Berkeley Labor Center
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We are a public service & outreach program that conducts research on issues related to labor and employment. Chairs @kjacobs9 & @munozbrenda1
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Join us for a virtual celebration of Jane McAlevey on Thurs 9/5, from 5–7pm PT. Jane, who died on July 7, spent the last five years at the Labor Center training and mentoring thousands of workers and labor leaders to take on and win critical fights. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/event/celebrat…
INBOX: CA State Treasurer announces CalSavers, a retirement plan for workers whose employers don't provide one (passed in 2016 by CA lege), has reached $1 billion in assets.
State Sen. Scott Wiener's #SB1047 AI regulation bill will now head to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk, after narrowly passing an Assembly floor vote yesterday and passing back through the Senate this morning. sfchronicle.com/tech/article/l… San Francisco Chronicle
This Labor Day, feeling particularly thrilled to share that we’ve launched “Building Worker Power in Cities and States: A Toolkit for State and Local Labor Policy Innovation” Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS. Here's what we learned over the course of compiling the toolkit: 1/ clje.law.harvard.edu/publication/bu…
A few analyses have punctured the narrative that the gig economy pays well. Ken Jacobs discusses how Uber & Lyft’s preferred worker classification—codified in CA's Prop 22—depresses pay & deprives drivers of benefits. chris mills rodrigo in Inequality.org inequality.org/great-divide/e…
Join Berkeley Labor Center this Thursday at 5pm US Pacific to honor Jane McAlevey. Berkeley was an important intellectual and teaching home for Jane in the last years of her life, and the great work they do there is imbued with her theory of change and accompanying organizing methods.
Almost everyone in California has health insurance. Here’s a look at how California made almost everyone eligible for health insurance and what’s happening to extend coverage to the rest. CalMatters Shaanth Nanguneri arfa momin Laurel Lucia Miranda Dietz UCLA Center for Health Policy Research calmatters.org/explainers/cal…
Join our team! We are seeking an Operations Coordinator to facilitate operational activities including finance, facilities, space planning, human resources, and to improve the operations of the Labor Center. Learn more and apply! First review is 9/9. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/job-opening-op…