WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today announced that the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI) rose to 81.29 in May, up 0.28% from the previous month, reflecting a rise in both high-quality and low-quality jobs. The slight increase was the result in increases in high-quality jobs in construction and transport/warehousing, which were partially…
Corporate profits grew by double and sometimes triple digits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Worker wages did not.
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today announced that the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI) rose to 81.01 in April, up 0.06% from the previous month, reflecting a rise in both high-wage and low-wage jobs. The increase was driven by modest gains in employment in high-quality, i.e. high-paying service sectors including finance, insurance,…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today announced that the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI) rose to 81.17 in March, up 0.91% from the previous month, reflecting a rise in both high-wage and low-wage jobs as the recovery from Covid continues. Jobs in Professional and Business Services grew by 177,000 in the month.…
P&O Ferries is the largest operator of ferryboats between the British Isles and the European Continent, a $1.1 billion company carrying 10 million passengers a year. Two weeks ago, on March 24, P&O shocked its 800 employees by firing all of them. But it was less what it did than how it did it. On…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today announced that the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI) fell to 79.80 in December, down 0.27% from the previous month, reflecting faster growth in low-wage jobs in the month. The fall in the JQI was driven by substantial growth in low-wage jobs in food services and accommodation…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today announced that the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI) rose marginally to 81.17 in December, up 0.08% from the previous month, reflecting slightly faster growth in high-wage jobs than low-wage in the month. The small rise of the JQI was driven mainly by growth…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today announced that the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI) fell slightly to 81.4 in November, down 0.85% from the previous month. The decline in the JQI was driven by the growth in low-wage jobs in the medical equipment manufacturing and motor vehicle dealership sector,…
In June, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai gave a speech in which she outlined her vision of worker-centered trade, a popular phrase among Biden administration officials. According to Tai: “Build Back Better starts by growing the economy from the bottom up and the middle out and putting workers at the center of our economic plans…In…
A year ago, at the height of the pandemic, a severe shortage of vital personal protective equipment (PPE) hit America. Hospitals were asking staff to re-use masks and other protective equipment. Health care professionals, political leaders, and ordinary people with family members in hospitals and on ventilators were all in agreement: the U.S. must not…
