I totally agree, Miriam.
Once I signed that first petition, I began to see my in box over
filled with news letters, requests, and more petitions. And of
course, once it began to look as if I were Left Leaning, every
politician left of center put me on their, :Please send money" list.
I spend the first few minutes each day just deleting this junk mail.
And many of them make it difficult for me to cancel. And, when I have
been successful, it's only a matter of time until they are back.
I agree that it would serve the Left, if all of these groups formed
some sort of an alliance, but I do not expect it to ever happen.
Carl Jarvis
On 4/3/16, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Every day, I seem to get emails and newsletters from groups that I've never
heard of. They multiply like rabbits. I'm not sure we need more and more
groups. I think we need the ones that exist to join together to work toward
mutual goals.
Miriam
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2016 11:55 AM
To: blind-democracy
Subject: [blind-democracy] Fwd: Most working people don't have a college
degree
This is the first time I've seen this news letter.
Carl Jarvis
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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 12:09:55 +0000
Subject: Most working people don't have a college degree
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e-do-not-have-a-college-degree/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_cam
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** Almost two-thirds of people in the labor force don't have a college
degree
(http://www.epi.org/publication/almost-two-thirds-of-people-in-the-labor-for
ce-do-not-have-a-college-degree/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_ca
mpaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5
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This week's Economic Snapshot
(http://www.epi.org/publication/almost-two-thirds-of-people-in-the-labor-for
ce-do-not-have-a-college-degree/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_ca
mpaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5
826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
explains that people without a college degree constitute nearly two-thirds
of the U.S. labor force-and make up the majority of the labor force in
every
state (excluding the District of Columbia). It is no secret that wages for
typical workers have stagnated
(http://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institu
te&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_te
rm=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
over the past 35 years. We cannot solve the problem of low and stagnating
wages for non-college-educated workers by expecting everyone to pursue more
education. We need solutions that will raise wages for all workers
(http://www.epi.org/pay-agenda/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_cam
paign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c58
26c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
.
LESTER THUROW
** EPI board and staff saddened at the passing of cofounder Lester Thurow
(http://www.epi.org/press/epi-board-and-staff-saddened-at-the-passing-of-cof
ounder-professor-lester-thurow/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_cam
paign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c58
26c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
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Professor Lester Thurow of MIT, one of EPI's founders and intellectual
inspirations, passed away this week. Thurow, a prominent, globally
respected
economist, was part of a small group who established EPI 30 years ago. He
enthusiastically supported the idea of a think tank that would study and
debate economic policy from the perspective of people who work for a
living.
Jeff Faux, EPI's founding president, praised Thurow as a brilliant and
intellectually courageous economist. "He understood that economics is
embedded in human institutions, whose impact was important, even though at
times it cannot be quantified.
History has proven him right," Faux said.
UNIONS
** Friedrichs decision is a win for workers
(http://www.epi.org/press/friedrichs-decision-is-a-win-for-workers-albeit-a-
temporary-one/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-
EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-
58196449)
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The Supreme Court's 4-4 decision in Friedrichs v. California Teachers
Association is a victory for working people, explained EPI's Ross Eisenbrey
(http://www.epi.org/press/friedrichs-decision-is-a-win-for-workers-albeit-a-
temporary-one/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-
EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-
58196449)
. The case concerned whether public-sector employees who receive the
benefits of a collective bargaining agreement should be required to pay
their fair share of the cost of negotiating and protecting those benefits,
regardless of whether they belong to a union. EPI has conducted research on
Friedrichs and other threats to the rights of working people to
collectively
negotiate with their employers. This research includes a report
(http://www.epi.org/publication/on-friedrichs-v-california-teachers-associat
ion-the-inextricable-links-between-exclusive-representation-agency-fees-and-
the-duty-of-fair-representation/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_ca
mpaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5
826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
examining how public employees in so-called right-to-work states earn
roughly $1,000 less than their counterparts in fair-share states, as well
as
a fact sheet
(http://www.epi.org/press/facts-and-resources-on-friedrichs-v-california-tea
chers-association/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc08412
7fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc08412
7fa-58196449)
explaining how collective bargaining raises wages and improves the standard
of living for all workers.
