Washington D.C. – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released an analysis of new campaign finance data from the Maine Ethics Commission which shows that the Mainers for Fair Wages political action committee (PAC) has received at least 75 percent of its monetary contributions from out-of-state donors. These donors include national labor unions, other labor-funded PACs, and labor-aligned advocacy groups. The disclosures show that Mainers for Fair Wages PAC may have received as […]

Washington D.C. – Today the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new analysis conducted by economists at Trinity University and Miami University examining the consequences of Maine’s proposed 60 percent minimum wage increase to $12. The economists, Drs. David Macpherson and William Even, conclude that roughly 3,800 jobs would be lost in the state at $12, and that these job losses would be concentrated among […]

Washington D.C. – Today the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) placed a full-page ad in the Washington D.C. edition of the Wall Street Journal refuting the claim that the minimum wage is a wedge issue that could make the difference in key battleground states on Election Day. The ad references how minimum wage proponents made this same prediction in 2014 and failed spectacularly. View the ad here. […]

Washington D.C. – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) placed a full-page ad in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch highlighting how a $12 minimum wage would cost the state over 20,000 jobs and put starter jobs out of reach by cutting off the bottom rungs of the career ladder. View the ad here. The ad features a young employee looking worryingly at a career ladder with the bottom rungs of entry-level jobs cut […]

Washington D.C. -- The Employment Policies Institute (EPI) is placing a full-page ad in tomorrow’s edition of USA Today highlighting how a $15 minimum wage would incentivize businesses to replace employees with automated, self-service alternatives. The ad coincides with another round of coordinated union-backed protests of fast food restaurants demanding a $15 minimum wage. The Associated Press has reported that tomorrow’s round of protests will […]

Washington D.C. – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) is highlighting recent economic research finding that a $12 federal minimum wage would cost 770,000 jobs. It is also highlighting stories of small businesses that have been forced to reduce job opportunities because of recent local minimum wage increases. This morning, Congressional Democrats including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Labor Secretary Tom Perez, and activist groups are […]