Jennifer Sherer, director of the Economic Analysis and Research Network at the nonprofit Economic Policy Institute.
Orlando Sentinel
October 6, 2023
Don’t worry — it’s still plenty to sustain a growing economy, said Elise Gould at the Economic Policy Institute.
“When we see job growth in excess of around 100,000, that means that not only are we keeping up with population growth, we’re pulling people in off the sidelines,” Gould said.
Gould sees a job market returning pretty close to pre-pandemic normal.
“The share of workers between 25 and 54 with a job is now at or higher than before, particularly for women. We have very low Black unemployment. So there are many metrics that look very much like 2019 — and even better.”
Marketplace
October 6, 2023
The “teacher pay penalty” — the gap between the wages of teachers and similarly educated professionals — hit a record high of 26.4% in 2022, according to an Economic Policy Institute report released Friday, as K-12 Dive reported.
EdSource
October 6, 2023
(That’s despite an increase in union representation; according to the Economic Policy Institute, in 2022, more than 16 million workers in the U.S. were represented by a union, an increase of 200,000 from 2021. While more jobs were unionized, nonunion jobs have been added to the economy at a faster rate.)
The Detroit Metro Times
October 6, 2023
As of 2021, childcare workers were making just $13.51 an hour, reportedly half of what the average worker in the U.S. earns, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Fast Company
October 6, 2023
This “teacher pay penalty” has grown over the decades, according to the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, hitting a new high in 2021. In 1996, teachers made close to 92 cents on the dollar.
USA Today
October 6, 2023
The “teacher pay penalty” — a measure of the gap between the weekly wages of teachers and similarly educated professionals — hit a record high of 26.4% in 2022, according to an Economic Policy Institute report released Friday.
K-12 Dive
October 6, 2023
It’s been a hell of a few years for American automakers; profits have been good, very good. Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis have made $250 billion since 2013, with another $32 billion on the way by the end of the year according to Economic Policy Institute. But there are dark clouds gathering for the Big 3 just beyond the smooth seas of profit; the student loan debt crisis.
Yahoo Autos
October 6, 2023
The Economic Policy Institute, a pro-labor research and policy think tank, describes wage theft as a “widespread epidemic that costs workers, their families, and communities billions of dollars each year.”
Orlando Weekly
October 6, 2023
The cost to low-wage workers is staggering. In St. Louis, for example, the city passed a higher minimum-wage ordinance in 2015, only to have it nullified by state law two years later. As a result, minimum-wage workers were robbed of $71.1 million in raises in a single year, according to figures compiled by the Economic Policy Institute.
The American Prospect
October 6, 2023