Author: Economic Policy Institute

About Economic Policy Institute

Marni von Wilpert and Samantha Sanders are experts on the future of work and employment at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank created in 1986 to include the needs of low- and middle-income workers in economic policy discussions. Marni is Associate Labor Counsel supporting EPI’s Perkins Project on Worker Rights and Wages, a policy response team tracking the wage and employment policies coming out of the White House, both houses of Congress, and the courts. Samantha is EPI’s Director of Government Relations, ensuring that policymakers and advocates gain access to EPI research and initiatives that support their efforts to improve wages and working conditions for low- to middle-income workers and their families.