EPI president Heidi Shierholz denounces passage of GOP budget bill

July 3, 2025 By Heidi Shierholz Statement

EPI president Heidi Shierholz condemns Senate passage of Republican budget bill

July 1, 2025 By Heidi Shierholz Statement

The upside-down priorities of the House budget: Adding significantly to debt while reducing incomes for the bottom 40%

June 2, 2025 Statement

EPI condemns House passage of dangerous tax and spending bill

May 22, 2025 By Heidi Shierholz Statement

Trump administration misleadingly cites EPI in tariffs announcement

April 3, 2025 By Josh Bivens and Adam S. Hersh Statement

Trump executive order to dismantle federal worker unions is an autocratic power grab

March 28, 2025 By Heidi Shierholz Statement

Elon Musk’s DOGE is hacking U.S. Treasury funds—and our democracy

February 5, 2025 By Heidi Shierholz Statement

Federal funding freeze risks throwing the U.S. economy into chaos

January 28, 2025 By Samantha Sanders and Josh Bivens Statement

SEIU joining the AFL-CIO is a landmark move to unite and strengthen the labor movement

January 8, 2025 By Heidi Shierholz Statement

Supreme Court ruling drastically weakens federal agencies and their ability to protect workers’ rights

June 28, 2024 By Celine McNicholas Statement

EPI applauds the FTC’s ban on noncompete agreements

April 23, 2024 By Heidi Shierholz Statement

Senate should reject deal that would punish asylum seekers and trade away human rights for temporary defense funding

February 5, 2024 By Daniel Costa Statement

EPI applauds new DOL rule to curb employer misclassification of workers as independent contractors

January 9, 2024 By Heidi Shierholz Statement

Poverty increased sharply in 2022 due to safety net cutbacks and inflation shock: Strong labor market signals a better 2023

September 12, 2023 By Elise Gould and Ismael Cid-Martinez Statement

Letter to Senate HELP Committee supporting the renomination of Gwynne Wilcox as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board

July 12, 2023 Statement

EPI praises the confirmation of Jared Bernstein as Biden’s top economic adviser

June 13, 2023 By Heidi Shierholz Statement

The Economic Policy Institute mourns the passing of AFL-CIO chief economist and Howard University professor William Spriggs

June 7, 2023 Statement

Letter to Senate HELP Committee urging the advancement of Julie Su’s nomination as Secretary of Labor

April 18, 2023 Statement

EPI praises the nomination of Julie Su as Secretary of Labor

March 1, 2023 By Heidi Shierholz Statement

EPI applauds the reintroduction of the PRO Act

February 28, 2023 By Heidi Shierholz Statement

Worker democracy is at risk if Congress does not increase NLRB funding

December 14, 2022 By Celine McNicholas and Samantha Sanders Statement

EPI applauds Senate passage of the Inflation Reduction Act

August 7, 2022 By Heidi Shierholz Statement

The overturning of Roe v. Wade is disastrous for reproductive and economic rights

June 24, 2022 By Heidi Shierholz Statement

EPI congratulates Liz Shuler on her election as AFL-CIO president

June 12, 2022 By Heidi Shierholz Statement

Forty organizations urge California lawmakers to pass AB257, the FAST Recovery Act

January 21, 2022 Statement

EPI applauds House passage of the Build Back Better Act

November 19, 2021 By Heidi Shierholz Statement

Seventeen winners of the Nobel Prize in economics sign letter in support of the President’s Build Back Better package: Statement from Nobel Laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz

September 20, 2021 Statement

The Economic Policy Institute mourns the passing of Richard Trumka

August 5, 2021 By John Schmitt Statement

EPI applauds the House’s repeal of Trump EEOC’s conciliation rule

June 24, 2021 By Valerie Wilson Statement

Economic Policy Institute President Thea M. Lee’s statement on the Derek Chauvin verdict

April 21, 2021 By Thea M. Lee Statement

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