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Unemployment insurance claims are still about 18 million more than they were a year ago: The new relief and recovery bill will help millions of families
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News from EPI › EPI applauds passage of the American Rescue Plan
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Gender inequality and bargaining in the U.S. labor market: Why care work is undervalued
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News from EPI › EPI applauds House passage of the PRO Act
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Claims of labor shortages in H-2B industries don’t hold up to scrutiny: President Biden should not expand a flawed temporary work visa program
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Coalition letter in support of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act
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Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025 would lift the pay of 32 million workers: A demographic breakdown of affected workers and the impact on poverty, wages, and inequality
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Strengthening workers’ right to organize is 50 years overdue
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Doing too little in this moment of crisis will come back to haunt the U.S. economy
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So-called right-to-work is wrong for Montana: Research shows RTW law would not boost jobs and could lower wages for both union and nonunion workers
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Our deeply broken labor market needs a higher minimum wage: EPI testimony for the Senate Budget Committee
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Nearly a year into the pandemic and unemployment claims remain 17 million above their pre-pandemic levels: Congress must pass $1.9 trillion relief bill
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Projected state and local revenue shortfalls are shrinking, but the value of substantial federal aid to state and local governments is not
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Achieving Economic and Racial Justice for Black Workers: Policy Priorities for 2021 and Beyond
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News from EPI › Wages grew in 2020 because low-wage workers experienced the brunt of the job losses
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Wages grew in 2020 because the bottom fell out of the low-wage labor market: The State of Working America 2020 wages report
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The Biden relief and recovery proposal spends the right amount: Concerns over the pace of its spend-out make sense, but even these concerns are overstated and easy to address
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Paycheck or Life: A Tyson meatpacking worker’s ultimate sacrifice
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Unemployment insurance claims rose last week: Congress must act before mid-March, or millions will lose benefits
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EPI comments on the proposed delay of effective date for the Tip Rule
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U.S. trade deficit hits record high in 2020: The Biden administration must prioritize rebuilding domestic manufacturing
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Actions the Biden administration and Congress can take to better protect farmworkers
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Strong wage standards are especially important for heightened-security job sites: Testimony in support of HB685, the Secure Maryland Wage Act of 2021
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CBO analysis confirms that a $15 minimum wage raises earnings of low-wage workers, reduces inequality, and has significant and direct fiscal effects: Large progressive redistribution of income caused by higher minimum wage leads to significant and cross-cutting fiscal effects
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The Biden rescue plan is neither risky nor a distraction from structural issues
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The economy Trump handed off to President Biden: 25.5 million workers—15.0% of the workforce—hit by the coronavirus crisis in January
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News from EPI › The U.S. labor market remains 9.9 million jobs below pre-pandemic levels
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What to watch on jobs day: The giant job deficit left by the pandemic
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Unemployment claims topped 1.1 million last week: Congress must pass bold relief measures to keep crucial programs from expiring
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Learning during the pandemic: Making social and emotional learning front and center