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
Underyling that legal dispute is a battle over Meta’s hiring practices and whether the technology giant illegally prefers to hire temporary foreign workers. Meta was one of the top H-1B employers in fiscal year 2022, with more than 1,500 approved petitions for new workers, according to an analysis from the Economic Policy Institute.
Bloomberg Law
October 6, 2023
Moreover, an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute — a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank — of Bureau of Labor Statistics and National Labor Relations Board data found union membership in the United States increased from 2021 to 2022 by more than 200,000 workers.
Detroit Free Press
October 6, 2023
A report from the Economic Policy Institute found that in 2022 CEOs were paid 344 times as much as a typical worker. For context, in 1965 CEOs were paid 21 times as much as a typical worker. This rise in pay isn’t a result of CEO productivity, according to the report, but rather a reflection of the influence CEOs have over determining their pay through increased bargaining power.
Cleveland Scene
October 6, 2023
The pandemic seems to have exacerbated an existing decline. This is partly due to the pay discrepancy teachers face compared to their college-educated peers. According to a 2021 report by the Economic Policy Institute, teachers earn an average of 23.5% less than comparable college graduates.
Napa Valley Register
October 6, 2023