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News from EPI › Temporary work visa programs continued to expand under Trump—and are now in desperate need of reform to protect migrant workers
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Letter from think tank leaders to Congress supporting President Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan
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Strong wage standards are especially important for heightened-security job sites: Testimony in support of SB107, the Secure Maryland Wage Act of 2021
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1.3 million people applied for unemployment insurance last week: Policymakers must pass crucial relief and recovery measures
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Why the U.S. needs a $15 minimum wage: How the Raise the Wage Act would benefit U.S. workers and their families
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News from EPI › Kyle Moore joins the Economic Policy Institute as PREE economist
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News from EPI › Unionization rates rose in 2020 because a smaller share of union workers lost their jobs: Labor law reform should be a top priority for Congress and the new administration
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Union workers had more job security during the pandemic, but unionization remains historically low: Data on union representation in 2020 reinforce the need for dismantling barriers to union organizing
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Strengthening accountability for discrimination: Confronting fundamental power imbalances in the employment relationship
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The U.S. economy could use some ‘overheating’: Biden’s relief and recovery plan meets the scale of the economic crisis
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News from EPI › President-elect Biden’s relief and recovery proposal would be a lifeline to workers and their families
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Twenty states raised their minimum wages on New Year’s Day: Federal action is still needed
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News from EPI › Job opening and labor turnover survey reveals increasing layoffs in November
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The economy President-elect Biden is inheriting: 26.8 million workers—15.8% of the workforce—are being directly hurt by the coronavirus crisis
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News from EPI › December jobs report provides a clear picture of Trump’s failed handling of the economy
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News from EPI › EPI applauds President-elect Biden’s appointment of Marty Walsh for Secretary of Labor
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What to watch on jobs day: Little to no improvement in December and huge losses over 2020
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News from EPI › EPI denounces the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol
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First UI claims of 2021 are still higher than the worst of the Great Recession
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News from EPI › Trump administration finalizes regulation that will cost tipped workers more than $700 million annually
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Unemployment insurance claims continue to climb: Congress must pass a stimulus package to prevent millions of people from being left with nothing
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News from EPI › Policy groups release roadmap for states and cities to build a just and inclusive pandemic recovery
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State attorneys general taking on protection of workers’ rights
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The war against the Postal Service: Postal services should be expanded for the public good, not diminished by special interests
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News from EPI › 70% of all investigations in agriculture detected violations of federal wage and hour laws and farm labor contractors are the biggest violators: Policymakers must do more to protect farmworkers and hold employers accountable
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Federal labor standards enforcement in agriculture: Data reveal the biggest violators and raise new questions about how to improve and target efforts to protect farmworkers
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The Biden administration can reverse much of Trump’s bad labor policy without Congress
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EPI comments on DOL’s revisions to Form LM-2
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Top 10 EPI reports of 2020
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News from EPI › Corporate power and legal challenges have exploited weaknesses in labor law for over fifty years: Policymakers must make it easier for workers to form unions