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It’s debt-ceiling season—again

The debt ceiling showdown was put on pause until December. It’s December now,
and time to replay this ongoing saga. It will never end unless we abolish the
debt ceiling once and for all. Read the blog post


MORE ON THE DEBT CEILING

 * Marketplace: The debt ceiling explained
 * From the archives: You Know What Is Totally Not Crazy? An Infinity Trillion
   Dollar Coin!

NYC Amazon workers vs. anti-union messaging

A Vice Motherboard article cites EPI research on unions—including the ways
employers try to stifle union-organizing and the reasons unions are worth
fighting for. Amazon workers in New York City are heard challenging anti-union
messages in leaked audio published by Motherboard. Read EPI research on unions


MORE ON UNIONS

 * At Starbucks, the coffee’s fresh but the union-busting is stale
 * Test Your Knowledge: Labor Unions
 * Unions help reduce disparities and strengthen our democracy

The real cost of unequal power in the workplace

The problem of unequal power is not just theoretical. It affects real people, in
serious ways. EPI has been collecting stories that shed light on a workplace
reality: Workers have little bargaining power. Read the stories


WORKER STORIES

 * Workers pay high price when burnout is a corporate strategy
 * For Amazon warehouse workers, a struggle to stay afloat

The Post Office at a crossroads

Politics and special interests, not economic constraints, are keeping the U.S.
Postal Service from becoming a hub for affordable banking and other valuable
community services. Read the blog post


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 * The Postal Service is foundational for our economy and democracy
 * Congress should think big about the Postal Service’s future

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 * NEW EVIDENCE OF WIDESPREAD WAGE THEFT IN THE H-1B VISA PROGRAM: CORPORATE
   DOCUMENT REVEALS HOW TECH FIRMS IGNORE THE LAW AND SYSTEMATICALLY ROB MIGRANT
   WORKERS
   
   December 9, 2021 By Ron Hira and Daniel Costa Report

 * EXPANDING OVERTIME PROTECTION FOR TEACHERS UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT
   
   November 22, 2021 By John Schmitt, Heidi Shierholz, and Jori Kandra Report

 * EPI APPLAUDS HOUSE PASSAGE OF THE BUILD BACK BETTER ACT
   
   November 19, 2021 By Heidi Shierholz Statement

 * SETTING HIGHER WAGES FOR CHILD CARE AND HOME HEALTH CARE WORKERS IS LONG
   OVERDUE
   
   November 18, 2021 By Asha Banerjee, Elise Gould, and Marokey Sawo Report

 * MORAL POLICY = GOOD ECONOMICS: LIFTING UP POOR AND WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE—AND
   OUR WHOLE ECONOMY
   
   October 27, 2021 By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Shailly Gupta Barnes, Josh
   Bivens, Krista Faries, Thea M. Lee, and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis Report

 * PREEMPTING PROGRESS IN THE HEARTLAND: STATE LAWMAKERS IN THE MIDWEST PREVENT
   SHARED PROSPERITY AND RACIAL, GENDER, AND IMMIGRANT JUSTICE BY INTERFERING IN
   LOCAL POLICYMAKING
   
   October 14, 2021 By Julia Wolfe, Sebastian Martinez Hickey, Dave Kamper, and
   David Cooper Report

 * HOW TO BOOST UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AS A MACROECONOMIC STABILIZER: LESSONS
   FROM THE 2020 PANDEMIC PROGRAMS
   
   October 12, 2021 By Josh Bivens and Asha Banerjee Report

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 * WAGE INEQUALITY CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN 2020: TOP 1.0% OF EARNERS SEE WAGES
   UP 179% SINCE 1979 WHILE SHARE OF WAGES FOR BOTTOM 90% HITS NEW LOW
   
