Tag: Economic Policy Institute
COVID-19 pandemic makes clear why we need national paid sick leave
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to highlight the costs of economic inequality in the United States.
There’s the inequality in access to paid sick days and...
The REAL state of the union for working people
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
President Trump’s State of the Union speech spent a lot of time focusing on jobs and the economy, putting a predictably positive...
The state of the union for working people
In preparation for President Trump’s State of the Union speech, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) assembled research from the last year that examines the...
Missouri one of 15 worst states to be a teacher
A proposal from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education aims to change that
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Missouri teachers are among the lowest paid in the...
U.S. employers spend $340 million annually to thwart unions
By NICOLE KARLIS
After years of decline, the American Labor Movement is on the upswing: Google contractors in Pittsburgh unionized this year, along with several...
New overtime rule leaves millions of workers behind
The Trump administration’s new rule on overtime is based on the notion someone making $35,568 doesn’t need or deserve overtime.
Last week, the U.S. Department...
OPINION: The future of U.S. jobs looks bleak. Unions are the...
By HEIDI SHIERHOLZ
We were just handed a wake-up call.
Newly released numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics project that six of the...
Proposed joint-employer rule would cost working people $1.3 billion in wages...
The proposed narrowing of the joint-employer standard by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) would result in...
Economic Policy Institute says GOP downplayed tax cut during midterms because...
By MARK GRUENBERG
PAI Staff Writer
Washington (PAI) — There was one big reason Republican candidates shut up about their massive tax cut on the...
National Labor leaders took note of Missouri’s Prop A vote
Missouri’s courageous fight against and stunning defeat of Proposition A (RTW) drew the attention of national Labor leaders and economic analysts.
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Sean McGarvey, president of...