President, @EPI-org. Board member, EPI Action. Former Chief Economist, US Dept of Labor. Bike commuter, backyard beekeeper. Tweets my own. She/her.
Heidi Shierholz
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Trump's war has wiped out an entire year and a half of wage growth
THIS
Ben Zipperer
Heidi Shierholz
Nominal wage growth ticking down - no labor market pressures on inflation. Unfortunately, recent price hikes mean this will likely produce real wage declines (once new CPI data is released.
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This is today!
Trump's war has wiped out an entire year and a half of wage growth
🚨New paper.
🧵Our baseline estimate implies that preserving trust in the integrity and quality of official statistics generates economic benefits of about $25 for every $1 spent on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics's budget.
cc: @nickbloom.bsky.social, @ericagroshen.bsky.social, #econsky
Arin Dube
Arin Dube
Ben Zipperer
A 40% pay increase, the right to walk off the job if federal agents (i.e. CBP/ICE) pose a threat to them *and* the contract expires in April 2028 so they can demand more ahead of the Olympics.
Shoutout Local 11, shoutout unions.
A new @epi.org report found that US companies are spending more than $1.5 billion a year on union-busting consultants and lawyers. They’ll spend unlimited money crushing workers’ voices and then claim there’s no money for better conditions.
Nominal wage growth continued to slow in May, now 3.4% over the year. While we don't get the May inflation data until next week, it's very likely, given recent trends, that real wages will continue to fall and workers and their families will find it increasingly difficult to make ends meet.
#EconSky
Michael R Strain
Critics say employers spend money hiring union-avoidance consultants and lawyers while not investing in workers
The latest jobs report came in stronger than expected this morning. The economy added 172,000 jobs in May and the unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%. Nominal wage growth continued to decelerate, further exacerbating affordability as prices rise.
#EconSky #NumbersDay @epi.org
While there's been little change this year, federal employment has shrunk an alarming 333k jobs since Jan 2025. The vital services federal employees provide cannot be done without these essential workers.
#NumbersDay #EconSky
Liz Shuler
Ryan Rosenblatt, Back to Back World Series Champ
Elise Gould
Elise Gould
DC friends — mark your calendars.
On 5/19, @groundwork.bsky.social and @epi.org are hosting a book talk & happy hour to celebrate the release of my new book, The Wage Standard: What's Wrong in the Labor Market and How to Fix It.
Free book! Free drinks!
RSVP now👇
Elise Gould
Arin Dube
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Stadium workers near Los Angeles say they have reached a tentative contract deal, averting strike ahead of World Cup.
