Institute for Research on Labor & Employment, UC Berkeley

Can monetary policy be more inclusive of people from low-income communities? Join us this Thursday at 1pm (PT) for a talk with @IRLEUCB dissertation fellow Chaewon Baek on new research. http://ow.ly/aXBk50CgZke

This is a really important battle. We’ll see it spread to other industries, says IRLE's Michael Reigh. It’s not just an issue in California. It has huge implications for labour more of a race to the bottom by taking away worker protections through outsourcing and subcontracting.

Don't miss, tomorrow at 1pm PT!

The #pandemic and surrounding discussion about economic relief for businesses and workers is an opportunity to address an issue like #minimumwage-- NOT an impediment, says CWED's Sylvia Allegretto.

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Join IRLE and Institute for the Study of Societal Issues this Wed, 10/7, @ 3pm PT for book talk with Alford Young, Jr. on the interplay of race, class, and gender for lower-income African Americans struggling to come to terms with post-industrialism. Register today: https://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/issi.html

Don't miss this panel with IRLE director Steven Raphael next Wednesday at 6:30 PM PT. Register below.

Don't miss, Wed. Oct. 14 @ 1pm PT! CWED's Sylvia Allegretto, Economic Policy Institute's Larry Mishel, and NEA's Becky Pringle on the roots and impact of the teacher pay penalty, and what needs to happen to ensure teachers are fairly compensated. Register today: https://www.epi.org//teacher-compensation-penalty-impact-/

The lesson from NY is that, when regulators changed rules for the whole industry, drivers were paid more, companies earned more and passengers on the whole did fine, CWED's Michael Reich on NYC's earnings floor regulations for drivers.

Student funding and research opportunity! Join faculty, community-based orgs, & policymakers in advancing quality research with potential policy impact. Spring & fall funding available from @LatinxEnv and @IRLEUCB. Please share widely. Learn more http://nature.berkeley.edu/latinosenvironment/ & apply today https://forms.gle/dhUGDSHsgSjy3H9e9

Don't miss! "Social Movements and Legal Mobilisation in Times of Crisis," next Tues 10/6 @ 12:30 PT. Vasanthi Venkatesh, Assistant Professor in Law, Land, and Local Economies, University of Windsor discusses migrant farm worker rights in Canada, hosted by @BerkeleyCanada RSVP today: https://events.berkeley.edu/?event_ID=133759

Job alert: Join our team! The UC Berkeley Labor Center seeks an experienced Communications Director to develop and oversee a comprehensive communications strategy to raise the profile of policy-relevant labor research and programming. Please share widely! Learn more and apply below.

Explore stunning photos of working people in America from another age in Oakland Museum of California's recently launched Dorothea Lange Digital Archive.

Michael Reich on the false choice between worker protections and flexibility: "If you shift to employee status, you're not required to take away the flexibility of the drivers when they want to work."

VIRTUAL CONFERENCE next Wednesday at 10:30AM PT: The Experience of Poverty Amid Plenty in the Bay Area Don't miss this conversation with researchers and advocates on the hardships Bay Area residents face, from housing to workplace protections, and the racial disparities that exist even for those with financial resources. Register today: https://harvard.zoom.us//register/WN_2sWpOeU3QU-eKh2mTVocIQ... Featuring: - Dr. Irene Bloemraad UC Berkeley - Dr. Dani Carrillo UCSF - Sam Cobbs Tipping Point CEO - Dr. Ryan Finnigan UC Davis - Dr. Daniel Schneider Harvard/ UC Berkeley - Dr. Kim Voss UC Berkeley

If extra $600 unemployment benefits aren't renewed by Congress, about half of CA's UI recipients would see their benefits drop below the federal poverty line. Young workers, women workers, and Black workers will be most impacted. Read the report from IRLE's California Policy Lab: https://www.capolicylab.org//July-2nd-Analysis-of-UI-Claim