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Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 13:12:06 +0000
Subject: Texas judge blocks raises for millions of workers
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http://www.epi.org/press/overtime-injunction-is-an-extreme-and-unsupportable-decision/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID]
** Judge stops millions of workers from getting a raise
(http://www.epi.org/press/overtime-injunction-is-an-extreme-and-unsupportable-decision/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
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Responding to requests from business interests, a United States
District Court in Texas issued an injunction putting the Obama
administration’s updates to the overtime pay rule on hold, dashing the
hopes of millions of workers who were poised to get paid for overtime
work. EPI’s Ross Eisenbrey released a statement
(http://www.epi.org/press/overtime-injunction-is-an-extreme-and-unsupportable-decision/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
on the ruling, calling it “a blow to those Americans who care deeply
about raising wages and lessening inequality.”
WORKING PEOPLE
** Will Trump deliver anything for working people?
(http://www.epi.org/blog/big-gap-between-trumps-promises-middle-class-and-his-policies/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
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The policy proposals and potential cabinet appointments
president-elect Trump has put forth thus far are unlikely to help
working- and middle-class Americans. In a new article
(http://www.epi.org/blog/big-gap-between-trumps-promises-middle-class-and-his-policies/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
, EPI’s Josh Bivens discusses how the Trump administration may betray
the promises he made to American working people on a range of issues
including renegotiating trade agreements, taking on Wall Street, and
rebuilding America’s crumbling infrastructure.
INFRASTRUCTURE
** Trump’s infrastructure plan could be a giveaway to developers
(http://www.epi.org/blog/trumps-infrastructure-plan-is-not-a-simple-public-private-partnership-plan-and-wont-lead-to-much-new-investment/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
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President-elect Donald Trump has indicated that one of his first
priorities will be a plan to boost infrastructure investment. The
plan, which provides tax credits to investors committed to financing
infrastructure, has been equated as a form of
public-private-partnerships (P3s). In a new article
(http://www.epi.org/blog/trumps-infrastructure-plan-is-not-a-simple-public-private-partnership-plan-and-wont-lead-to-much-new-investment/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
, EPI’s Josh Bivens and Hunter Blair explain that Trump’s plan isn’t
as simple as encouraging the use of P3s, but rather is a way to
transfer money to private financiers and developers with no guarantee
that net new investments are made.
IN THE NEWS
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/business/obama-rule-to-expand-overtime-eligibility-is-suspended-by-judge.html?_r=0&mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID]
The New York Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/business/obama-rule-to-expand-overtime-eligibility-is-suspended-by-judge.html?_r=0&mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
quoted Ross Eisenbrey on a Texas judge’s decision to issue a
nationwide injunction putting the updates to the overtime rule on
hold, calling the move “a disappointment to millions of workers who
are forced to work long hours with no extra compensation.” | "Judge
Suspends Rule Expanding Overtime for Millions of Workers" »
(http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/business/obama-rule-to-expand-overtime-eligibility-is-suspended-by-judge.html?_r=0&mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/11/19/the-real-secret-to-asian-american-success-was-not-education/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID]
In a story about educational attainment and wages, the Washington Post
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/11/19/the-real-secret-to-asian-american-success-was-not-education/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
cited EPI research
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/10/03/why-black-workers-who-do-everything-right-still-get-left-behind/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID]#comments)
on the racial wage gap, noting that the difference between what a
white college graduate earns and what a black college graduate earns
has widened since the 1980s | "The real secret to Asian American
success was not education" »
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/11/19/the-real-secret-to-asian-american-success-was-not-education/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
http://www.marketplace.org/2016/11/21/world/economy-under-trump?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID]
Marketplace
(http://www.marketplace.org/2016/11/21/world/economy-under-trump?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
interviewed EPI’s Josh Bivens about the economy in Trump’s first year.
“You’ll see continued attacks on organized labor. And I think unions
are really key to supporting wages,” said Bivens | "The economy in
Trump’s first year" »
(http://www.marketplace.org/2016/11/21/world/economy-under-trump?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2016/11/18/how-much-more-do-ceos-make-than-workers-with-trumps-election-it-could-be-harder-to-know/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID]
In a story about CEO pay regulation under the Trump administration,
the Washington Post
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2016/11/18/how-much-more-do-ceos-make-than-workers-with-trumps-election-it-could-be-harder-to-know/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
cited EPI research on CEO pay
(http://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-and-worker-pay-in-2015/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
, noting the average CEO made 276 times the typical working in 2015. |
"How much more do CEOs make than workers? With Trump’s election, it
could be harder to know." »
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2016/11/18/how-much-more-do-ceos-make-than-workers-with-trumps-election-it-could-be-harder-to-know/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-infrastructure-plan-3cd425323c76?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID]#.bhjva2bjd
Think Progress
(https://thinkprogress.org/trump-infrastructure-plan-3cd425323c76?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID]#.q4ukqdczk)
interviewed Josh Bivens about Donald Trump’s infrastructure plan.
