Other states have restricted the bonuses to law enforcement. Most haven’t paid pandemic bonuses to state employees, said Dave Kamper, a senior state policy coordinator who has been tracking the federal coronavirus money for the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. “In some ways the state and local fiscal relief funds created a problem by having so many possible uses,” Kamper said. “It’s a good problem, but usually when the federal government sends money to a state, it’s very specific.”
Sacramento Bee
April 13, 2022
Heidi Sheirholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute, explained in a Twitter thread that the U.S. economy is currently “on pace to recover nearly eight years faster” from the high unemployment rates created by the COVID-19 pandemic than it did from the Great Recession. This is in part due to Congress acting to provide COVID-19 relief, including the CARES Act and American Rescue Plan, Shierholz said.
Verify This
April 13, 2022
Features EPI chart on union membership.
The Nation
April 13, 2022
The spread of MBA degrees throughout upper management coincides with declining fortunes for the average worker, the researchers found. Between World War II and the late 1970s, U.S. workers’ pay rose in lockstep with how much they produced. Since 1980, however, workers’ output has increased at three and a half times the rate of pay, according to research from the Economic Policy Institute.
CBS
April 13, 2022
On Instagram, Building Back Together frequently posts news clips and infographics promoting the Biden administration’s goals. In one recent post, the group used data from the Economic Policy Institute claiming that Biden’s economic plans would help Americans pay for services like health and child care.
The Verge
April 13, 2022
Elise Gould, a labor economist at the Economic Policy Institute, said it’s likely hiring will continue to outpace turnover. In February, foodservice establishments hired about 1 million workers, while almost 800,000 workers quit their jobs.
Restaurant Dive
April 13, 2022
Abruzzo’s proposal goes further than any of her modern predecessors. Such meetings have been considered legal under board precedent since the 1940s, and have since become a common employer tool to dissuade workers from joining a union. A 2009 study by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute found that 89% of businesses required employees to attend anti-union meetings during work hours.
Bloomberg Law
April 13, 2022
Monique Morrissey is an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning economic think tank. She says the postal service is important because leaving it to the private sector would mean many rural residents are left out of critical public services.
WDET
April 13, 2022
According to the Economic Policy Institute, worker productivity has increased to more than 61.8% from 1979-to 2020, while the Havard Business Review notes research of worker wages increasing only by 9% since 1970.
Fox 43
April 13, 2022
Studies show that if the overall unemployment rate drops low enough, “even those gaps start to erode a little bit,” said Josh Bivens, director of research at the Economic Policy Institute.
Marketplace
April 13, 2022