Tag: Economic Policy Institute
Kansas City NAACP, faith leaders announce opposition to Prop A
Warn that African-American Missourians will be disproportionately harmed if Prop A passes
Kansas City, MO – A study by the Economic Policy Institute on the...
Prop. A (RTW) would hurt black workers the most
The passage of so-called “right-to-work” (RTW) (Prop. A) in Missouri would disproportionately hurt black workers, according to two new fact sheets from the Economic...
At least $2 billion in stolen wages recovered in ’15, ’16
Represents only a fraction of total stolen wages
A new report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) finds that employers stole about $2 billion from...
New study once again debunks Prevailing Wage law distortions
Missouri legislators should take note of New York study as the same concepts prevail here
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher
The anticipated assault on Missouri’s Prevailing Wage law...
Corporate tax cuts will not increase wages for working families
Corporate tax cuts, like those included in the recent “Unified Framework” Republican tax plan, will not boost American wages, Economic Policy Institute (EPI) Research...
Providing work for America’s workers (Part 5)
(The Economic Policy Institute has developed a FIVE POINT working people’s agenda to (1) provide a planning guideline for the new Trump administration to...
Union decline lowers wages of nonunion workers
The overlooked reason why wages are stuck and inequality is growing
By Jake Rosenfeld, Patrick Denice, Jennifer Laird
Private-sector union decline since the late 1970s has...
Providing work for America’s workers (Part 4)
(The Economic Policy Institute has developed a FIVE POINT working people’s agenda to (1) provide a planning guideline for the new Trump administration to...
Providing work for America’s workers (Part 3)
(The Economic Policy Institute has developed a FIVE POINT working people’s agenda to (1) provide a planning guideline for the new Trump administration to...
Providing work for America’s workers (Part 2)
(The Economic Policy Institute has developed a FIVE POINT working people’s agenda to (1) provide a planning guideline for the new Trump administration to...