"The overall slowdown in national job postings...does not appear to be driven (even modestly) by AI."

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What is the State of Working America and the U.S. economy in 2026? Join @joshbivens-econ.bsky.social, @benzipperer.org + Chandra Childers as they discuss how current policies impact working people and solutions that create a more affordable life for everyone. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

New analysis from @elisegould.bsky.social and Emma Cohn ahead of #EqualPayDay and the headline is grim: The gender wage gap just widened—after hitting a series low of 18.0% in 2024, it's back up to 18.6% in 2025. 1/3

Today is #EqualPayDay, but there's no cause for celebration. This is how far into 2026 women would have to work on top of the hours they worked in 2025 simply to match what men were paid in 2025. Emma Cohn and I detail changes in the pay gap and what we can do about it. www.epi.org/blog/the-gen...

The #ACA anniversary is a reminder: more people got coverage, fewer went without care. But as TCI’s Ashley Kenneth says, “that progress is all imperiled” by federal cuts. Now, #VaBudget choices will determine whether families keep coverage or lose it.

March 26 is Equal Pay Day, marking how long American women must work into the year to earn the same salary as their male counterparts. The gender pay gap widened slightly in 2025, with women earning 18.6% less, on average, than men. www.epi.org/blog/the-gen... #equalpay #equalpayday @epi.org

we have essentially zero data on how many people ICE has arrested, detained, or deported over the past month ICE stopped releasing its congressionally mandated biweekly detention reports, and DHS hasn't published its monthly enforcement tables since Trump's inauguration

Policymakers should adjust minimum wages for inflation to improve affordability, including in California’s fast food industry. A failure to regularly index for inflation provides a windfall to low-wage employers at the expense of their frontline employees. 1/3

New analysis from @elisegould.bsky.social and Emma Cohn ahead of #EqualPayDay and the headline is grim: The gender wage gap just widened—after hitting a series low of 18.0% in 2024, it's back up to 18.6% in 2025. 1/3

New, from me: The federal government is required to track job satisfaction among its employees. The Trump admin stopped collecting the data, so a nonprofit stepped in. The results show that a collapse in morale and zero trust in Trump agency leaders. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/federal-em...

Virginia became the first state in the South to pass comprehensive paid family and medical leave legislation! 👏 For too long, Southern states have fallen behind as other regions have begun to implement comprehensive paid leave programs.

We are now seeing solid evidence that Trump's increased immigration enforcement is not leading to better outcomes for US-born workers - in fact, the opposite is happening, with joblessness increasing for native-born workers as deportations increase:

This Day in Labor History: March 16, 1907. Timber workers in Portland went on strike. This was one of the first actions organized by people affiliated with the Industrial Workers of the World. But the AFL joined with employers to crush it! Let's talk about this moment and provide some context!!

Trump administration is radically cutting wages for migrant farmworkers in the H-2A visa program because his Labor Department admits that deportations will raise food prices. The @nytimes.com cites research from @benzipperer.org and I showing that US farmworkers will also see a $3 billion pay cut:

The Trump administration is radically cutting wages for farmworkers in the H-2A visa program - because they’ve admitted that deportations will raise food prices. This will also put downward pressure on the wages of U.S. farmworkers, reducing their total annual wages by about $3 billion.

Virginia lawmakers took a huge step toward stronger public services & economic outcomes for Virginians by extending full collective bargaining rights to state + local govt employees. It will be an historic change _IF_ the Governor signs the new law. 👉 Strong unions make stronger communities 👈

The state can raise revenues by taxing wealthy corporations that profit off New Jerseyans. "State governments are going to have to work harder to make sure that wealth ... is being pulled back in to pay for the services that make the state great," said @ptrchn1.bsky.social. youtu.be/CnVwpzrbQS0?...

The answer is clear: stop asking for more from working Mainers and ask more of those who have the most. #mepolitics www.mecep.org/blog/lawmake...

Huge thanks to Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, Speaker Javier Martínez, Chair Nathan Small, and Vice Chair Meredith Dixon for the $60M designated in the state budget for early childhood professional wages! Supporting the workforce will allow universal child care to be successful. #nmpol #nmleg

March 14 is Pi Day, when people across the country celebrate the mathematical constant π (3.14) with slices of their favorite pies. This Pi Day, our Research Team is sharing something they love even more than pie: pie charts. 🥧 Dig in --> buff.ly/1CZr1y1 #NHPolitics #Data #PiDay #NewHampshire

It’s becoming increasingly difficult for those looking for work to find a job. And federal funding choices are making it worse. ncbudget.org/quarter...

Today, the BLS released the latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey data for January: - Most measures experienced little to no change since December - Benchmark revisions indicate very small changes in originally reported data for December, little to no impact on trends #NumbersDay #EconSky

Last year @benzipperer.org and @cmcnich.bsky.social wrote about the risk from both conflicts of interest and dismantling of ethics requirements. www.epi.org/publication/...

A sad follow up to this thread: Indiana's Governor Braun signed the bill eliminating the Youth Employment System which protected youth workers and was a deterrent to child labor violations. stopchildlabor.org/the-child-la...

