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Rooted in Racism
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Southern policymakers leave workers with lower wages and a fraying safety net

For at least the last 40 years, pay and job quality for workers across the South
has been inferior compared to other regions—thanks to the racist and anti-worker
Southern economic development model. Read more


MORE FROM ROOTED IN RACISM

 * Tipping is a racist relic and modern tool of economic oppression
 * The evolution of the Southern economic development strategy
 * Breaking down the South’s economic underperformance
 * Waffle House strike highlights the harms of the Southern economic development
   model

The rise of the ‘union curious’

Two major shifts are occurring in U.S. workers’ attitudes toward labor unions:
the rise of workers who are interested in, but unsure about, unions and an
emerging generation gap between younger and older workers. Read the report


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 * Workers filed petitions for union elections in record numbers and captured
   significant wage gains through work stoppages and contract negotiations
 * Data show anti-union ‘right-to-work’ laws damage state economies

More states have strengthened child labor laws than weakened them in 2024

Lawmakers in 20 states and the District of Columbia introduced bills to
strengthen protections for children in the workplace and improve child labor
laws, and governors in seven states signed those stronger protections into law.
Read more


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 * Policies for states and localities to fight oppressive child labor
 * Child labor remains a key state legislative issue in 2024
 * Youth subminimum wages and why they should be eliminated
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Immigrants are not hurting U.S.-born workers

Anti-immigration advocates have been out in full force, using this as a talking
point for deeply misguided commentary and analysis that roughly translates to
“immigrants are taking all our jobs.” Read the blog


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 * Senate should reject deal that would punish asylum seekers and trade away
   human rights for temporary defense funding

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 * SOUTHERN POLICYMAKERS LEAVE WORKERS WITH LOWER WAGES AND A FRAYING SAFETY
   NET: ROOTED IN RACISM AND ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION: PART THREE
   
   July 18, 2024 By Chandra Childers Report

 * THE RISE OF THE ‘UNION CURIOUS’: SUPPORT FOR UNIONIZATION AMONG AMERICA’S
   FRONTLINE WORKERS
   
   July 16, 2024 By John S. Ahlquist, Jake Grumbach, and Thomas Kochan Report

 * SUPREME COURT RULING DRASTICALLY WEAKENS FEDERAL AGENCIES AND THEIR ABILITY
   TO PROTECT WORKERS’ RIGHTS
   
   June 28, 2024 By Celine McNicholas Statement

 * TIPPING IS A RACIST RELIC AND A MODERN TOOL OF ECONOMIC OPPRESSION IN THE
   SOUTH: ROOTED IN RACISM AND ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION: SPOTLIGHT
   
   June 18, 2024 By Nina Mast Report

 * BREAKING DOWN THE SOUTH’S ECONOMIC UNDERPERFORMANCE: ROOTED IN RACISM AND
   ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION: PART TWO
   
   June 11, 2024 By Chandra Childers Report

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 * CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHOULD TRY TO MAINTAIN SPENDING LEVELS EVEN AS FEDERAL
   PANDEMIC RELIEF FUNDS COME TO AN END
   
   July 19, 2024 By Dave Kamper and Hilary Wething Blog

 * U.S. ECONOMY SHOWS STEADY JOB GROWTH IN JUNE
   
   July 5, 2024 By EPI Staff Blog

 * WHAT TO WATCH ON JOBS DAY: THE LABOR MARKET IS BETTER BY SOME MEASURES THAN
   BEFORE THE PANDEMIC
   
   July 2, 2024 By Elise Gould Blog

 * HIRING AND JOB OPENINGS GREW SLIGHTLY IN MAY: ANALYSIS OF JOLTS DATA
   
   July 2, 2024 By EPI Staff Blog

 * HALF OF U.S. STATES HAVE PASSED THE CROWN ACT TO BAN HAIR DISCRIMINATION
   
   July 1, 2024 By Jasmine Payne-Patterson Blog

 * EXAMINING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ON AAPI POPULATIONS
   
   June 18, 2024 By Adewale A. Maye and Stevie Marvin Blog

 * MORE STATES HAVE STRENGTHENED CHILD LABOR LAWS THAN WEAKENED THEM IN 2024:
   THIS YEAR, STATE ADVOCATES WERE BETTER EQUIPPED TO ORGANIZE IN OPPOSITION TO
   HARMFUL BILLS
   
   June 12, 2024 By Nina Mast Blog

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EPI IN THE NEWS

 * Disneyland workers say they live in cars and motels due to low pay
   
   The disparity between workers pay and management has been fuelling labour
   unrest in the United States. According to the left-leaning Economic Policy
   Institute, CEO compensation rose 1,460 percent between 1978 and 2021.
   
   BBC News | July 22, 2024
 * Opinion
   
   According to the Economic Policy Institute, the cost of daycare is
   unaffordable for 92% of families in the state.
   
   Wichita Eagle | July 22, 2024
 * Is JD Vance Really A Friend Of Labor?
   
   “I would say my skepticism runs deep,” said Celine McNicholas, policy
   director at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute and former special
   counsel at the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that
   referees union matters in the private sector.
   
   She noted that although Vance visited striking auto workers in Ohio last
   year, he has not gotten onboard with the Protecting the Right to Organize
   Act, Democrats’ sweeping proposal for labor law reform. The legislation
   would, among other things, prevent companies from permanently replacing
   strikers.
   
   “Vance may do a little bit better on the rhetoric, but there isn’t a ton of
   daylight between the vice-presidential nominee and Trump,” McNicholas said.
   
   Huffpost | July 22, 2024
 * Report Shows How Lawmakers in GOP-Dominated South Harm Workers
   
   “For at least the last 40 years, pay and job quality for workers across the
   South has been inferior compared to other regions—thanks to the racist and
   anti-worker Southern economic development model.”
   
   That’s according to a Thursday report by Chandra Childers, a senior policy
   and economic analyst at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). The new
   publication is part of her “Rooted in Racism and Economic Exploitation”
   series.
   
   Common Dreams | July 22, 2024
 * Labor leaders decry Gov. Reynolds’ lax child labor laws
   
   Jennifer Sherer, director of the State Worker Power Initiative with the
   Economic Policy Institute, addresses attendees at the July 16 roundtable.
   [Paywall].
   
   Corridor Business Journal | July 22, 2024
 * Discretionary Income and How to Calculate It
   
   However, for everyone else, it has been detrimental, as wage growth has not
   kept up with productivity growth. Figures provided by the Economic Policy
   Institute reveal that productivity rose 74% between 1973 and 2013, but the
   average hourly wage earned by workers gained only 9%. 
   
   Business Insider | July 22, 2024
 * Boulder school bus driver shortage may force route cuts
   
   Nationally, school districts are struggling to hire bus drivers since the
   beginning of the pandemic. Research by the Economic Policy Institute showed
   last year that the number of bus drivers working in K-12 schools was down
   15.1% since 2019, according to a report by the National Education
   Association.
   
   Denver Gazette | July 22, 2024

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4. Average wages have surpassed inflation for 12 straight months

5. Counties that pivoted to Trump had lower wage growth than other counties


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