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EPI’s first State of Working America Podcast featuring workers’ stories and explaining the research behind EPI’s progressive policy agenda will air on Tuesday, October 15. Guests ranging from economic thought leaders to workers on the factory floor will join Communications Director Pedro da Costa in each 30-minute episode. The inaugural season addresses wage stagnation, inequality, worker power, racism, trade, and education. Join the fight against the attacks on working people and for an economy that works for everyone by watching the video introduction and subscribing today. Subscribe to the podcast »
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In a report by EPI’s Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN) state partners, researcher Colin Gordon takes a comprehensive look at the causes and consequences of black–white disparities in the Midwest. Gordon recommends investing in public education, raising wages for all workers, addressing labor market discrimination, adopting paid family leave and low-cost child care, and improving the social safety net to achieve racial equity in the Midwest. This is a joint project of Policy Matters Ohio, the Iowa Policy Project, COWS, and EARN. Read the report »
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On Friday, October 18, at 12 noon, EPI will host David Kirp for a conversation about his book, The College Dropout Scandal (register for the event here). On Monday, October 21, at 12:30 p.m, EPI will join the Institute for Policy Studies in hosting the Washington book launch of Walden Bello’s Paper Dragons: China and the Next Crash (read about the event here). And on the evening of Tuesday, October 22, in New York City, EPI will host a Women in Economics Forum, featuring EPI’s women economists discussing the low wages, mandatory arbitration, retirement insecurity, and other pertinent issues that workers and their families face (register for the event here). Read about the events »
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EPI Policy Director Heidi Shierholz joined the host of the Machinists Union’s Activate L!VE to discuss the experiences of unionized workers, highlighting EPI research on collective bargaining and how unions help working people. | Canadian Labor History, State of Unions in 2019 on This Week’s Activate L!VE
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EPI Research Director Josh Bivens told Reuters that weakening unions and long periods of high unemployment have been a factor in workers’ struggle for higher pay. “In the last 30 years, lots of those things that provided wage growth for low- and moderate-wage workers have been stripped away,” he explained. | Powerhouse U.S. Cities Home to Worst Wage Inequality
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EPI State of Working America Podcast launches Tuesday
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