The Economic Policy Institute enumerates the spread of union-busting even in…(paywall).
The Nation
June 12, 2026
An analysis published by Ben Zipperer, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, found that the price increases caused by the Iran war have been so large that they’ve wiped out any prior gains in real wages during Trump’s second term.
Zipperer also warned that “as long as the war continues, there is a heightened threat that price increases will spill over to the broader economy, triggering a more permanent increase in the cost of living and further reductions in real earnings.”
Common Dreams
June 12, 2026
Lingo said 93% of workers represented by the union earn less than $39,000 a year. She contrasted that with an Economic Policy Institute estimate that a one-earner household with one child on the Lower Shore needs $67,000 to meet basic expenses.
Ocean City Today Dispatch (Maryland)
June 12, 2026
Based on a tool provided by the Economic Policy Institute, those families could afford even the most expensive tuition for a single child in all but two …[paywall].
The Tennessean
June 12, 2026
In any case, as Josh Bivens of the Economic Policy Institute points out, the deeper problems are slow income growth, rising inequality, and extreme wealth …[paywall].
Project Syndicate
June 12, 2026
According to the nonprofit Economic Policy Institute, Starbucks baristas in Buffalo have been negotiating a contract for 1,645 days, and Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island have been at it for 1,532 days.
New Republic
June 12, 2026
“To take advantage of artificially low labor costs incentivized by the program, companies close their IT divisions, fire their American staff, and outsource IT jobs to lower-paid foreign workers,’’ the White House said in its proclamation last year. In a 2020 report, the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute found that 60% of the H-1B positions certified by U.S. Labor Department are assigned wages below the median for the job.
Associated Press
June 10, 2026
Features interview with Ben Zipperer on new minimum wage proposal.
Rick Smith Show
June 9, 2026
Maybe investors were as unimpressed with the top-line economic numbers from the jobs report as EPI senior economist Elise Gould was. Gould took to Bluesky to highlight that despite the 172,000 jobs added in the month, nominal wage growth “continued to decelerate, further exacerbating affordability as prices rise.” Gould highlighted that since President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, the manufacturing sector has shed 68,000 jobs, and the federal government has cut another 333,000 jobs.
The Street
June 9, 2026