EPI Supports Rhode Island Proposal to Expand Youth Minimum Wage Points to research showing value of training wages that keep career pathways open for young jobseekers Washington D.C. – Today the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) announced support for legislation that would greatly-expand the training wage in Rhode Island, to keep career pathways open for young jobseekers. Rhode Island State Representative Kenneth J. Mendonça is testifying before the […]

Washington D.C. – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new commercial featuring real-world stories of the negative impacts of dramatic minimum wage increases across the country. The ad will run twice nationwide during Mornings With Maria on Fox Business on Tuesday, April 4th -- the same day as the latest round of SEIU-backed Fight for $15 minimum wage protests occurring in major cities nationwide. Watch the commercial here. The commercial features the stories of several business […]

Washington D.C. – Today the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new analysis conducted by economists David Macpherson from Trinity University and William Even from Miami University examining the consequences of raising St. Louis minimum wage to $11 an hour--a 43 percent increase that may take place on January 1st, 2018. The state legislature is attempting to block this increase after months of courtroom battles, so that one uniform state minimum wage applies. The analysis concludes that […]

  Washington D.C. – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) criticized the Baltimore City Council for passage of a $15 minimum wage, highlighting how it would reduce job opportunities for the city’s unemployed poor. In Baltimore City, the most recent data from the American Community Survey (ACS) show that over 40% of job-seeking residents in the labor force who live below the poverty line can't find work. While the city […]

Washington D.C. – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) criticized a series of labor-related bills to be considered by the New York City Council this Friday in its Committee on Civil Service and Labor. EPI highlights how these bills would reduce job opportunities and flexibility as well as create a mechanism for union-aligned nonprofits to collect dues-like payments from fast food employees--without even taking a vote to unionize. There are six bills […]

Washington D.C. – Today the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a commercial of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s employees discussing their  on-the-job experiences at these restaurants. The 60-second commercial is running in the DC market during Fox and Friends, Morning Joe, Hannity, Tucker Carlson Tonight, and The O'Reilly Factor on Tuesday and Wednesday, as well as during Fox and Friends and Morning Joe on Thursday. The commercial coincides with CKE Restaurants CEO Andy Puzder’s Secretary of Labor confirmation hearing on Thursday as well as coordinated, SEIU-orchestrated protests […]