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• How States and Unions Can Partner To Build the Public Sector Workforce

  To rebuild the public workforce in today’s tight labor market, policymakers must tackle several problems simultaneously.³ Actions should include increasing funding for state and local budgets that have been starved for decades; combating COVID-19 burnout among essential service workers; and closing the growing pay gap between the public and private sectors. According to a recent analysis by the Economic Policy Institute, state and local government workers earn approximately 10 percent to 15 percent less than comparable private sector employees.⁴

  Center for American Progress March 24, 2023
• Arbitrator Diversity Still Lacking as Employers Push to Use Them

  About 80% of American private-sector, nonunion workers will be required to use arbitration to settle disputes by 2024, according to a 2019 report from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute and the Center for Popular Democracy.

  Bloomberg Law March 24, 2023
• ‘Union-buster’ Howard Schultz departs from Starbucks and his replacement plans to work as a barista once a month. The rank and file isn’t buying it

  “About 63% of the company’s workers make below $15 an hour, according to the Economic Policy Institute, which tracks company wages.”

  Fortune March 24, 2023
• Study shows historic jump in wages for lowest-earning workers; small businesses say it’s complicated

  The Economic Policy Institute reports that between 2019 and 2022, real wages grew 9% for the lowest-paid workers – a jump they say hasn’t been matched in 40 years. And that’s after factoring inflation in.

  WCIA March 24, 2023
• Pay soared for the lowest-wage workers over the past three years

  Pay rose at historically fast rates for low-wage workers in the U.S. between 2019 and 2022, even after adjusting for inflation, according to an analysis from the Economic Policy Institute released Thursday morning.

  Axios March 24, 2023
• The Problem with Jon Stewart

  A recent episode of The Problem With Jon Stewart featured EPI’s research on inflation. 

  The Problem with Jon Stewart March 24, 2023
• Low-wage workers got big raises during the pandemic. Now that’s coming to an end.

  A new report from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute analyzes wage growth from 2019 to 2022.

  Business Insider March 24, 2023
• Breaking Points

  Cites EPI research on corporate profits.

  Breaking Points March 24, 2023
• Wages surged for lowest-paid Americans after the pandemic

  Between 2019 and 2022, the lowest-paid saw their real income grow 9%, according to a new analysis from the Economic Policy Institute. Even accounting for inflation, income for workers in the bottom 10% grew faster than in any recovery since 1979.

  “It’s incredibly unusual how well they did,” said Elise Gould, EPI senior economist and one of the report’s authors.

  CBS Moneywatch March 24, 2023
• States Look to Ease Child Labor Laws as Federal Scrutiny Grows

  “It’s a really troubling moment right now,” said Jennifer Sherer of the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. “We should be strengthening the system, including making sure that the permitting and the permissions and the vetting are stronger, not weaker.”

  Bloomberg Law March 24, 2023