Check out the call for papers for a special issue of Industrial Relations on collective bargaining. Send your extended abstract by 31 October 2024. Accepted abstracts will be invited to the IRLE UC Berkeley symposium in September 2025 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/asse… Wiley Business UCL Social Research Institute (SRI)

Issue 2 of Industrial Relations is out today. Two of the papers are free to download here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1468232x/c… IRLE UC Berkeley Wiley Business

Out now Issue 3 of Industrial Relations including with two papers free to download here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1468232x/c… Wiley Business IRLE UC Berkeley

Reminder: Tomorrow at 3pm, we'll share findings from our new report, focused on #CalFresh eligibility + enrollment for University of California and California Community College students. Join us: berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Is the American Dream still attainable? Or is it lost for future generations? ethnicmediaservices.org/economy/realiz… Michelle Holder IRLE UC Berkeley Heidi Shierholz Economic Policy Institute Equitable Growth #gigeconomy #incomeinequality by Sunita Sohrabji

Passengers, eaters: a gentle reminder to always tip folks who are working 12-14 hours a day to support their families. Ethnic Media Services IRLE UC Berkeley

Rest in power, Jane, dear colleague and friend who inspired so many. nytimes.com/2024/07/07/bus…

Rest in power Jane McAlevey, The Nation's strikes correspondent, a dear friend to the mag, and a woman who fought tenaciously until the end. We're putting together a thread of some of Jane's best reporting. But we'll start with her obit, published today: bit.ly/4cuvAPn

Developed by Jane McAlevey Jane McAlevey, our six-week workshop Skills to Win is aimed at deepening fundamental organizing skills. Register now for this fall! It will be led by a team of trainers mentored by Jane. Learn more and sign your group up:

Register now for Skills to Win, our six-week workshop developed by Jane McAlevey Jane McAlevey and aimed at deepening fundamental organizing skills. Offered this fall, it will be led by a team of trainers mentored by Jane. Learn more and sign your group up: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/workshop/skill…

State & local govts are enacting laws setting higher minimum wages and other wage standards for specific industries. We have compiled a list of sectoral wage ordinances in air transportation, hotels, food service, health care, domestic work & gig work. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/sectoral-wage-…

Do you know who is paid low wages in California? It may not be who you think it is. Learn more in our updated Low-Wage Work in California Data Explorer: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/low-wage-work-…

Here's a sneak preview of our final edition of Industrial Relations in 2024, due out in October. Includes papers on performance pay and the gender pay gap, ICT and labor demand, union strength in China, unionization in Norway, and the labor implications of gig work in China IRLE UC Berkeley

Join us tomorrow for a virtual celebration of Jane McAlevey. September 5, from 5–7pm PT. Learn more, register, and send us your memories of Jane: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/event/celebrat…

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…

📢 Just Released! The final 2024 issue of Industrial Relations is now available. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1468232x/c…

Join us this Thursday, Sept 12 at 5:30 for a screening of Mujeres de la Mina (Women of the Mine), profiling three women who live and work in the infamous mines of El Cerro Rico in Bolivia. Learn more and register: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/event/thursday…

Congrats to Jesse Wursten and Michael Reich, recipients of the 2024 EALE Labour Economics Prize. Their research finds that minimum wages reduce racial gaps in wages, separations and hires. irle.berkeley.edu/publications/s…

Many events this fall at the Labor Center, including today's (9/12) screening of Mujeres de la Mina (Women of the Mine) at 5:30. Learn more! laborcenter.berkeley.edu/event/labor-ce…