Tag: Economic Policy Institute
Investment in infrastructure and clean energy would create at least 6.9...
Rebalancing trade by expanding exports, and expanding public investments in infrastructure, clean energy, and energy efficiency, are the keys to generating at least 6.9...
OPINION: Policymakers should focus on rebuilding the Postal Service after the...
By MONIQUE MORRISEEY
Last week, the House Oversight Committee held its first hearing on the U.S. Postal Service since Democrats gained control of the presidency...
OPINION: Congressional relief bill is an important step toward addressing the...
By THEA M. LEE
Congress passed a $900 billion relief and recovery package last week that provides long-overdue relief to millions of working people, including...
17,000 workers impacted by Trump administration’s suspension of union elections...
The Trump National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) suspension of union elections for a two-week period at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted nearly...
Preview: How Trump turned his back on workers
It’s no secret that many union members voted for Donald Trump in 2016 with hopes that he would live up to his promises to...
OPINION: Trump’s war on the Postal Service
By MONIQUE MORRISSEY
On June 15, President Trump appointed Louis DeJoy, a North Carolina businessman and Republican fundraiser as the new Postmaster General. DeJoy has...
It’s not just jobs that people are losing during the pandemic,...
In the months since the coronavirus struck, our economy has been devastated. More than 1.54 million people have confirmed COVID-19 cases. And more than...
OPINION: Workers Memorial Day highlights Secretary of Labor Scalia’s failure to...
By CELINE McNICHOLAS
Economic Policy Institute
Workers Memorial Day on April 28, was a day observed around the world to remember those workers killed or injured...
OPINION: In the midst of a pandemic, Trump’s NLRB makes it...
By CELINE McNICHOLAS
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a rule making it harder for workers to win and keep a union. At the...
OPINION: COVID-19 pandemic makes clear why we need national paid sick...
By ELISE GOULD and DAVID COOPER
Economic Policy Institute
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to highlight the costs of economic inequality in the United States.
There’s the inequality...