April 27, 2022 - Smlr_net

27 Apr 2022


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*April 27, 2022*
*Title:*                    State of Working America 2021
*Source:*               Economic Policy Institute
*Author:*               Elise Gould and Jori Kandra
*Date:*                   April 27, 2022
*Summary:*          This report is the latest in EPI’s annual series
looking at State of Working America wage data. For decades, EPI’s State of
Working America project has been tracking wages, incomes, poverty, and
wealth in order to answer the question, “How well is the economy working
for working families in the U.S.?”
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/3kinJv2
*Title:*                    Hot Job Market, an Economic Relief, Is a Wall
Street Worry
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               Talmon Joseph Smith
*Date:*                   April 26, 2022
*Summary:*          This year’s decline in stock prices follows a
historical pattern: “When unemployment is ultra low, the uppity times are
behind us,” a bank research chief said.
*Link:*                    https://nyti.ms/3Kpsr4C
*Title:*                   For Many American Families a Living Wage Is Out
of Reach: Report
*Source:*               ABC News
*Author: *              Sasha Pezenik
*Date:*                   April 27, 2022
*Summary:*          A new report diving into the data on vital measures of
health and social determinants of health finds that women, and particularly
women of color, continue to experience steep pay gaps, that many Americans
cannot afford child care and many school districts may be underfunded.
*Link:*                    https://abcn.ws/3LoFdBH
*Title:*                    UC Academic Workers Block Westwood Intersection
to Protest Pay, Policies
*Source:*               Los Angeles Times
*Author:*               Sonja Sharp
*Date:*                   April 26, 2022
*Summary:*          Hundreds of UCLA researchers, student-instructors and
other academic workers took to the streets of Westwood on Tuesday
afternoon, protesting low pay and what they deemed institutionalized
discrimination and harassment at the University of California.
*Link:*                    https://lat.ms/37Gv19f
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