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Economic Policy Institute
@epi@econtwitter.net
mastodon 4.7.2Nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank using the tools of economics for more than 30 years to defend and promote the interests of workers in economic policy debates.
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Low pay and poor working conditions exacerbate a long-standing and growing teacher shortage
New report by @jschmittwdc@econtwitter.net and Katherine deCourcy https://www.epi.org/publication/shortage-of-teachers/
The pandemic made clear that care work is undervalued. Our new domestic worker chartbook provides a comprehensive look at the demographics, wages, benefits, and poverty rates of the professionals who care for our family members and clean our homes
https://www.epi.org/publication/domestic-workers-chartbook-2022/
Domestic workers on average are paid just 75 cents for every dollar that their peers make.
Domestic work is vital labor, and it is past time it is valued and compensated as such. Our new chartbook documents the economic vulnerability these workers face.
https://www.epi.org/publication/domestic-workers-chartbook-2022/
The current "recovery that we're in right now where Congress did make good decisions is literally five times faster than the recovery from the Great Recession"
"It really is just night and day, and shows you that the economy is not like the freaking weather... it really is a policy choice."
More from @hshierholz@econtwitter.net on episode 10 of How to Save a Country https://newrepublic.com/article/168003/tale-two-economic-recoveries
"The high-road scenario for cannabis legalization offers the industry an opportunity to be a model of good jobs."
The EPI report "clarifies that cannabis workers of color would likely get a more considerable wage boost from unionization than their white counterparts."
The US employer-based retirement system poorly serves workers of color and amplifies employment disparities
Next week, join @epi@econtwitter.net and The Schwartz Center for a conversation on America's retirement divide
The vast majority of domestic workers are women and just over half are Black, Hispanic, or Asian American and Pacific Islander women
A review of key economic justice ballot measures from the 2022 US midterm elections, on minimum wages, workers' rights, free school meals, and more
Older households, and Black and Hispanic households in particular, have little capacity to cope with financial shocks, even before the COVID-19 pandemic and recession
https://www.epi.org/publication/older-workers-retirement-chartbook/
“If you look last month compared to the three months prior, wage growth has been certainly moderating, and appears to be decelerating,” @eliselgould@econtwitter.net explained for Marketplace
Happening TODAY at noon ET!
Join @epi@econtwitter.net and the Schwartz Center for a discussion on how the employer-based retirement system amplifies employment disparities, especially for Black and Hispanic workers.