From Oxfam America (http://www.oxfamamerica.org): As we head toward Labor Day, here’s a chilling fact: Each week, about a million people file new jobless claims. One. Million. People. So how do working families cope with all the challenges from the pandemic—the public … Continued
From Keystone Research Center (http://www.keystoneresearch.org): HARRISBURG — Today the Keystone Research Center released its annual State of Working PA report. Stephen Herzenberg, economist and executive director of Keystone Research Center, broke down the latest numbers on the Pennsylvania economy from … Continued
From Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org): On the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington, champions of racial justice are leading a movement from Minneapolis and Kenosha throughout the country. Just as the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. preached from the … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/08/18/wages-stagnate-and-executive-pay-continues-balloon-report-shows-top-ceos-now-make Published on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 by Common Dreams New research from the Economic Policy Institute finds that CEO compensation grew by 1,167% from 1978 to 2019, “far outstripping” the growth of the stock market. By Jake … Continued
Harrisburg, PA – Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Teresa Miller today reminded Pennsylvanians of the availability of assistance in paying certain utility bills through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Recovery Crisis program ahead of the program’s end on … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): This week we recognized Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, marking the seven and a half months of additional work that the average Black woman must work in order to earn the same amount a … Continued
From the Poor People’s Campaign (https://poorpeoplescampaign.org/): For the past three years, we’ve joined with you to show the nation that the 140 million poor and low-income people are building a new and unsettling force. We are releasing a groundbreaking report that … Continued
According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Campaign for Working Families (CWF), an estimated 350,000-450,000 Pennsylvanians may have missed their Economic Impact Payment (EIP), also known as the $1200 stimulus payment. If people did not file taxes, they can still complete … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): A note from EPI’s Kirstyn Flood: Without federal aid to state and local governments, millions of jobs in the public sector will be lost by the end of 2021, severely impacting Black workers, women, and veterans, … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): The United States has a painful history with slavery—and those deep and systemic racial injustices have been carried forward for hundreds of years. EPI’s director of the Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy … Continued