Elise Gould is a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute. Heidi Shierholz is president at the Economic Policy Institute and former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor. The opinions expressed in this commentary are their own.
CNN Business
March 4, 2022
According to the Economic Policy Institute, less than 20% of private-sector workers are covered by a traditional pension, and the national savings rate is close to zero. This leaves most Americans financially unprepared for retirement.
Smart Union
March 3, 2022
According to the Economic Policy Institute, less than 20% of private-sector workers are covered by a traditional pension, and the national savings rate is close to zero. This leaves most Americans financially unprepared for retirement.
Smart Union
March 3, 2022
Wage theft is a multi-billion dollar problem that spans industries across the United States; according to Brotman, it dwarfs property crime costs in the country. A 2017 wage theft study from the Economic Policy Institute found that 32.3% of New York construction workers’ earned wages were not paid — the highest share out of all the industries surveyed.
Construction Dive
February 25, 2022
In such an economy, workers were able to bargain for more pay, and the costs of labor rose in tandem with the costs of other inputs, explained Josh Bivens, research director of the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
CBS
February 25, 2022
For many teachers, rather than continue to try to explain the complexities of their profession, it has become easier just to leave. A mass educator exodus and shortage will not come as a surprise to anyone who has been paying attention. A pre-pandemic study from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) indicated that teacher shortages were already becoming dire. At that time, researchers at EPI predicted that by the year 2025, the shortage could reach up to 200,000. That number was based on a pre-Covid reality, one that did not account for the recent dire working conditions in schools.
The Hechinger Report
February 25, 2022
Features Rob discussing Russia-Ukraine tensions.
Al Jazeera
February 25, 2022
First, union membership statistics don’t capture the numbers of workers who attempt to form unions through our country’s antiquated labor system, but fail when employers bend and break labor law. Employers like Amazon often use thinly veiled threats, mandatory anti-union meetings, and intimidation tactics to keep workers from forming unions. In 4 out of 10 organizing efforts, workers have to file charges to try to stop their bosses’ illegal activity, and in a third of elections, employers are charged with illegally firing union supporters, according to a recent Economic Policy Institute report. Precious few workers make it through this fraught process, and even fewer win a first contract. Those who find themselves blocked don’t “count” in the government’s statistical measures.
American Prospect
February 25, 2022
She explained that according to the Economic Policy Institute, the median weekly wage for food service workers is $331.
WTOP
February 25, 2022