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The State of American Wages 2016: Lower unemployment finally helps working people make up some lost ground on wages
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News from EPI › State Innovation Exchange Teams up with Economic Policy Institute and EARN to Promote Policy Agenda to Raise Wages: Partnership will add policy-making muscle to SiX’s push to support progressive state legislators and keep working Americans out of poverty
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Working Americans Need a Fully Functioning NLRB: Statement from EPI President Lawrence Mishel
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News from EPI › New policy guide details how states can strengthen laws to fight oppressive child labor
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Statement for the record for US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on the retirement crisis
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Policies for states and localities to fight oppressive child labor
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State Unemployment by Race and Ethnicity
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EPI comments on State Department’s proposed rule on the J-1 Au Pair Program
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Decline of labor unions weakens American democracy
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Workers want unions, but the latest data point to obstacles in their path: Private-sector unionization rose by more than a quarter million in 2023, while unionization in state and local governments fell
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EPI comments to the Office of the United States Trade Representative on the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement with respect to automotive goods
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Labor unions and the defense of American democracy: The fight over ballot drop boxes during the 2022 midterm elections
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EPI comments on DOL’s proposed rule on “Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States”
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Paid sick leave access expands with widespread state action: Low-wage workers without access face economic and health insecurity
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Tackling the problem of ‘captive audience’ meetings: How states are stepping up to protect workers’ rights and freedoms
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Florida legislature proposes dangerous rollback of child labor protections: At least 16 states have introduced bills putting children at risk
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Testimony prepared for the U.S. House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions for a hearing on ‘The Impact of Biden’s Open Border on the American Workforce’
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Counties have far more unspent ARPA fiscal relief funds than cities and states: Funds should be used to make equity-enhancing investments
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Many older workers have difficult jobs that put them at risk: Working longer is not a viable solution to the retirement crisis
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State and local experience proves school vouchers are a failed policy that must be opposed: As voucher expansion bills gain momentum, look to public school advocates for guidance
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The end of the pandemic public health emergency largely doesn’t change how state and local governments can use ARPA fiscal relief funds
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An average of 27 workers a day suffer amputation or hospitalization, according to new OSHA data from 29 states: Meat and poultry companies remain among the most dangerous
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Testimony prepared for the House Committee on Education and the Workforce for a hearing on ‘Unleashing America’s Opportunities for Hiring and Employment’
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State and local governments have spent less than half of their American Rescue Plan fiscal recovery funds: Recovery funds should be used to rebuild the public sector
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Child labor laws are under attack in states across the country: Amid increasing child labor violations, lawmakers must act to strengthen standards
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Two years later, American Rescue Plan funds are still a transformative resource: State and local governments—particularly in the South—should invest unspent funds in workers, families, and communities
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Flexible work without exploitation: Reversing tech companies’ state-by-state agenda to unravel workers’ rights and misclassify workers as ‘contractors’ in the gig economy and beyond
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Historic job growth in 2022 reflects strong but uneven economic recovery: State and local lawmakers should prioritize rebuilding the public sector in 2023
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State and local governments should use ARPA pandemic funds in 2023 to rebuild the public sector and support working families and children
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Proposed New York state minimum wage legislation would boost wages for nearly 2.9 million workers: Minimum wages would range by region from $20 to $21.25 per hour by 2026