Economic Policy Institute Blog

Last Friday, the United Auto Workers (UAW) scored a historic win in the South after a decade-long campaign to organize a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee.

https://www.epi.org/blog/recapping-a-great-week-for-workers/

The U.S. Department of Labor issued a final rule today making changes to the regulations about who is eligible for overtime pay.

https://www.epi.org/blog/explaining-the-department-of-labors-new-overtime-rule-that-will-benefit-4-3-million-workers/

The labor market recovery from the pandemic recession has been tremendous and low-wage workers have been key recipients of those gains, with dramatically fast real wage growth between 2019 and 20...

https://www.epi.org/blog/a-tight-labor-market-and-state-minimum-wage-increases-boosted-low-end-wage-growth-between-2019-and-2023/

U.S. employers have tremendous power over worker conduct. Under federal law, employers can require workers to attend “captive audience” meetings—and force employees to listen to political, ...

https://www.epi.org/blog/will-illinois-be-next-to-tackle-the-problem-of-captive-audience-meetings-rights-and-freedoms-of-22-7-million-workers-now-protected-in-seven-states/

Below, EPI senior economist Elise Gould offers her insights on the jobs report released this morning, which showed 303,000 jobs added in March.

https://www.epi.org/blog/another-strong-jobs-report-unemployment-has-remained-at-or-below-4-for-28-months-running/

U.S. labor market strength in the recovery has been extraordinary because policymakers addressed the pandemic and subsequent recession at the scale of the problem.

https://www.epi.org/blog/a-record-breaking-recovery-for-black-and-hispanic-workers-prime-age-employment-rates-have-hit-an-all-time-high-alongside-tremendous-wage-growth/

Below, EPI senior economist Elise Gould offers her insights on today’s release of the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) for February.

https://www.epi.org/blog/job-openings-and-labor-turnover-survey-shows-an-uptick-in-hiring/

This piece was published in collaboration with the Albert Shanker For some students and workers, hair is a trivial wardrobe decision, while for many Black and Brown people, their hairstyle can be...

https://www.epi.org/blog/loc-ing-students-out-darryl-george-the-crown-act-and-the-need-to-combat-racial-discrimination-in-the-classroom/

This piece was originally published in Democracy In the decades following World War II, the U.S. economy thrived. Economic growth was strong and the fruits of that growth were broadly shared.

https://www.epi.org/blog/middle-out-economics-is-good-for-workers-their-families-and-the-broader-economy/

This is an excerpt from an op-ed that originally published in CNN. Read the full op-ed The federal estate tax should be an effective tool to slightly level the playing field between those who inh...

https://www.epi.org/blog/the-estate-tax-should-help-to-level-the-playing-field-instead-its-letting-the-rich-get-richer/