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
According to a 2022 analysis from the Economic Policy Institute, the unemployment rate among Hispanic workers in Pennsylvania is 8.6% — which is the highest in the country.
WHYY
February 24, 2023
The Economic Policy Institute, a think tank in Washington, said in a statement that the UC strike, which took place across its 10-campus system, “has been described as the largest higher education strike in U.S. history.”
The Hill
February 24, 2023
If Tesla did retaliate, it wouldn’t be the first. A new study from Economic Policy Institute found that employers in nearly 40 percent of union elections face charges of violating federal law. But remember that it is “charged” and not “found guilty of.” Undoubtedly, the union doesn’t file for every violation and doesn’t get every violation correct. How many violations actually occur isn’t clear, but it is clear that companies often act poorly when it comes to union drives.
Inc.
February 24, 2023
An Economic Policy Institute study on “right-to-work” in 2021 in Montana found that the median hourly wage of union workers in Montana is $22.85, compared with $16.95 for nonunion workers, and nationally union workers make 11% more.
Daily Montanan
February 24, 2023
And this all reminded me about a conversation I had last year with Heidi Shierholz. She’s the president of the Economic Policy Institute. And last year, we talked about this idea of retaliation against workers organizing unions. And to be clear, we’re talking about this in general, not about Tesla.
HEIDI SHIERHOLZ: It is not legal for employers to retaliate against workers for organizing. It is not legal for employers to fire workers for organizing. So that shouldn’t be happening. This should not be an issue.
NPR
February 24, 2023
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) lays the blame for our national tipping culture on the 1966 amendments creating a so-called “tip credit” to the Fair Labor Standards Act. According to EPI, “The creation of the tip credit—the difference, paid for by customers’ tips, between the regular minimum wage and the sub-wage for tipped workers—fundamentally changed the practice of tipping.”
LA Progressive
February 24, 2023