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• EPI comments on DOL’s proposed changes to the Adverse Effect Wage Rate methodology for H-2A visas for temporary migrant farmworkers

  January 31, 2022 By Daniel Costa Public Comments

• U.S. workers have already been disempowered in the name of fighting inflation: Policymakers should not make it even worse by raising interest rates too aggressively

  January 21, 2022 By Josh Bivens Blog

• Testimony before the NY State Department of Labor’s Farm Laborers Wage Board: The overtime threshold for farmworkers in New York state should be lowered to 40 hours per week

  January 20, 2022 By Daniel Costa Testimony

• Latest data release on unionization is a wake-up call to lawmakers: We must fix our broken system of labor law

  January 20, 2022 By Heidi Shierholz, Margaret Poydock, John Schmitt, and Celine McNicholas Report

• The costs of racial and ethnic labor market discrimination and solutions that can contribute to closing employment and wage gaps: Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth

  January 20, 2022 By Valerie Wilson Testimony

• Tariff increases did not cause inflation, and their removal would undermine domestic supply chains

  January 19, 2022 By Robert E. Scott and Adam S. Hersh Blog

• New U.S. Treasury final rule supports state and local spending for an equitable economic recovery

  January 14, 2022 By Dave Kamper Blog

• The Freedom to Vote Act would boost voter participation and fulfill the goals of the March on Selma

  January 13, 2022 By Adewale A. Maye Blog

• Twenty-one states raised their minimum wages on New Year’s Day: Federal action is still needed

  January 6, 2022 By David Cooper, Krista Faries, and Sebastian Martinez Hickey Blog

• More worker power is the only sure path to safe work and pandemic recovery

  January 4, 2022 By Jennifer Sherer Blog