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Ordinary workers are gaining more education, working more hours, and improving their productivity—yet still struggle to make ends meet. Wages flatlined or even fell for nearly three-fourths of the workforce over the past decade, affecting roughly 100 million of today’s workers. This is bad for families and communities, and it violates the fundamental American promise that if you work hard you’ll get ahead.

The Economic Policy Institute is the premier research organization bringing the concerns of working families to critical economic policy debates. By identifying trends and tracking them to their policy causes, we provide a roadmap for returning to an America where hard-working low-wage employees make enough to make a living, the middle class is strong and healthy, and workers who help our economy grow share in its benefits.

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    Our work has led to victories including minimum-wage increases, paid sick day legislation, overtime pay provisions, and Social Security benefit protections.

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“The Economic Policy Institute makes such an extraordinary contribution to our economic dialogue and to economic policymaking in this country. It’s where the best economists in the country turn to, both as an outlet to get their ideas out and as a way to organize their support of issues.”

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