The GOP HEALS Act fails to heal people harmed by the coronavirus, will cost millions of jobs, and protects bad employers

July 28, 2020 By Thea M. Lee Statement

Two months of gains, but a huge jobs deficit remains, and deepening pain is on the horizon: Congress needs to act

July 2, 2020 By Elise Gould and Heidi Shierholz Economic Indicators

The Economic Policy Institute’s statement on the murder of George Floyd

June 3, 2020 Statement

HEROES Act provides critical relief and recovery measures to U.S. workers

May 12, 2020 By Thea M. Lee Statement

Letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urging substantial improvements to the short-time compensation program as part of next COVID-19 relief package

April 29, 2020 Statement

Letter urging Congress to pass the Paycheck Guarantee Act

April 29, 2020 Statement

In the last four weeks, more than 20 million workers applied for unemployment insurance benefits

April 16, 2020 By Heidi Shierholz Statement

Letter to Congress urging $500 billion in relief funds for state, local, territorial, and tribal governments and other transformative investments

April 13, 2020 Statement

Progressive group leaders to Congress:: Major federal intervention needed to meet scale of crisis; Congress must put people ahead of corporations to save economy

April 9, 2020 Statement

16.8 million apply for unemployment benefits in three weeks: The labor market has been upended.

April 9, 2020 By Elise Gould and Heidi Shierholz Statement

March’s huge job losses are just the tip of the iceberg of what’s to come

April 3, 2020 By Elise Gould Economic Indicators

A portrait of disaster: Initial UI claims jump from 211,000 to 6.6 million in three weeks

April 2, 2020 By Heidi Shierholz Statement

EPI applauds crucial provisions in the CARES Act, but its glaring flaws mean that more is needed

March 27, 2020 By Thea M. Lee Statement

Unemployment insurance claims jumped nearly 1,500% in two weeks: I have been a labor economist for a very long time and have never seen anything like this

March 26, 2020 By Heidi Shierholz Statement

Any bailout must include strong worker protections

March 23, 2020 By Thea M. Lee Statement

Increase in unemployment insurance claims is a preview of the coming recession: Large fiscal stimulus is needed

March 19, 2020 By Heidi Shierholz Statement

New joint-employer rule strips workers of bargaining rights

February 25, 2020 By Celine McNicholas and Heidi Shierholz Statement

Judy Shelton’s troubling record disqualifies her as Federal Reserve governor

February 10, 2020 By Josh Bivens Statement

EPI applauds House passage of comprehensive labor reform legislation—the PRO Act

February 6, 2020 By Celine McNicholas Statement

EPI Policy Center applauds Michigan Governor for moving to restore overtime pay for Michigan’s workers

January 30, 2020 By Heidi Shierholz and Naomi Walker Statement

New GDP data show that business investment slows for 3rd straight quarter: More evidence that tax cuts have failed

January 30, 2020 By Josh Bivens Economic Indicators

New Trump administration joint-employer rule has $1 billion price tag for workers

January 13, 2020 By Heidi Shierholz and Margaret Poydock Statement

Year-end budget deal shouldn’t include temporary tax breaks for special interests

December 19, 2019 By Hunter Blair Statement

New Trump NLRB election rule betrays the workers it is meant to protect

December 13, 2019 By Celine McNicholas Statement

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement—Weak tea, at best

December 10, 2019 By Thea M. Lee and Robert E. Scott Statement

Clearing out the noise in today’s jobs numbers reveals solid job growth and tepid wage growth

November 1, 2019 By Heidi Shierholz Economic Indicators

EPI welcomes Fed’s rate cut

October 30, 2019 By Josh Bivens Statement

The Trump administration’s overtime rule leaves millions of workers behind

September 24, 2019 By Heidi Shierholz Statement

EPI applauds House’s passage of the FAIR Act

September 20, 2019 By Heidi Shierholz and Celine McNicholas Statement

Letter opposing the nomination of Eugene Scalia for Labor Secretary

September 19, 2019 By Celine McNicholas and Margaret Poydock Statement

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