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American Rescue Plan Funds Should Support An Equitable Recovery For Workers
05/08/2021 Comments Off on American Rescue Plan Funds Should Support An Equitable Recovery For Workers
By Asha Banerjee, Jaimie Worker, and Dave Kamper, EPI Working Economics Blog Last month, we at the Economic Policy Institute submitted a public comment on the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s guidance regarding the . These funds are part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act’s resources for state and local communities to respond to the public health and economic crisis. […]
Continue reading …Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
20/02/2024 Comments Off on Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
By Karen Dolan — It’s been a difficult few years for poor people in this country. Just a year after the pandemic era safety net expansion saw poverty fall to its lowest level on record, we saw a historic 60 percent increase as those programs expired. Women and children have been among the hardest hit. […]
Continue reading …Budget reconciliation package and infrastructure bill would support 4 million jobs
28/09/2021 Comments Off on Budget reconciliation package and infrastructure bill would support 4 million jobs
The $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package and the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) would provide fiscal support for more than 4 million jobs annually, according to a new Economic Policy Institute report. This includes 1.1 million caregiving jobs, 763,000 green jobs, 556,000 manufacturing jobs, and 312,000 construction jobs, among other industries. With the […]
Continue reading …Millions Fell Through the Unemployment Benefits Safety Net On Labor Day
15/09/2021 Comments Off on Millions Fell Through the Unemployment Benefits Safety Net On Labor Day
By Kevin Vazquez | Sep 15, 2021 | — Last week, on Labor Day, an estimated 8.9 million workers and their families lost federal unemployment benefits, and nearly three million more had their weekly checks reduced by $300 per week. The Biden administration, despite the entreaties of many workers, activists, labor unions, and other organizations, […]
Continue reading …Unemployment Insurance Benefits Cuts Didn’t Force People Back To Work
26/08/2021 Comments Off on Unemployment Insurance Benefits Cuts Didn’t Force People Back To Work
Unemployment insurance benefits cuts did not force people back to work, research by the Economic Policy Institute found. The July state employment and unemployment data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed that the strong job growth reported earlier this month in the national jobs data was widespread throughout the country. And, notably, the states that chose not to cut pandemic […]
Continue reading …Weekend News & Commentary — August 22, 2021
22/08/2021 Comments Off on Weekend News & Commentary — August 22, 2021
On Friday, a California Superior Court judge – the state’s trial court system – held that Prop. 22, which, among other provisions, permitted gig companies like Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and others to classify their workers as independent contractors rather than employees, enabling them to evade a host of labor and employment laws, is unconstitutional […]
Continue reading …CARES Act Cliff: 7.5 Million Workers Lose Unemployment Benefits On Labor Day
18/08/2021 Comments Off on CARES Act Cliff: 7.5 Million Workers Lose Unemployment Benefits On Labor DayWith the CARES Act the U.S. government took bold policy actions so that workers impacted by this epochal pandemic would not suffer long-term economic damage. By Andrew Stettner, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation — The COVID-19 pandemic unleashed an unprecedented wave of unemployment impacting a wide variety of Americans, from those who lost jobs when […]
Continue reading …Today’s News & Commentary—July 26, 2021
26/07/2021 Comments Off on Today’s News & Commentary—July 26, 2021“Union jobs are about to be so dope,” the New York Post declared on Sunday evening in an article about the labor movement’s optimism about New York State’s nascent cannabis industry. The state legalized the recreational use of marijuana in March and included as part of that legislation a requirement that firms involved in “cultivating, […]
Continue reading …If the Minimum Wage Grew As Much As A Wall Street Bonus Since 1985, It Would Be $44 Today
22/07/2021 Comments Off on If the Minimum Wage Grew As Much As A Wall Street Bonus Since 1985, It Would Be $44 Today
The 2020 bonus pool for 182,100 securities industry employees could pay for more than 1 million jobs at a $15 minimum wage for a year. March 29, 2021By Sarah Anderson Originally in Inequality.org While low-wage workers are still waiting for a raise in the minimum wage, Wall Street employees enjoyed a 10 percent bump in […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill
Weekends News & Commentary — September 5, 2021
05/09/2021 Comments Off on Weekends News & Commentary — September 5, 2021This weekend, an estimated 8.9 million workers and their families will lose federal unemployment benefits entirely, and more than 2 million more will have their weekly checks reduced by $300 per week, as two key federal unemployment programs expire. Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), which provided unemployment benefits to many workers, like gig or self-employed workers, […]
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