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Patrick Dixon
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Gender wage gap widens even as low-wage workers see strong gains: Women are paid roughly 22% less than men on average
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Employers regularly engage in tactics to suppress unions: Examples at Starbucks, Amazon, and Google illustrate employers’ anti-union playbook
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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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EPI comment on DHS and EOIR’s proposed “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways” asylum rule
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Low-wage workers have seen historically fast real wage growth in the pandemic business cycle: Policy investments translate into better opportunities for the lowest-paid workers
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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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EPI comments on USCIS fee schedule regulation
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Why ‘right-to-work’ was always wrong for Michigan: Restoring workers’ rights is key to reversing growing income inequality in Michigan
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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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High and rising teacher vacancies coincide with a steep decline in the overall well-being of the teaching profession
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Increasing the Maryland minimum wage to $15 in 2023 would boost incomes for low-wage workers and advance gender and racial justice: Testimony in support of the Fair Wage Act of 2023 (SB 555) before the Maryland Senate Finance and Budget and Taxation Committees
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Noncompete clauses cut worker power off at the knees: Influential Biden administration FTC official and leading noncompete scholar discuss bolstering worker empowerment
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Increasing the Maryland minimum wage to $15 in 2023 would boost incomes for low-wage workers and advance gender and racial justice: Testimony in support of the Fair Wage Act of 2023 (HB 549) before the Maryland House of Delegates Economic Matters Committee
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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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Major strike activity increased nearly 50% in 2022: Upcoming Supreme Court case threatens workers’ ability to strike
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EPI comments on DHS and DOL Temporary Rule to increase the fiscal year 2023 numerical limitation for the H-2B visa program and portability for H-2B workers
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EPI comments on NLRB’s proposed rulemaking on Fair Choice and Employee Voice
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The Fed should stand pat on further interest rate hikes at this week’s meeting: Inflation is easing even as the labor market remains strong
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The economic case for expanding the scope of reconciliation
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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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EPI comments the OFCCP’s request for reauthorization of its compliance review scheduling letter
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Inflation should not change how policymakers respond to recession
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News from EPI › Unionization increased by 200,000 in 2022: Tens of millions more wanted to join a union, but couldn’t
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Unionization increased by 200,000 in 2022: Tens of millions more wanted to join a union, but couldn’t
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The economics of abortion bans: Abortion bans, low wages, and public underinvestment are interconnected economic policy tools to disempower and control workers
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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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Inequality in annual earnings worsens in 2021: Top 1% of earners get a larger share of the earnings pie while the bottom 90% lose ground
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EPI response comments regarding the NLRB’s Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status