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Low pay and poor working conditions exacerbate a long-standing and growing teacher shortageNew report by @jschmittwdc and Katherine deCourcy...

Low pay and poor working conditions exacerbate a long-standing and growing teacher shortage

New report by @jschmittwdc and Katherine deCourcy https://www.epi.org/publication/shortage-of-teachers/

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...

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 high-road scenario for cannabis legalization offers the industry an opportunity to be a model of good jobs." The EPI report...

"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."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardfowler/2022/11/22/as-more-states-legalize-cannabis-more-cannabis-workers-push-for-unionization/

The current "recovery that we're in right now where Congress did make good decisions is literally five times faster than the...

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 on episode 10 of How to Save a Country https://newrepublic.com/article/168003/tale-two-economic-recoveries

The vast majority of domestic workers are women and just over half are Black, Hispanic, or Asian American and Pacific Islander women

The vast majority of domestic workers are women and just over half are Black, Hispanic, or Asian American and Pacific Islander women

The pandemic made clear that care work is undervalued. Our new domestic worker chartbook provides a comprehensive look at the demographics,...

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/

A review of key economic justice ballot measures from the 2022 US midterm elections, on minimum wages, workers' rights, free school...

A review of key economic justice ballot measures from the 2022 US midterm elections, on minimum wages, workers' rights, free school meals, and more

https://www.epi.org/blog/voters-turned-out-for-economic-justice-a-review-of-key-ballot-measures-from-the-2022-midterm-elections/

Older households, and Black and Hispanic households in particular, have little capacity to cope with financial shocks, even before the...

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/

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Happening TODAY at noon ET! Join @epi and the Schwartz Center for a discussion on how the employer-based retirement system amplifies...

Happening TODAY at noon ET!

Join @epi and the Schwartz Center for a discussion on how the employer-based retirement system amplifies employment disparities, especially for Black and Hispanic workers.

RSVP: https://www.epi.org/event/americas-retirement-divide-how-black-and-hispanic-workers-fall-through-the-cracks/

“If you look last month compared to the three months prior, wage growth has been certainly moderating, and appears to be decelerating,”...

“If you look last month compared to the three months prior, wage growth has been certainly moderating, and appears to be decelerating,” @eliselgould explained for Marketplace

https://www.marketplace.org/2022/11/04/wage-growth-seems-slowing-is-it-enough-to-please-fed-policymakers/