ABOUT EPI
** EPI's new office and logo
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EPI recently moved to a new office at 1225 Eye St. NW in Washington, D.C.
We
look forward to hosting upcoming events in our new space.
Along with the move, EPI unveiled a refreshed logo and branding. You can
see
our new look on epi.org, as well as on Twitter
(https://twitter.com/economicpolicy?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm
_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e
7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
and Facebook
(https://www.facebook.com/EconomicPolicy/?fref=ts&utm_source=Economic+Policy
+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=emai
l&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
.
IN THE NEWS
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/03/30/2015-was-a-terrible-y
ear-for-the-common-working-man/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_cam
paign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c58
26c50-bc084127fa-58196449
Niraj Chokshi of the Washington Post
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/03/30/2015-was-a-terrible-
year-for-the-common-working-man/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_ca
mpaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5
826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
turned to analysis from a recent EPI report
(http://www.epi.org/publication/wage-inequality-continued-its-35-year-rise-i
n-2015/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_New
s_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-5819644
9)
explaining that while real (inflation-adjusted) wages increased across the
board in 2015 due to a sharp dip in inflation, the gap between top earners
and everyone else continued to grow. | "2015 was a terrible year for the
common working man" >
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/03/30/2015-was-a-terrible-
year-for-the-common-working-man/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_ca
mpaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5
826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/11d0ab000be341579605b8a68529307e/some-leaving
-workforce-continues-years-after-retiring?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institu
te&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_te
rm=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449
EPI's Monique Morrissey talked with the Associated Press
(http://bigstory.ap.org/article/11d0ab000be341579605b8a68529307e/some-leavin
g-workforce-continues-years-after-retiring?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Instit
ute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_t
erm=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
about the erosion of retirement benefits for many Americans. | "For some,
leaving workforce continues years after retiring" >
(http://bigstory.ap.org/article/11d0ab000be341579605b8a68529307e/some-leavin
g-workforce-continues-years-after-retiring?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Instit
ute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_t
erm=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/rethinking-wages-for-tipped-workers/?utm_sour
ce=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_20
16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449
In an interview with the "PBS NewsHour
(http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/rethinking-wages-for-tipped-workers/?utm_sou
rce=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2
016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
," EPI's David Cooper discussed how many workers grapple with poverty rates
due to the low federal minimum wage for tipped workers. | "Rethinking wages
for tipped workers" >
(http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/rethinking-wages-for-tipped-workers/?utm_sou
rce=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2
016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/uber-drivers_us_56ec6447e4b084c672204d5d
?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01
_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449
Several top media outlets covered EPI's report
(http://www.epi.org/publication/uber-business-model-does-not-justify-a-new-i
ndependent-worker-category/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaig
n=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c5
0-bc084127fa-58196449)
on why Uber drivers should be paid while waiting for fares, including The
Huffington Post
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/uber-drivers_us_56ec6447e4b084c672204d5
d?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_0
1_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
, American Prospect
(http://prospect.org/article/labor-prospect-how-garland-would-and-would-not-
be-pro-labor-justice?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084
127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084
127fa-58196449)
, Think Progress
(http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2016/03/23/3762499/uber-revolution-indepen
dent-workers/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-E
PI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-5
8196449)
, U.S. News & World Report
(http://www.usnews.com/opinion/economic-intelligence/articles/2016-03-29/ens
ure-uber-lyft-and-crowdsourcing-bring-more-creation-than-destruction?utm_sou
rce=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2
016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
, and Fusion
(http://fusion.net/story/286009/economists-say-uber-drivers-arent-a-new-kind
-of-worker/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI
_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-581
96449)
. | "What We Call Uber Drivers Has Huge Implications" >
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/uber-drivers_us_56ec6447e4b084c672204d5
d?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_0
1_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/business/economy/lester-c-thurow-prominent
-economist-is-dead-at-77.html?_r=0&utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_
campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7
c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449
The New York Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/business/economy/lester-c-thurow-prominen
t-economist-is-dead-at-77.html?_r=0&utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm
_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e
7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
