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June 2, 2021 By Josh Bivens Blog EPI comments on DOL Request for Information on determining prevailing wage levels for H-1B visas and permanent labor certifications for green cards June 1, 2021 By Daniel Costa and Ron Hira Public Comments U.S. labor shortage? Unlikely. Here’s why May 4, 2021 By Heidi Shierholz Blog EPI comments on the withdrawal of the Independent Contractor Rule April 12, 2021 By Heidi Shierholz and Margaret Poydock Public Comments Lower unionization over the last 40 years decreased wages by 7.9% April 12, 2021 By EPI staff Economic Snapshot The enormous impact of eroded collective bargaining on wages April 8, 2021 By Lawrence Mishel Report AAPI Equal Pay Day: Essential AAPI women workers continue to be underpaid during the COVID-19 pandemic March 8, 2021 By Nick Kauzlarich and Daniel Perez Blog So-called right-to-work is wrong for Montana: Research shows RTW law would not boost jobs and could lower wages for both union and nonunion workers February 25, 2021 By David Cooper and Julia Wolfe Report Our deeply broken labor market needs a higher minimum wage: EPI testimony for the Senate Budget Committee February 25, 2021 By Thea M. Lee Testimony EPI comments on the proposed delay of effective date for the Independent Contractor Rule February 24, 2021 By Heidi Shierholz and Margaret Poydock Public Comments Wages grew in 2020 because the bottom fell out of the low-wage labor market: The State of Working America 2020 wages report February 24, 2021 By Elise Gould and Jori Kandra Report Economists in support of a federal minimum wage of $15 by 2025 Actions the Biden administration and Congress can take to better protect farmworkers February 10, 2021 Events News from EPI › Trump administration finalizes regulation that will cost tipped workers more than $700 million annually December 22, 2020 By Heidi Shierholz Press Releases EPI comments on USCIS preference allocation system for H-1B visas by prevailing wage level December 2, 2020 By Daniel Costa and Ron Hira Public Comments Wages for the top 1% skyrocketed 160% since 1979 while the share of wages for the bottom 90% shrunk: Time to remake wage pattern with economic policies that generate robust wage-growth for vast majority December 1, 2020 By Lawrence Mishel and Jori Kandra Blog A first step to fifteen: Raising wages for all federal contract workers November 12, 2020 EPI comments on DOL wage level methodology for H-1B visas and permanent labor certifications for green cards November 9, 2020 By Daniel Costa Public Comments Counties that pivoted to Trump had lower wage growth than other counties October 28, 2020 By Josh Bivens and Ben Zipperer Blog Latina Equal Pay Day: Essential Latina workers face substantial pay gap during COVID-19 pandemic October 28, 2020 By Nick Kauzlarich, Melat Kassa, and Elise Gould Blog The Trump administration was ruining the pre-COVID-19 economy too, just more slowly October 21, 2020 By Josh Bivens Blog How much would it cost consumers to give farmworkers a significant raise?: A 40% increase in pay would cost just $25 per household October 15, 2020 By Daniel Costa and Philip Martin Blog Young workers hit hard by the COVID-19 economy: Workers ages 16–24 face high unemployment and an uncertain future October 14, 2020 By Elise Gould and Melat Kassa Report Decades of slow wage growth for telecommunications workers October 5, 2020 By John Schmitt and Jori Kandra Report Raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2025 will restore bargaining power to workers during the recovery from the pandemic September 14, 2020 By Ben Zipperer and John Schmitt Blog What to watch for in the 2019 Census data on earnings, incomes, and poverty September 10, 2020 By Elise Gould Blog Load more...