“Federal inaction on paid sick days continues to erode families’ economic security and needlessly spread illness,” says EPI’s Elise Gould and Hilary Wething. The federal government needs to pass legislation to mandate paid sick leave for ALL workers! 🧵3/3 www.epi.org/blog/access-...
Absent federal action, states and localities have expanded workers’ ability to earn paid sick leave to care for themselves and their families. The results of these efforts over the past dozen years ar...
Access to sick leave varies across the private sector: ⏰ Full-time workers are more likely to have paid sick leave than part-time workers (87% vs. 55%) ✊ And - no surprise - unionized workers have greater access to paid sick days than nonunion workers (84% vs. 79%) 🧵2/3
Access to paid sick leave 🤒 is unequal: ⬆️ In the top 25% of workers by wages, ➡️ 94% have access to paid sick days. ⬇️ But in the bottom 25% of workers by wages, ➡️ only 58% have access to paid sick days. 🧵1/3 www.epi.org/blog/access-...
Absent federal action, states and localities have expanded workers’ ability to earn paid sick leave to care for themselves and their families. The results of these efforts over the past dozen years ar...
CEOs aren't paid more because they are more "productive" or work harder! CEOs just have leverage over the boards that set their salaries. "There would be no adverse impact on the overall economy if CEOs earned less or were taxed more." www.epi.org/publication/... 🧵2/2
CEO pay dipped in 2023 but remains enormous compared with the pay of other workers.
🚨 ALERT: CEO pay is OUT OF CONTROL! 🤑 CEOs were paid 290x more than the typical worker in 2023 💵 CEOs took home an astronomical $22.2 million in compensation last year on average ⚠️ CEO pay has skyrocketed 1,085% since 1978 www.epi.org/publication/... 🧵1/2
It’s important to note that high recent immigration rates have not disrupted the US labor market. In fact, the opposite has happened--including strong employment rates and low-wage workers experiencing the fastest wage growth in a generation. 🧵3/3 www.epi.org/blog/latest-...
Although recent headlines claim that immigration is historically high or even “unprecedented,” new U.S. Census Bureau data show that immigration flows were relatively high but not unprecedented betwee...
New immigrants in the workforce benefit both immigrants and US workers, even though immigrants are denied full rights as workers in the US economy. 🧵2/3
Despite recent headlines about "unprecedented immigration," immigration rates are actually well below the historical peaks of the 1990s: www.epi.org/blog/latest-... 🧵1/3
Although recent headlines claim that immigration is historically high or even “unprecedented,” new U.S. Census Bureau data show that immigration flows were relatively high but not unprecedented betwee...
tl;dr: 1. State and local gov't workers are underpaid compared to private-sector peers 2. This pay gap has widened in the last four years 3. Unions help close this gap 4. Congress should pass the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act ✊🏿 ✊🏾 ✊🏼 🧵6/6 www.epi.org/publication/...
Public-sector employees earn less than their private-sector counterparts, and that pay gap has widened in recent years. The pay gap is narrower in states where public employees have stronger collectiv...
Congress needs to pass the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act to ensure that state and local government workers across the country have the right to bargain collectively over pay and working conditions. ✊🏿 ✊🏾 ✊🏼 🧵5/6