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** The teacher pay penalty persists ([link removed])
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A note from EPI’s Kirstyn Flood ([link removed]) : Although it improved slightly last year, the teacher pay penalty persists. This week, EPI experts weigh in on the wage gap between teachers and their nonteacher counterparts, how the Trump administration has hurt workers, and the harsh reality of widespread unemployment with an inadequate safety net.


** Teachers are paid almost 20% less than similar workers ([link removed])
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In the latest report ([link removed]) in EPI’s teacher pay penalty series, EPI researchers find that teachers’ wages and compensation continue to be substantially below that of comparable workers. When adjusted for education, experience, and demographic factors, the penalty in 2019 was 19.2%, an improvement over 22.0% a year earlier, but still much larger than the 6.0% penalty in 1997. Although teachers on average enjoy better benefits packages than similar workers, the report’s authors find that benefits only mitigate part of the wage gap. Key findings include:
* In 1960, women who were teachers earned 14.7% more than comparable working women. In 2019, they earned 13.2% less.
* Men in the teaching profession have always faced a large wage gap; in 2019, it stood at 30.2%.
* Many states have much higher teacher pay penalties. Among those, four were states where massive walkouts took place in 2018: Arizona (31.8%), Oklahoma (29.0%), Colorado (28.8%), and North Carolina (25.3%). Read the report » ([link removed])

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** 50 reasons the Trump administration is bad for workers ([link removed])
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A new EPI report ([link removed]) provides a comprehensive review of the Trump administration’s 50 most egregious attacks on working people. These are just a few of the ways the Trump administration has harmed workers:
* Failure to adequately address the economic shock of the coronavirus.
* Failure to protect the health of workers during the pandemic.
* Attacks on workers’ wages, including preventing millions of workers from receiving overtime and blocking a minimum wage increase.
* Undermining workers’ collective bargaining rights, including obstructing workers’ rights to fair union elections.
* Putting forward anti-worker nominees for Department of Labor and National Labor Relations Board positions. Read the report » ([link removed])


** Over 13 million more people would be in poverty without unemployment insurance and stimulus payments ([link removed])
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It is often underappreciated how effective public safety net spending and social insurance programs are in reducing poverty. Even in normal years, tens of millions of people are kept out of poverty only because of these programs. As the COVID-19 pandemic hit earlier this year, the importance of public spending in averting poverty became even more evident. Read the blog post » ([link removed])


** Half a year into the pandemic and millions are unemployed ([link removed])
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Another 1.5 million people applied for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits two weeks ago. That includes 860,000 people who applied for regular state UI and 659,000 who applied for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). Last week was the 26th week in a row total initial claims were far greater than the worst week of the Great Recession.

Republicans in the Senate allowed ([link removed]) the across-the-board $600 increase in weekly UI benefits to expire at the end of July. Dropping the extra $600 is bad for the economy and it is also exacerbating racial inequality. Due to the impact of historic and current systemic racism, Black and brown communities ([link removed]) have seen more job loss in this recession and have less wealth to fall back on. The Senate must extend the UI provisions of the CARES Act, both to provide relief to the jobless and to the bolster the broader economy. Read the blog post » ([link removed])


** Racial disparities in income and poverty remain largely unchanged amid strong income growth in 2019 ([link removed])
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The Census Bureau’s recent report on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in 2019 reveals impressive growth in median household income relative to 2018 across all racial and ethnic groups. While the Census Bureau cautions that the 2019 income estimates may be overstated due to a decline in response rates for the survey administered in March of this year, these estimates show that real median household income increased 10.6% among Asian households, 8.5% among Black households, 7.1% among Hispanic households, and 5.7% among non-Hispanic white households. Despite these gains, severe income gaps persisted in 2019: The median Black household earned just 61 cents for every dollar of income the median white household earned, while the median Hispanic household earned 74 cents. Read the blog post » ([link removed])


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** Coronavirus Pandemic Poses Major Challenges to U.S. Students and Teachers—and Exacerbates Existing Education Inequities ([link removed])
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EPI hosted a discussion about the state of education during COVID-19, and what needs to be done now to support educators and mitigate the damage to student performance—especially for the most vulnerable children. Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, opened the conversation, and Ivey Welshans, a teacher in Philadelphia, gave a reality check on the challenges on the ground. We also heard from the authors of an EPI report ([link removed]) about a host of factors leading to disruptions in learning caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Watch the video » ([link removed])


** EPI in the news
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Yahoo Finance ([link removed]) covered EPI’s report ([link removed]) on the teacher wage penalty. | Teachers Earn Almost 20% Less Than Comparable College Grads: Economic Policy Institute
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EPI’s report ([link removed]) on 50 ways the Trump administration has hurt workers was featured in a Common Dreams ([link removed]) article. | Here Are the 50 ‘Most Egregious’ Ways Trump Has Attacked Workers While Falsely Claiming to Be Their Champion ([link removed])
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EPI’s Elise Gould discussed the lasting effects of unemployment on a Nashville Public Radio ([link removed]) show about unemployment among young and Black Davidson County residents. | Analysis: Young and Black Davidson County Residents Disproportionately Need Unemployment Benefits ([link removed])
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5 Times Justice Ginsburg Left an Imprint on Employment Law ([link removed])

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made waves by taking issue with majority rulings in cases involving fair pay for women and access to birth control, but those dissents represent just a fraction of her output during nearly three decades on the U.S. Supreme Court. Read more » ([link removed])

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Everything You Need to Know About Voting in 2020 (But Were Afraid to Ask) ([link removed]) [link removed]

Lettie Fickling, of Colorado, has always voted by mail, a process she says she enjoys. But with this year’s election, she’s not so sure. Read more » ([link removed])

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