Data from the NLRB showed that employers were charged with violating federal labor law in roughly four out of every ten union elections between 2018 and 2022, according to research conducted by the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank in Washington D.C.
The American Banker
February 10, 2023
Scarlet Fu & Katie Greifeld bring you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street and tackles the surprising jobs report, the latest on Adani and looking ahead to the Exchange ETF Conference Guests Today: Stephen Stanley of Amherst Pierpont, Tiffany Wilding of PIMCO, Alex Merutka of Craftsman+, Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Mimi Duff of GenTrust, Jason Pride of Glenmede, Julia Pollack of ZipRecruiter, Heidi Shierholz of the Economic Policy Institute, Vicki Salemi of Monster
Bloomberg TV
February 10, 2023
Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, says it might be odd to think of policymakers as wanting to see wage growth fall.
“People are like ‘wait, what do you mean?’ And I think it’s important to note that inflation is actually coming down faster than nominal wage growth is coming down,” said Gould.
Marketplace
February 10, 2023
What did the tight labor market achieve? Probably its greatest accomplishment was to lift wages for low-income workers more than it did for other groups. An August study by the Dallas Fed found that wages for the bottom 20 percent in the income distribution rose 7.7 percent during the previous two years, compared to 4.8 percent for the middle 20 percent and 3.6 percent for the top 20 percent. Indeed, according to an April 2022 report by the Economic Policy Institute, low-wage workers (in this instance, the bottom 25 to 30 percent of the income distribution) were the only workers whose wage gains beat inflation.
The New Republic
February 10, 2023
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) estimated that total spending on the union-busting industry amounts to at least $340 million a year. However — because “loopholes in the law’s reporting requirements allow consultants and law firms [to] avoid reporting their work” — a full accounting is currently impossible.
Truthout
February 10, 2023
As a result of the investigation and with bipartisan support, former President Donald Trump initially imposed a 10% tariff on aluminum imports from countries other than Canada and Mexico in early 2018. After additional measures were taken against Chinese aluminum in particular, primary aluminum production in the U.S. increased 37.6% by 2020, breathing new life into the industry, according to a 2021 study by the Economic Policy Institute.
Courthouse News Service
February 10, 2023
Josh Bivens, director of research at the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank that researches economic trends and policies …(paywall).
Verify This
February 10, 2023
“The labor market is pretty strong,” Elise Gould, senior economist at the left-leaning nonprofit Economic Policy Institute, told NBC News. “The unemployment rate is low, and there are still people who have not returned to the labor market after the pandemic, so we can expect the labor force can grow. But we’ve had an incredible couple of years of recovery.” she added.
Forbes
February 10, 2023
The only sustainable and sure solution is to raise the minimum wage to a living wage. And then, and only then, index it to inflation or some other standard. The Raise the Wage Act would do this, phasing increases of the minimum wage in over four years, till it reaches $21.25 in 2027. The average wage earner would see their earnings rise by
over $3,000/per year, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Ithaca Voice
February 10, 2023
No other state has a $20 minimum wage or legislation on the books to reach that threshold. The $15-an-hour wage in Massachusetts that took effect Jan. 1 ranks fourth-highest among states and territories, trailing Washington, D.C. ($16.10), Washington state ($15.74) and California ($15.50), according to data tracked by the Economic Policy Institute.
Metro West Daily News
February 10, 2023