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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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** 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-force-do-not-have-a-college-degree/?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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This week’s Economic Snapshot
(http://www.epi.org/publication/almost-two-thirds-of-people-in-the-labor-force-do-not-have-a-college-degree/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-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+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=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_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
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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-cofounder-professor-lester-thurow/?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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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-association-the-inextricable-links-between-exclusive-representation-agency-fees-and-the-duty-of-fair-representation/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-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-teachers-association/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
explaining how collective bargaining raises wages and improves the
standard of living for all workers.
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IN THE NEWS
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_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-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_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
turned to analysis from a recent EPI report
(http://www.epi.org/publication/wage-inequality-continued-its-35-year-rise-in-2015/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
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_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/11d0ab000be341579605b8a68529307e/some-leaving-workforce-continues-years-after-retiring?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449
EPI’s Monique Morrissey talked with the Associated Press
(http://bigstory.ap.org/article/11d0ab000be341579605b8a68529307e/some-leaving-workforce-continues-years-after-retiring?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=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-leaving-workforce-continues-years-after-retiring?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/rethinking-wages-for-tipped-workers/?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 interview with the “PBS NewsHour
(http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/rethinking-wages-for-tipped-workers/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&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_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&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-independent-worker-category/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-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_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)
, 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=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
, Think Progress
(http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2016/03/23/3762499/uber-revolution-independent-workers/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
, U.S. News & World Report
(http://www.usnews.com/opinion/economic-intelligence/articles/2016-03-29/ensure-uber-lyft-and-crowdsourcing-bring-more-creation-than-destruction?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&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-58196449)
. | "What We Call Uber Drivers Has Huge Implications" »
(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)
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_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449
The New York Times
(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_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
, Washington Post
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2016/03/30/cb760820-f60d-11e5-a3ce-f06b5ba21f33_story.html?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-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-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_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2016/03/28/analysts-react-to-californias-proposed-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-proposed-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-proposed-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-is-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_e7c5826c50-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-is-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_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
Elise Gould
(http://www.epi.org/blog/what-to-watch-on-jobs-day-signs-of-more-workers-returning-to-the-economy-and-increases-in-their-wages/?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 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-returning-to-the-economy-and-increases-in-their-wages/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
Ross Eisenbrey
(http://www.epi.org/blog/are-employee-contributions-essential-to-unemployment-insurance/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
Are employee contributions essential to unemployment insurance?
(http://www.epi.org/blog/are-employee-contributions-essential-to-unemployment-insurance/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
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_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
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_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
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-austerity-in-their-budget-resolution/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-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-austerity-in-their-budget-resolution/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
Daniel Costa
(http://www.epi.org/blog/the-president-could-create-100000-jobs-for-young-americans/?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 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-americans/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
Elise Gould
(http://www.epi.org/blog/some-good-news-and-some-bad-news-in-todays-jolts-report/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58196449)
Some good news and some bad news in today’s JOLTS report
(http://www.epi.org/blog/some-good-news-and-some-bad-news-in-todays-jolts-report/?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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