“Projects that are profitable will be undertaken and those without
profit won’t be,” Bivens said, which is “almost the exact reverse
ordering where you get the big bang for the buck.” | "Trump’s
infrastructure plan is just a windfall for Wall Street" »
(https://thinkprogress.org/trump-infrastructure-plan-3cd425323c76?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID]#.bhjva2bjd)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-nafta-analysis-idUSKBN13H0BQ?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID]
In a story about Donald Trump’s plan to renegotiate NAFTA, Reuters
(http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-nafta-analysis-idUSKBN13H0BQ?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
cited EPI research
(https://ideas.repec.org/a/elg/rokejn/v2y2014i4p429-441.html?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
on trade, noting that NAFTA lead to the loss of 850,000 U.S.
manufacturing jobs. | "Trump’s NAFTA revamp would require concessions,
may borrow from TPP" »
(http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-nafta-analysis-idUSKBN13H0BQ?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
From the EPI Blog
Josh Bivens
(http://www.epi.org/blog/big-gap-between-trumps-promises-middle-class-and-his-policies/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
Already a big gap between Trump’s promises to the middle class and his
policies
(http://www.epi.org/blog/big-gap-between-trumps-promises-middle-class-and-his-policies/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
Josh Bivens and Hunter Blair
(http://www.epi.org/blog/trumps-infrastructure-plan-is-not-a-simple-public-private-partnership-plan-and-wont-lead-to-much-new-investment/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
Trump’s infrastructure plan is not a simple public-private partnership
plan, and won’t lead to much new investment
(http://www.epi.org/blog/trumps-infrastructure-plan-is-not-a-simple-public-private-partnership-plan-and-wont-lead-to-much-new-investment/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
Ross Eisenbrey
(http://www.epi.org/blog/cbo-inflates-its-estimates-of-employer-compliance-costs/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
CBO inflates its estimates of employer compliance costs
(http://www.epi.org/blog/cbo-inflates-its-estimates-of-employer-compliance-costs/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
Lawrence Mishel
(http://www.epi.org/blog/how-will-a-trump-administration-lift-wages-for-the-vast-majority-of-americans-statement-of-lawrence-mishel-president-of-the-economic-policy-institute/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
How will a Trump administration lift wages for the vast majority of
Americans?
(http://www.epi.org/blog/how-will-a-trump-administration-lift-wages-for-the-vast-majority-of-americans-statement-of-lawrence-mishel-president-of-the-economic-policy-institute/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
Robert E. Scott
(http://www.epi.org/blog/the-tpp-is-a-back-door-for-dumped-and-subsidized-imports-from-china-it-would-enhance-not-limit-chinas-influence-in-the-region/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
The TPP is a back door for dumped and subsidized imports from China;
it would enhance, not limit, China’s influence in the region
(http://www.epi.org/blog/the-tpp-is-a-back-door-for-dumped-and-subsidized-imports-from-china-it-would-enhance-not-limit-chinas-influence-in-the-region/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
Elise Gould
(http://www.epi.org/blog/setting-a-higher-bar-for-the-economy-and-policymakers/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
Setting a higher bar for the economy—and policymakers
(http://www.epi.org/blog/setting-a-higher-bar-for-the-economy-and-policymakers/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
Elise Gould
(http://www.epi.org/blog/what-to-watch-on-jobs-day-a-steadily-improving-but-still-weak-labor-market-for-the-next-president/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
What to Watch on Jobs Day: A steadily improving, but still-weak labor
market for the next president
(http://www.epi.org/blog/what-to-watch-on-jobs-day-a-steadily-improving-but-still-weak-labor-market-for-the-next-president/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
Benjamin Sachs
(http://www.epi.org/blog/what-the-uk-decision-implies-for-uber-drivers-in-the-u-s/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
What the UK decision implies for Uber drivers in the U.S.
(http://www.epi.org/blog/what-the-uk-decision-implies-for-uber-drivers-in-the-u-s/?mc_cid=1940336c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
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