Every state in the country reported its highest initial unemployment claims ever either last week or the week before

April 2, 2020 By David Cooper and Julia Wolfe Blog

The Trump NLRB needs to be removed

April 2, 2020 By Lynn Rhinehart Blog

3.5 million workers likely lost their employer-provided health insurance in the past two weeks

April 2, 2020 By Ben Zipperer and Josh Bivens Blog

Workers exposed to the coronavirus need to be able to protect themselves from illness or death without risking their employment

April 2, 2020 By Ann Rosenthal Blog

Policymakers twice missed the chance to avert widespread job loss, now they should act to avoid more layoffs

April 1, 2020 By Heidi Shierholz Blog

Nearly 20 million workers will likely be laid off or furloughed by July: Updated state numbers project further job losses due to the coronavirus

April 1, 2020 By David Cooper and Julia Wolfe Blog

Which data to watch and not watch this week: Watch Thursday’s unemployment insurance claims, not Friday’s jobs day numbers

April 1, 2020 By Elise Gould and Heidi Shierholz Blog

Unions are giving workers a seat at the table when it comes to the coronavirus response

March 31, 2020 By Lora Engdahl Blog

Nine in 10 farmworkers could be covered by the paid leave provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act—but not if smaller employers are exempted

March 31, 2020 By Daniel Costa and Philip Martin Blog

In midst of a pandemic, Trump’s NLRB makes it nearly impossible for workers to organize a union

March 31, 2020 By Celine McNicholas Blog

Older workers can’t work from home and are at a higher risk for COVID-19

March 31, 2020 By Elise Gould Blog

Exposed and underpaid: Women still make less than men, including in sectors especially affected by the coronavirus

March 30, 2020 By Valerie Wilson Blog

EPI President Thea Lee tells MSNBC’s Velshi the coronavirus shines a light on economic inequality in the United States

March 29, 2020 Blog

With smart policy, a temporary collapse in GDP doesn’t have to cause great human suffering

March 27, 2020 By Josh Bivens Blog

The CARES Act’s aid to state and local governments isn’t enough to shield vital public services from the coronavirus shock: Lessons from the Great Recession tell us why

March 27, 2020 By Hunter Blair Blog

Early state unemployment insurance data foreshadow the massive shock the coronavirus is having on state labor markets: The real surge will be seen in next week’s data

March 27, 2020 By David Cooper and Julia Wolfe Blog

Without fast action from Congress, low-wage workers will be ineligible for unemployment benefits during the coronavirus crisis

March 26, 2020 By Ben Zipperer and Elise Gould Blog

The coronavirus pandemic highlights that Americans need more options to vote

March 25, 2020 By Jhacova Williams Blog

Despite some good provisions, the CARES Act has glaring flaws and falls short of fully protecting workers during the coronavirus crisis

March 25, 2020 By Josh Bivens and Heidi Shierholz Blog

States are projected to lose more jobs due to the coronavirus: 14 million jobs could be lost by summer

March 25, 2020 By Julia Wolfe and David Cooper Blog

Southern state policymakers must do more to respond to the coronavirus pandemic: Medicaid expansion, emergency paid sick leave, and dedicated public health resources are especially needed

March 25, 2020 By Hunter Blair and Jaimie Worker Blog

Nurses in garbage bags?: Why the Trump administration must use the Defense Production Act to mobilize production of critically needed hospital protective equipment immediately

March 24, 2020 By Robert E. Scott Blog

The coronavirus crisis led to a record-breaking spike in weekly unemployment insurance claims: An estimated 3.4 million workers filed for unemployment last week

March 24, 2020 By Aaron Sojourner and Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham Blog

The coronavirus economic policy response must include relief and redistribution now and major demand stimulus once the crisis passes

March 23, 2020 By Heidi Shierholz and Josh Bivens Blog

Fixing unemployment insurance and the coronavirus response

March 23, 2020 Blog

Here are safeguards needed in bailout packages to protect working people and fight corporate greed

March 23, 2020 By Heidi Shierholz and Celine McNicholas Blog

The unemployment rate is not the right measure to make economic policy decisions around the coronavirus-driven recession: Policymakers should use the employment rate to continue or stop economic assistance

March 20, 2020 By Elise Gould Blog

The coronavirus fiscal response should be as big as needed—but current forecasts indicate at least $2.1 trillion is needed through 2020: The expected hit to the economy would mean almost 14 million job losses by summer

March 20, 2020 By Josh Bivens Blog

Every state will lose jobs as a result of the coronavirus: Policymakers must take action

March 19, 2020 By David Cooper and Julia Wolfe Blog

Not everybody can work from home: Black and Hispanic workers are much less likely to be able to telework

March 19, 2020 By Elise Gould and Heidi Shierholz Blog

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