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• H-1B Workers Are ‘Indentured Servants’ Claims Sen. Bernie Sanders

  The senator cited data from the Economic Policy Institute, which determined that the top 30 H-1B employers hired 34,000 new H-1B workers in 2022 and laid off at least 85,000 workers in 2022 and early 2023. EPI’s reporting was based on data from layoffs.fyi, which notes that it largely uses anecdotal data to compile its findings.

  Ethnic Media Services | January 17, 2025
• The H-1B visa program is broken. To fix the specialized worker shortage in the US, we need to think bigger.

  In its current form “the system is very easy to game,” said Daniel Costa, an immigration researcher at the Economic Policy…[paywall].

  Boston Globe | January 17, 2025
• Resisting without disengaging

  In 2024, the real value of the federal minimum wage will be at its lowest level in over 70 years. (If it’s not updated, the value of the minimum wage tends to fall over time, due to inflation.) See Economic Policy Institute (7/14/2022), The value of the federal minimum wage is at its lowest point in 66 years.

  Substack | January 17, 2025
• Treasury Pick Opposes Federal Minimum Wage Increase

  According to the Economic Policy Institute, 30 states and multiple cities, including Washington, D.C., have established higher wage floors than the federal level.

  Newsmax | January 17, 2025
• Trump Treasury secretary nominee won’t support raising minimum wage

  The national minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 since 2009, although 30 states and dozens of cities, including the District of Columbia, have increased the effective minimum wage, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

  The Hill | January 17, 2025
• NightSide with Dan Rea

  The Future of Teaching. Are the pipelines drying up in the teaching profession? A recent report from the Economic Policy Institute and the Center for Economic and Policy Research found that the pay penalty for teachers, the regression-adjusted gap between the weekly wages of teachers and college graduates working in other professions, grew to a record 26.6% in 2023. Kara Miller, Boston Globe correspondent joins Gary to discuss the future of teaching.

  WBZ News Radio | January 17, 2025
• Froma Harrop

  But an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute puts into doubt that there is a shortage of American tech workers. The 30 companies hiring the most H-1B workers took on 34,000 new H-1B employees in 2022 but laid off at least 85,000 workers that year and early in 2023.

  Richmond Times-Dispatch | January 17, 2025

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