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    Black deaths at the hands of law enforcement are linked to historical lynchings

    Originally published: Economic Policy Institute on June 5, 2020 by Jhacova Williams and Carl Romer (more by Economic Policy Institute)  | (Posted Jun 08, 2020)

    U.S. counties where lynchings were more prevalent from 1877 to 1950 have more officer-involved killings

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    CEO compensation has grown 940% since 1978

    Originally published: Economic Policy Institute on August 14, 2019 (more by Economic Policy Institute)  | (Posted Aug 19, 2019)

    Typical worker compensation has risen only 12% during that time

  • | What this study finds In 2015 and 2016 a total of $2 billion in stolen wages $8803 million in 2015 $11 billion in 2016 were recovered for workers Photo Credit Portsideorg | MR Online

    Two billion dollars in stolen wages were recovered for workers in 2015 and 2016—and that’s just a drop in the bucket

    Originally published: Economic Policy Institute on December 13, 2017 by By Celine McNicholas, Zane Mokhiber, and Adam Chaikof (more by Economic Policy Institute)  | (Posted Dec 31, 2017)

    The last four decades have been marked by rising wage inequality, with the vast majority of American workers experiencing wage stagnation while those at the top rung of the economic ladder reap the benefits of growth in productivity. These dynamics mean that many workers struggle to make ends meet; in 2016 one in five families in which at least one person worked were living below 200 percent of the federal poverty line (U.S. Census Bureau 2017).

  • | Trumps Department of Labor proposes rule that lets employers steal employees tips Boing Boing | MR Online

    Employers would pocket $5.8 billion of workers’ tips under Trump administration’s proposed ‘tip stealing’ rule

    Originally published: Economic Policy Institute on December 12, 2017 by Heidi Shierholz, David Cooper, Julia Wolfe and Ben Zipperer (more by Economic Policy Institute)  | (Posted Dec 22, 2017)

    On December 5, the Trump administration took its first major step toward allowing employers to legally pocket the tips earned by the workers they employ. The Department of Labor (DOL) released a proposed rule that would allow restaurants to take the tips that servers earn and share them with untipped employees such as cooks and dishwashers.

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