The bad news is that the share of the workers represented by a union fell from 11.6% to 11.3%, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data mined earlier this year by the Economic Policy Institute.
The Buffalo News
March 3, 2023
Republican politicians are focused on protecting their wealthy donors, who are paying less into Social Security than ever. The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) recently found that as inequality increases, a record share of all earnings are above the $160,200 cap on Social Security contributions.
Inequality.org
March 3, 2023
The national average for retirement savings varies depending on age, but according to the Economic Policy Institute, the median retirement savings for all working age households in the US is around $95,776. This figure includes both employer-sponsored retirement accounts and individual retirement accounts (IRAs). It is important to note that this number does not include social security benefits, which are not considered retirement savings.
Forbes
March 3, 2023
Access to abortion, as well as the cultural milieu associated with that position, is certainly one of many factors people consider when determining where to live, work or start a business. It is also noteworthy that states with abortion bans tend have a cluster of other negative attributes. For example, such states generally have not expanded Medicaid; have higher murder and poverty rates and lower minimum wages; dominate the lists of worst schools in the country; and claim a disproportionate number of counties with the lowest life expectancy. As a report by Asha Banerjee of the Economic Policy Institute confirms, “the states enacting abortion bans are the same ones that are economically disempowering workers through other channels.”
The Washington Post
March 3, 2023
The COVID pandemic weakened the global economy. … But most shamefully, while the Economic Policy Institute reports America’s annualized…(paywall).
The Virginian-Pilot
March 3, 2023
Access to abortion, as well as the cultural milieu associated with that position, is certainly one of many factors people consider when determining where to live, work or start a business. It is also noteworthy that states with abortion bans tend have a cluster of other negative attributes. For example, such states generally have not expanded Medicaid; have higher murder and poverty rates and lower minimum wages; dominate the lists of worst schools in the country; and claim a disproportionate number of counties with the lowest life expectancy. As a report by Asha Banerjee of the Economic Policy Institute confirms, “the states enacting abortion bans are the same ones that are economically disempowering workers through other channels.”
The Washington Post
March 3, 2023
The COVID pandemic weakened the global economy. … But most shamefully, while the Economic Policy Institute reports America’s annualized…(paywall).
The Virginian-Pilot
March 3, 2023
Moreover, according to the Economic Policy Institute, it took more than a decade for Black and Asian households to recover their prerecession median incomes.
Fast Company
February 24, 2023
EPI’s Sherer said that the Iowa bill, “shocking and extreme” as it is, fits a larger trend emerging in multiple states — eight by current count, including New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and Minnesota — “to roll back child labor protections,” she said. “It’s the latest variation on the push that industry lobbyists have been making since the [beginning of the] Fair Labor Standards Act.”
Ambrook Research
February 24, 2023