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In a comprehensive analysis of employer conduct in union elections, researchers at EPI and the University of Oregon find that employers are charged with violating federal law in 41.5% of all union election campaigns and illegally firing workers in nearly 20% of all elections. Beyond this, employers spend roughly $340 million annually on “union avoidance” consultants to help them stave off union elections. Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Ilhan Omar called attention to the report’s findings in a pair of tweets that were widely shared. Read the report »
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Employers are charged with violating federal law in four out of every 10 union elections
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Nearly half of U.S. families have no retirement savings, according to new research from EPI’s Monique Morrissey. Morrissey explains that the shift from pension plans to 401(k)s has shifted the responsibility of saving for retirement onto workers and increased inequities in retirement preparedness. In a companion report, Morrissey outlines EPI’s recommendations to boost retirement security for America’s workers, which include expanding Social Security, addressing gaps in the 401(k) system by creating Guaranteed Retirement Accounts (GRAs), and protecting traditional pensions. Read the report and recommendations »
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Noncompete agreements ban workers at one company from working for, or starting, a competing business within a certain period of time after leaving a job. New research by EPI’s Heidi Shierholz and Cornell University’s Alexander J.S. Colvin finds that noncompete agreements are on the rise for low-wage and high-wage workers alike, with more than a quarter of private-sector workers required to sign noncompetes. These restrictive agreements are harmful to wages and to competition, and part of a growing trend of employers requiring workers to sign away their rights. Read the report »
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On the heels of the second anniversary of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), a joint report from Josh Bivens and Hunter Blair at EPI and Maggie Corser at the Center for Popular Democracy takes a deep dive into the latest evidence on who benefited from the tax overhaul. The TCJA did not increase wages for working people, failed to spur business investments, decreased corporate tax revenues, and boosted stock buybacks in its wake, according to the report and an accompanying blog post by Hunter Blair. Read the report »
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The latest episode of EPI’s State of Working America podcast features Tanya Wallace-Gobern, director of the National Black Worker Center Project, who discusses how black Americans’ struggle for civil rights is at the core of the country’s democratic advancement. In the previous episode (the third episode of Season 2), Damion Shade of the Oklahoma Policy Institute talks about the prospects for undoing the damage from America’s racist and punitive prison system. Nina Banks, economics professor at Bucknell University and board member at EPI, details her groundbreaking work on the unpaid collective labor of women of color in the second episode of Season 2. Listen to the podcasts »
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EPI News: Uncovering union busting, retirement inequality and other trends that hurt workers
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