Research and Publications

Prior to the 1980s, Giant Eagle provided family-sustaining careers to its employees. Over time, however, the company shifted to...

• Minimum Wage
• Wages
• Labor Unions

Today is a little like Labor Day except with a twist: because of oral arguments today in the Supreme...

• U.S. Economy
• Wages
• Income Inequality
• Unions

(NOTE: at a future date we plan to address the substance of the op-ed referred to below by Anthony...

• Higher Education

Last year, Mayor Jim Kenney boldly called for the School Reform Commission (SRC) to be disbanded and for control...

• Philadelphia
• PA Taxes
• Education

The Economic Policy Institute is out today with a new paper authored by Jeffrey Keefe examining compensation for public...

• K-12 Education

The president has put forward a “plan” for infrastructure spending that identifies no new source of funding, that makes...

• U.S. Economy
• Economic Development

The following is a guest post from Steven Martinez, Communications Director at the Community Action Association of Pennsylvania:

• Human Services