Others also question the authenticity of some companies and organizations who “celebrate” this month for optics, but don’t focus on the issues facing the communitylike the fact that Latina women make less than anyone else at 55 to the dollar a White man makes, or that Hispanic men made 14.9 percent less in hourly wages than comparable White men, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Reader's Digest
September 23, 2024
What Works podcast
September 23, 2024
As USA Today reports, Trump “slashed” funding for the National Labor Relations Board while in office, while the Economic Policy Institute “called moves under his administration to overturn worker protections ‘unprecedented.‘”
Bring Me The News
September 23, 2024
“There is every reason for these to be bipartisan policies,” Bernstein said during a presentation at EPI Action in July. “I don’t care if you’re in a red, blue or purple state, you need a lot more affordable housing and child care.”
The Washington Post
September 23, 2024
“It’s not only that there aren’t enough homes, there aren’t enough affordable homes in the places where people want to live,” said economist Kyle Moore with EPI Action, pointing out that many new luxury units that developers build are unaffordable for many renters.
USA Today
September 23, 2024
In California, child care fees can rival mortgage payments and exceed in-state university tuition. According to the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington think tank, California families pay an average of $11,475 a year for a 4-year-old. For an infant, the average annual cost is $16,945.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
September 23, 2024
CEO compensation declined significantly in 2023 when compared to the stock market’s relative steadiness, according to a recent report.
Findings from the Economic Policy Institute, published Sept. 19, analyzed average CEO pay from the 350 largest publicly owned firms in the U.S., using data from Compustate ExecuComp and The Wall Street Journal.
Becker’s Hospital Review
September 23, 2024
Tipped workers are especially vulnerable to exploitation in the form of wage theft, according to the Economic Policy Institute. A recent analysis by the left-leaning think tank found that U.S. workers who earn tipped wages are 2.3 times more likely to live in poverty than non-tipped workers.
CBS Moneywatch
September 23, 2024
The privileges our richest enjoy at tax time extend neatly to the generous annual compensation that our top corporate executives pocket. Major corporate CEOs, the Economic Policy Institute has just reported, last year realized $22.1 million in compensation, 290 times the pay that went to typical U.S. workers.
Inequality.org
September 23, 2024
Relying on customers to pay the bulk of tipped workers’ wages exposes these workers to “tremendous instability of income,” according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Across the country, the Institute also found poverty rates for tipped workers are more than twice as high as for non-tipped workers. Horsford called that unacceptable.
Public News Service
September 23, 2024