, Washington Post
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2016/03/30/cb760820-f60d-11
e5-a3ce-f06b5ba21f33_story.html?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_cam
paign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c58
26c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
, and American Prospect
(http://prospect.org/blog/tapped/lester-thurow-economist-ahead-his-time?utm_
source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_
1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
wrote about EPI cofounder Lester Thurow's research on inequality in the
American economy. | "Lester C. Thurow, Economist Who Seized the Spotlight,
Is Dead at 77" >
(http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/business/economy/lester-c-thurow-prominen
t-economist-is-dead-at-77.html?_r=0&utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm
_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e
7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2016/03/28/analysts-react-to-californias-prop
osed-15-minimum-wage-a-blunt-approach/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&
utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=
0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449
In an article on California's proposed $15 minimum wage, the Wall Street
Journal
(http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2016/03/28/analysts-react-to-californias-pro
posed-15-minimum-wage-a-blunt-approach/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute
&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term
=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
turned to analysis from EPI's Dave Cooper. "It's a huge signal that
Congress
needs to step up and do something at the federal level. The fact that
advocates are targeting levels beyond what we've done before, and winning,
reflects people's frustration with the lack of any effort to deal with the
problem of wage stagnation at the federal level," Cooper said. | "Analysts
React to California's Proposed $15 Minimum Wage: 'A Blunt Approach'" >
(http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2016/03/28/analysts-react-to-californias-pro
posed-15-minimum-wage-a-blunt-approach/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute
&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term
=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
From the EPI Blog
Elise Gould
(http://www.epi.org/blog/the-u-s-womens-soccer-team-shows-us-just-how-much-i
s-at-stake-in-the-gender-wage-gap/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_
campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7
c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
The U.S. Women's Soccer Team shows us just how much is at stake in the
gender wage gap
(http://www.epi.org/blog/the-u-s-womens-soccer-team-shows-us-just-how-much-i
s-at-stake-in-the-gender-wage-gap/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_
campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7
c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
Elise Gould
(http://www.epi.org/blog/what-to-watch-on-jobs-day-signs-of-more-workers-ret
urning-to-the-economy-and-increases-in-their-wages/?utm_source=Economic+Poli
cy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=em
ail&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
What to Watch on Jobs Day: Signs of more workers returning to the economy
and increases in their wages
(http://www.epi.org/blog/what-to-watch-on-jobs-day-signs-of-more-workers-ret
urning-to-the-economy-and-increases-in-their-wages/?utm_source=Economic+Poli
cy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=em
ail&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
Ross Eisenbrey
(http://www.epi.org/blog/are-employee-contributions-essential-to-unemploymen
t-insurance/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EP
I_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58
196449)
Are employee contributions essential to unemployment insurance?
(http://www.epi.org/blog/are-employee-contributions-essential-to-unemploymen
t-insurance/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EP
I_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58
196449)
Ross Eisenbrey
(http://www.epi.org/blog/the-long-awaited-silica-rule-is-a-step-forward-for-
workers/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_Ne
ws_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-581964
49)
The long-awaited silica rule is a step forward for workers
(http://www.epi.org/blog/the-long-awaited-silica-rule-is-a-step-forward-for-
workers/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_Ne
ws_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-581964
49)
Valerie Wilson
(http://www.epi.org/blog/what-second-graders-can-teach-us-about-inequality/?
utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_
164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
What second graders can teach us about inequality
(http://www.epi.org/blog/what-second-graders-can-teach-us-about-inequality/?
utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_
164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
Hunter Blair
(http://www.epi.org/blog/house-republicans-cling-to-false-promise-of-austeri
ty-in-their-budget-resolution/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_camp
aign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c582
6c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
House Republicans cling to false promise of austerity in their budget
resolution
(http://www.epi.org/blog/house-republicans-cling-to-false-promise-of-austeri
ty-in-their-budget-resolution/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_camp
aign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c582
6c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
Daniel Costa
(http://www.epi.org/blog/the-president-could-create-100000-jobs-for-young-am
ericans/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_Ne
ws_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-581964
49)
The president could create 100,000 jobs for young Americans by ending
J-1 Summer Work Travel
(http://www.epi.org/blog/the-president-could-create-100000-jobs-for-young-am
ericans/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_Ne
ws_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-581964
49)
Elise Gould
(http://www.epi.org/blog/some-good-news-and-some-bad-news-in-todays-jolts-re
port/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_
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