Biography
Margaret Poydock joined EPI in 2016. As a senior policy analyst, she works on issues of unions, labor standards, and strikes. She also helps manage EPI’s legislative and policy initiatives to build a more just economy. Previously, Poydock was EPI’s communications assistant where she provided support for the media relations, publications, and web departments.
Education
B.S., Political Communication, Emerson College
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ICE under Trump is attacking labor rights by targeting a farmworker advocate
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Trump will likely continue attacking the federal workforce in tonight’s joint address to Congress
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271,500 workers went on strike in 2024: Current labor law doesn’t adequately protect workers’ fundamental right to strike
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Here are the ways the Trump administration is already trampling on workers’ rights: Weeks into Trump’s second term, one thing is clear—billionaires are being prioritized over working people
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16 million workers were unionized in 2024: Millions more want to join unions but couldn’t
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Misclassifying workers as independent contractors is costly for workers and states
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EPI comment on OSHA’s proposed heat standard rule
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More than $1.5 billion in stolen wages recovered for workers between 2021 and 2023
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Flexible work: What workers, especially low-wage workers, really want and how best to provide it
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The inspiring wave of student worker organizing that the Trump administration tried to stop
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The Biden board: How President Biden’s NLRB appointees are restoring and supporting workers’ rights
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Major strike activity increased by 280% in 2023: Many workers still need policies that protect their right to strike
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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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What to know about this summer’s strike activity: What’s spurring the rise in labor actions?
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Unions promote racial equity
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EPI comment regarding OSTP Request for Information on automated worker surveillance and management
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Workers are winning union elections, but it can take years to get their first contract
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Employers spend more than $400 million per year on ‘union-avoidance’ consultants to bolster their union-busting efforts
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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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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 retracts fact sheet on employer violations in union elections
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The economic costs of worker misclassification
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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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EPI comments on DOL’s proposed rulemaking on employee or independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act
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EPI comment on proposal to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement an Executive Order pertaining to project labor agreements in Federal construction projects
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EPI comments on OLMS’s proposed rulemaking on the revision of the form LM-10 employer report
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President Biden’s first 18 months: Assessing the Biden administration’s record for workers
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EPI comments on DOL’s proposed Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts rule
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EPI comments on DOL’s proposed Wagner-Peyser Act Staffing rule