   December 13, 2021 By Lawrence Mishel and Jori Kandra Blog

 * JOB OPENINGS ROSE AND QUITS FELL IN JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER SURVEY
   FOR OCTOBER
   
   December 8, 2021 By EPI Staff Blog

 * STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ADDRESSES EXTREME UNDERPAYMENT OF IMMIGRANT DETAINEES:
   A SNAPSHOT OF STATE AND LOCAL ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TO PROTECT WORKERS
   
   December 7, 2021 By Terri Gerstein Blog

 * JOBS REPORT TELLS TWO DIFFERENT STORIES OF THE NOVEMBER LABOR MARKET
   
   December 3, 2021 By EPI Staff Blog

 * WHAT TO WATCH ON JOBS DAY: 2021 JOB GROWTH ON PACE TO EXCEED 6 MILLION JOBS
   BY NOVEMBER
   
   December 2, 2021 By Elise Gould Blog

 * STATE AND LOCAL ENFORCERS STANDING UP TO PROTECT WORKERS: MISCLASSIFYING
   WORKERS ‘A PATTERN OF DECEIT’
   
   November 29, 2021 By Terri Gerstein Blog

 * UP TO 390,000 FEDERAL CONTRACTORS WILL BENEFIT FROM A $15 MINIMUM WAGE
   STARTING IN JANUARY
   
   November 22, 2021 By EPI Staff Blog

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EPI IN THE NEWS

 * Companies Need to Roll Out the Welcome Mat in Recruitment
   
   More importantly, companies also need to comply with labor laws and address
   pay inequity in a transparent way, because workers are not seeing the fruits
   of their labor, according to Elise Gould, a senior labor economist at
   the Economic Policy Institute.
   
   Agenda | December 13, 2021
 * Want BC to be fiscally responsible? Invest in people, communities and our
   future
   
   A recent report by the US-based Economic Policy Institute finds that public
   investment increases productivity and growth across the economy. The report
   finds “investments in public capital have significant positive impacts on
   private-sector productivity, with estimated rates of return ranging from 15
   percent to upwards of 45 percent.” Another report from the Roosevelt
   Institute argues that sustaining higher levels of demand through new public
   spending and permissive monetary policy could bring the US closer to full
   employment and increase growth.
   
   Policy Note | December 13, 2021
 * 10 things to know about Toyota battery plant coming to NC
   
   Economists say you can expect a ripple effect from the jobs created by the
   Toyota battery plant. A formula from the Economic Policy Institute reveals
   for every 100 durable manufacturing positions created, there are also 744.1
   other indirect jobs created. So, those 1,750 megasite jobs could really turn
   into 14,000 new jobs. 
   
   WFMY News 2 | December 13, 2021
 * Fed Nominee Hearings Could Happen In February: Senate Banking Chair
   
   Other names under consideration include Director of Economic Policy
   Institute’s Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy Valerie Wilson,
   Michigan State University economics professor Lisa Cook, Chief Economist at
   AFL-CIO William Spriggs, and former Obama-era Treasury official Karen Dynan.
   
   The Street | December 13, 2021
 * Biden’s pre-K plan might not be as “universal” as he hopes
   
   For decades, education reformers and policymakers have searched for ways to
   close opportunity gaps — unequal access to the resources that children need
   to be successful in school and in life. As early as kindergarten, students
   from high-income families are ahead of those from low-income families on
   reading, math, and social and emotional skills, according to the Economic
   Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank.
   
   VOX | December 13, 2021
 * Jobless rate drops in November to 4.2 percent, other numbers mixed
   
   WASHINGTON —The U.S. unemployment rate dropped 0.4% in November, to 4.2%, the
   Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. But BLS, the Economic Policy Institute,
   and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research all noted mixed numbers behind
   that positive decline.
   
   People’s World | December 13, 2021
 * Feds bust ‘modern-day slavery’ ring amid new immigration enforcement effort
   
   “Access to justice is really kind of a practical impossibility for a lot of
   these workers,” Daniel Costa, the director of immigration law and policy
   research of the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal think tank, said.
   
   NBC News | December 13, 2021

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