Tag: Economic Policy Institute
OPINION: A broken U.S. retirement system has stranded vulnerable older workers
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the plight of many older U.S. workers who cannot afford to retire yet are stuck in bad jobs or forced...
The ‘why’ behind soaring positive union ratings
The question has been raised as to WHY the recent historic positive ratings of the public’s support of Labor unions – more than 70...
Shuler: Blame corporate greed, not workers, for inflation
By Mark Gruenberg
PAI Staff Writer
Washington (PAI) — With the Federal Reserve Board poised to “fight inflation” by raising prime interest rates again — driving...
Union approval, interest in organizing is high, but union membership continues...
The problem is outdated Labor laws
By TIM ROWDEN
Managing Editor
Approval of unions and interest in organizing is higher than it has been in decades, but...
Unions are not only good for workers, they’re good for communities...
In the same way unions give workers a voice at work – with a direct impact on wages and working conditions – unions also...
Workers will win with Build Back Better plan
By TIM ROWDEN
Managing Editor
Washington – Less than a week after President Joe Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law, House Democrats...
OPINION: A century after the Battle of Blair Mountain, protecting workers’...
By DAVE KEMPER
One hundred years ago last week, in the late summer of 1921, at least 7,000 West Virginia coal miners affiliated with the...
Now is not the time to cut expanded unemployment benefits for...
The labor market added 266,000 jobs in April – solid growth but far below expectations, says Heidi Shierholz, director of policy at the Economic...
Who are today’s union workers?
Unionized workers are diverse, and they work in most industries across America
One in nine workers — 15.9 million working women and men in the...
Wages grew in 2020 because low-wage workers suffered brunt of job...
Wages grew historically fast in 2020 primarily because over 80 percent of the 9.6 million net jobs lost in 2020 were held by the...