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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

  January 28, 2021 Testimony

• 1.3 million people applied for unemployment insurance last week: Policymakers must pass crucial relief and recovery measures

  January 28, 2021 By Heidi Shierholz Blog

• Why the U.S. needs a $15 minimum wage: How the Raise the Wage Act would benefit U.S. workers and their families

  January 26, 2021 Fact Sheet

• News from EPI › Kyle Moore joins the Economic Policy Institute as PREE economist

  January 25, 2021 Press Releases

• 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

  January 22, 2021 Press Releases

• 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

  January 22, 2021 By Celine McNicholas, Heidi Shierholz, and Margaret Poydock Report

• Strengthening accountability for discrimination: Confronting fundamental power imbalances in the employment relationship

  January 19, 2021 By Jenny R. Yang and Jane Liu

• The U.S. economy could use some ‘overheating’: Biden’s relief and recovery plan meets the scale of the economic crisis

  January 14, 2021 By Josh Bivens Blog

• News from EPI › President-elect Biden’s relief and recovery proposal would be a lifeline to workers and their families

  January 14, 2021 By Josh Bivens Statement

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

  January 13, 2021 By David Cooper and Krista Faries Blog