According to NYT, Pentagon officials told Congress that the first 6 days of the war had cost the U.S. at least $11.3 billion. But we can't seem to expand nutritional assistance programs to help families avoid food insecurity, which is worse today than it was in 2019!!!

No, that's not a typo; 20% of people in DC hold 54% of the wealth. And much of the economic inequality in DC is driven by racial disparities. We break it all down in our latest report, The State of Working DC. Find it at https://loom.ly/8j1UpYM

A workplace that reflects the workforce is not “reverse racism.” The Trump EEOC’s frivolous justification for a serious federal investigation is another signal of the rise of white supremacy within our government & diverts attention + resources from the systemic discrimination that still occurs.

Dr. Chandra Childers, Senior Policy and Economic Analyst for EARN at @epi.org, was presented by Soraya Chemaly (@sorayachemaly.bsky.social) with our WMC Progressive Women’s Voices IMPACT Award for her work to advance pro-worker economic, racial, and gender justice policies across the South & nation.

I am always glad to see Black women being centered in our own stories about the workforce and the workplace. One thing I want to note is that across multiple sectors, the net employment loss Black women have experienced is closer to 216,000 from 2024-2025 according to @epi.org.

Avid dictionary user and Policy and Economic Analyst @ninamast.bsky.social fights for U.S. worker rights, esp for the least protected like children. You've probably seen her on TV, read her work, heard her on podcasts. And she has 👏 ARRIVED 👏 with a mention in @merriam-webster.com.

And now for a bit of good news: 🎉 Congratulations to EPI Senior Policy & Economic Analyst (and absolute legend) Chandra Childers who was honored with a Progressive Women's Voices IMPACT Award last week at the Women's Media Center's 21st Anniversary Awards. #WomensHistoryMonth

Join us this spring for “The State Budget: What You Need to Know.” NHFPI is hosting 10 events across all 10 New Hampshire counties about how the State budget works and what it means for Granite Staters. 📍 Find an event near you: nhfpi.org/tour #nhpolitics #nhbudget

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La proporción de hispanos con empleo (63.8%) también cayó en febrero. Tanto la tasa de empleo de las latinas (60%) como la de los latinos (75.4%) registraron un descenso el mes pasado. Ambas cifras se sitúan por debajo de las registradas en noviembre de 2025. #LatinSky #Economia #Latinos

La tasa de desempleo (TD) hispana subió al 5.2% en febrero dado un aumento mayor de lo habitual en la TD de los latinos (4.5%), lo que borró las ganancias de enero. La TD de las latinas (5.0%) también mantuvo la tendencia al alza que comenzó en diciembre de 2025. #LatinSky #Economia #Latinos

The share of Hispanics w/ a job (63.8%) also fell slightly last month after what seemed like a strong start to 2026 in January. Both Latinas (60.0%) and Latinos (75.4%) saw their employment rates contract in February. Both figures now stand below those recorded in November 2025. #JobsDay #EconSky

The Hispanic unemployment rate (UR) climbed to 5.2% last month. This was driven by a sharper than usual rise in the UR of Latinos, to 4.5%, which reversed the January gains. The UR of Latinas (5.0%) also kept the upward trend that started late last year in December. #JobsDay #EconSky

Ever feel like your pay isn't keeping up? You're right. Find out why with the newly updated Wage Calculator 👇

Divya Nair, EPI Policy Analyst, testifying in support of HB-7968 to strengthen the state’s paid family leave program by increasing leave to 12 weeks, expanding caregiving leave to include grandchildren and care recipients, and allowing self-employed workers to opt in.

Nearly one-third of U.S. workers are now covered by state-level #paidleave programs - but not in Indiana. YET! Check out the research from @npwf and then join our growing coalition to demand #paidleave4Hoosiers: groups.google.com/g/inpaidleave nationalpartnership.org/report/state...

The Virginia legislature is actively working on this legislation but current versions—HB1263 & SB378—exclude home care workers + higher-ed workers. 👉 Strong unions make stronger communities 👈 ALL public employees at all levels of state + local government deserve full collective bargaining rights.

A SNAPSHOT OF TRUMP'S ECONOMY—judged by his own goals: manufacturing jobs are down 100,000 since Trump took office, private-sector job growth is the weakest we’ve seen outside a recession in more than 20 years, and the unemployment rate for U.S.-born workers has increased.

Today's jobs report was much weaker than expected. Payroll jobs fell 92k in Feb, and revisions to Dec data show a loss of 17k jobs. Average job growth over the last 3 months now under 6k. Household survey population controls indicate a significant drop in the labor force. #NumbersDay #EconSky

How much does a modest but adequate lifestyle cost in your area? New Family Budget Calculator estimates from @epi.org

@lynnrhinehart.bsky.social The Trump administration’s short-sighted attacks on the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service www.epi.org/publication/...

*Over 5 million people* have used EPI's Family Budget Calculator to understand how much they need to afford where they live. It estimates costs—housing, food, transportation, child care, health care, taxes, and more—for 10 family types in every U.S. county and metropolitan area.

Every day, public service workers show up for our communities. When we invest in public service jobs, we invest in better outcomes for all of us. More from @epi.org: www.epi.org/blog/you-can...