From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Sixty percent of low-wage workers don’t have paid sick days on the job, a stark disparity highlighted by the pandemic, according to EPI’s Elise Gould. “The highest-wage workers (top 10%) are two and a … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Minimum wages are set to rise this week in Nevada, Oregon, Illinois, and the District of Columbia—as well as in Chicago, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and 12 other smaller cities and counties. While business … Continued
Posted at https://www.epi.org/press/wage-inequality-gender-racial-pay-gap 2019 data reveal slow, uneven, and unequal wage growth over the last 40 years Press Releases • February 20, 2020 Wage growth was strongest for the highest-wage workers while median hourly wages grew just 1.0% last year, according … Continued
Two years in the making, United Way of Pennsylvania’s 2019 ALICE Report for Pennsylvania is a data project that redefines what financial struggle means across the state. It encompasses all 67 counties of the Commonwealth, parsing out the data on a local … Continued
From Repairers of the Breach (http://www.breachrepairers.org/): This month, Eric Winston and Wanda Coker joined us at The Gathering to share their struggles and hopes as low-wage workers in the Fight For $15. The United States’ economy runs on our labor, … Continued