EPI in the news

• Columnist Sara Weinberger: Cruelty and scapegoating trumps economy

  He is not the friend of disaffected working-class men that he claims to be. A 2018 report by the Economic Policy Institute lists significant anti-labor actions Trump took in his first year: epi.org/publication/ten-actions-that-hurt-workers-during-trumps-first-year/.

  Daily Hampshire Gazette | November 18, 2024
• How Trump could impact overtime pay for millions of workers

  During Trump’s presidency he worked to minimize the number of people eligible for overtime pay.

  According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), in 1975 more than 60% of full-time salaried workers earned less than the threshold necessary to qualify for overtime pay. 

  Fast Company | November 18, 2024
• Federal Enforcement of Worker Protections Likely Shifting in California Under Trump

  The regulation could also impact janitorial, domestic service, landscaping, trucking and other businesses in which misclassified workers lose income, said Samantha Sanders, a former policy adviser at the Labor Department’s wage and hour division during the Obama administration.

  “These are workers who are already often facing difficult working conditions and very low pay. And when they are misclassified as independent contractors, they lose out on that even more,” said Sanders, who directs government affairs and advocacy at the liberal Economic Policy Institute. “It’s pretty safe to say that we’re expecting this new administration to be a disaster for workers.”

  KQED | November 18, 2024
• Trump’s Policy Plans Signal Major Shifts for Black Communities

  Data from the Economic Policy Institute suggests that tax policies benefiting corporations without targeted support for lower-income communities tend to increase economic disparities.

  The Washington Informer | November 18, 2024
• Why Is Hartford, Connecticut, So Expensive?

  Child care in Connecticut is among the most expensive in the nation and one of the biggest expenses families face, according to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).

  U.S. News & World Report | November 18, 2024
• Scottsdale and Jackson Hole. One was ideal for vacation, while the other seemed better for living.

  According to the Economic Policy Institute, the top 1% of locals across Teton County make an…[paywall]. 

  Business Insider | November 18, 2024
• Scott Bass: Will Trump’s economic plan work? Not without hurting Virginia.

  Trump’s promise to create a national deportation force to round up millions of undocumented immigrants will, at the very least, destabilize a healthy chunk of the local economy. Immigrant-owned businesses and workers, who represent 16% of the workforce, generate $104 billion in economic output in Virginia, according to a recent report by the Immigration Research Initiative, Economic Policy Institute and the Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis.

  The Daily Progress | November 18, 2024

More EPI in the news