Chandra Childers

Senior Policy and Economic Analyst for EARN at EPI |Passionate about eliminating barriers to economic security for BIPOC workers |Opinions/Tweets are my own.

[Heidi Shierholz @hshierholz]

The Southern economic development model has totally failed. It has led to lower employment rates, lower wages, and higher poverty. https://t.co/bAEuXYYqfJ via @economicpolicy

[Economic Policy Institute @EconomicPolicy]

Southern politicians claim that “business-friendly” policies lead to more jobs & economic prosperity for all Southerners. The data actually show a grim reality—with lower employment rates, lower wages, & higher poverty in the South.

Read our new report: https://t.co/VNogszQYEt

[b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie]

This is a legit bombshell https://t.co/7qKuOCx1UO

[Power At Work @PowerAtWorkBlog]

"Why ‘right-to-work’ was always wrong for Michigan" by @jensherer and @eliselgould for @EconomicPolicy has been selected for this week's #PowerAtWork Weekly Download. Subscribe, and have it delivered directly to your inbox, every week.

https://t.co/OKcPQxgL2g

[GBPI @GaBudget]

🚨 STOP Senate Bill 233 🚨
The House Education Policy Subcommittee will hear #SB233 on Monday at 8am, which would privatize education through vouchers. Call House Education members & ask them to vote NO on SB 233. Our Director of Education gives more info #SaveOurSchools #GApol

[Michigan AFL-CIO ✊ @MIAFLCIO]

Jennifer Sherer from @EconomicPolicy is here in Senate Labor committee presenting on new analysis of how worker suppression laws have devastated Michigan's workers, wages, and workplace safety standards. #RestoreWorkerFreedom

https://t.co/yzXHjqOALd

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

Weird how all the concerns about government assistance contributing to inflation disappear into thin air when the beneficiaries are rich people

[tay is patience @plainpotatotay]

The rights of black citizens in Jackson, Mississippi is under attack once again. This antiblack bill has already been passed through the state’s house.

PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE THIS! MORE PEOPLE NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS. PLEASE SHARE!

(this video explains, ccs available)

[The Southern Economic Advancement Project @seapnews]

TAKE ACTION: Is your community in need of better infrastructure? Housing? Jobs?

There's money on the table for it all.

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https://t.co/5YDW8XQ6ZM

[Dave Kamper 🌹 @dskamper]

Hey! Check this out from @_ericblanc. He's trying to generate some detailed data on worker-driven organizing efforts. If you know anyone who's done this sort of thing, put them in touch with Eric!

[Chandra Childers @ChandraChilders]

This
https://t.co/kIqI119TjQ

[Oklahoma Policy Institute @OKPolicy]

POLICY MATTERS: Anti-public school rhetoric is running highly qualified teachers out of the classrooms, keeping college students from choosing education as a career, and dissuading solutions-oriented school board candidates from seeking office. https://t.co/HIDhDbx9OU

[DC @costadaniel]

🧵A shocking and depressing @NYTimes report on migrant children laboring for long hours in factories doing grueling jobs, just to survive - being robbed of their childhoods - many after harrowing journeys to the US from their countries of origin:

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

UPDATE: Brian Covey, a full-time substitute teacher in Duval County, Florida, was FIRED for posting a video of empty bookshelves.

This is the REAL STORY about why those shelves were empty and why Covey was let go

[Groundwork Collaborative @Groundwork]

"Employers firing workers for organizing unions—like the alleged complaint at @Tesla—all too common because of our broken labor law”

@EconomicPolicy's Margaret Poydock on how stronger labor laws could stop more companies from retaliating against workers

https://t.co/XYVtuLLNFv

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

An analysis by @EconomicPolicy found that the spike in profit margins since the pandemic explains roughly 40% of the rise in prices since mid-2020. Meaning? While Americans were struggling with high costs, giant corporations were padding their bottom line. Outrageous.

[SMART Union @smartunionworks]

“As long as it is more profitable to clean up a disaster than to prevent one, these Wall Street-driven rail corporations will continue to hold communities like East Palestine hostage.”

[Jennifer Sherer @jensherer]

“Workers are tired of (chief executive officers) making $10 million a year or $15 million a year,” Moore said. “They're finally standing up and having a voice saying enough is enough.” https://t.co/ghyuRUu1gH

[Deon Devon Osborne @indepthwithDeon]

Tulsa Mayor @gtbynum has said he doesn't believe #reparations to the last living survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre should come out of taxpayer funds. I've never once heard him complain about @TulsaPolice misconduct lawsuits being paid out of taxpayer funds.