Giving Tuesday: Support the research behind our movement for progressive economic change
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We are living during a pivotal time in U.S. history. Tens of millions of working people have lost their jobs, or seen incomes and hours dramatically cut during the pandemic. More than 265,000 people in the U.S. have already died from COVID-19 with more than 13 million having contracted the virus.
With the election of Joe Biden as our next President, we have an opportunity to not only address the pandemic in an effective way, but to make lasting change for working people throughout our country.
Please read Thea’s email below highlighting EPI’s critical work over the last year, and then pitch in $5 or more on this Giving Tuesday to power the data and research behind our movement for progressive economic change. ([link removed])
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Just as we have since our founding more than 30 years ago, EPI is demanding action on behalf of all working people―rallying activists and elected officials around a progressive economic policy agenda that lifts up working people. Thank you for all that you do to create an economy that works for everyone, not just the wealthy few.
John Schmitt
Vice President, Economic Policy Institute
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EPI was founded more than 30 years ago to lift up the voices of working people. Together, we’re working to ensure the Biden-Harris transition team, and all elected officials, understand that moral policy = good economics.
That means adequate and well-crafted COVID relief, a smooth and open transition of power, prioritizing workers' rights and wages, implementing a $15 minimum wage by 2025, achieving universal healthcare, sustaining full employment, strengthening unemployment insurance, expanding voting rights, and reversing the chronic racial and economic inequality faced by millions of Americans.
Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, a day to support your favorite nonprofits that are doing critical work to lift up our communities and our families. Help us get an early start with a donation today to invest in the research that fuels our movement for progressive economic change. ([link removed])
Throughout the last year, EPI has worked alongside our allies in our shared fight for racial and economic justice. We’ve produced powerful and startling economic reports that show the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Black and Latinx workers. Since 2008, EPI's Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy (PREE) has shown how persistent disparities in unemployment, wages, income, poverty, and wealth are rooted in policy choices.
We have also fought to expand the rights and power of unions to lift up working families. One of the strongest forces for equality and a vibrant middle class is the collective power of workers. When unions are robust, they secure rights, wages, and workplace protections that benefit all workers.
Through charts and graphs we explain the economic disparities felt by millions of working people:
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Help us get a jump start on Giving Tuesday. Donate today to support EPI’s critical work producing charts and reports to help policy makers and activists, alike, fight for progressive economic change. ([link removed])
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Whether we’re fighting for resources for our teachers and our schools, or strengthening labor protections for millions of working people, EPI is on the frontline generating essential data to fight for a progressive economic agenda.
Thank you for all you do to fight for an economy that works for all of us, not just the wealthy few.
In solidarity,
Thea Lee
President, Economic Policy Institute
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