UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE)
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The Institute for Research on Labor and Employment connects world-class research with policy to improve workers’ lives, communities, and society.
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Here's a preview of our last edition of the year. Eight papers ranging from the impact of occupational licensing on retirement through to trust in the workplace. Check it out. @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Here's a preview of our last edition of the year. Eight papers ranging from the impact of occupational licensing on retirement through to trust in the workplace. Check it out. @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social
Are you a union negotiator, researcher, policymaker, or journalist tracking how digital tech is used at work--and how unions are responding?
Explore @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social's inventory of collective bargaining provisions related to workplace tech: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/negotiating-...
Explore @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social's inventory of collective bargaining provisions related to workplace tech: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/negotiating-...
Negotiating tech
A searchable inventory of contract provisions from over 175 union agreements showing how collective bargaining has been used to address workplace technologies, protect worker rights, and shape technol...
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July 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Are you a union negotiator, researcher, policymaker, or journalist tracking how digital tech is used at work--and how unions are responding?
Explore @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social's inventory of collective bargaining provisions related to workplace tech: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/negotiating-...
Explore @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social's inventory of collective bargaining provisions related to workplace tech: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/negotiating-...
#EconSky: @capolicylab.bsky.social is hiring a labor-focused data analyst.
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July 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
#EconSky: @capolicylab.bsky.social is hiring a labor-focused data analyst.
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📬 Our July newsletter is out now!
Meet our research awardees and learn about upcoming student opportunities, fall events, and the latest research highlights from our centers.
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July 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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🏆 We’re thrilled to announce the recipients of our annual research awards.
This year, we received an unprecedented number of applications. The 21 selected projects stood out for their potential for meaningful research insights.
Join us in congratulating these exceptional Berkeley scholars.
This year, we received an unprecedented number of applications. The 21 selected projects stood out for their potential for meaningful research insights.
Join us in congratulating these exceptional Berkeley scholars.
July 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
🏆 We’re thrilled to announce the recipients of our annual research awards.
This year, we received an unprecedented number of applications. The 21 selected projects stood out for their potential for meaningful research insights.
Join us in congratulating these exceptional Berkeley scholars.
This year, we received an unprecedented number of applications. The 21 selected projects stood out for their potential for meaningful research insights.
Join us in congratulating these exceptional Berkeley scholars.
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Good to see that in the new Clarivate Journal Citation Report the IR Berkeley Impact Factor (JIF) rose from 2.4 in 2023 to 2.6 in 2024, with a move up the rankings in Industrial Relations and Labor from 19/51 to 14/52 @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Good to see that in the new Clarivate Journal Citation Report the IR Berkeley Impact Factor (JIF) rose from 2.4 in 2023 to 2.6 in 2024, with a move up the rankings in Industrial Relations and Labor from 19/51 to 14/52 @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social
#EconSky: Last chance to register for virtual attendance at Friday's Minimum Wages and Monopsony Conference, featuring an all-star line of labor economists.
Learn more and register: irle.berkeley.edu/events/minim...
Learn more and register: irle.berkeley.edu/events/minim...
June 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
#EconSky: Last chance to register for virtual attendance at Friday's Minimum Wages and Monopsony Conference, featuring an all-star line of labor economists.
Learn more and register: irle.berkeley.edu/events/minim...
Learn more and register: irle.berkeley.edu/events/minim...
We're one week out from the "Minimum Wages & Monopsony Power"! Virtual registration is still open for this one-day event.
Register today: irle.berkeley.edu/minimum-wage...
Register today: irle.berkeley.edu/minimum-wage...
May 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
We're one week out from the "Minimum Wages & Monopsony Power"! Virtual registration is still open for this one-day event.
Register today: irle.berkeley.edu/minimum-wage...
Register today: irle.berkeley.edu/minimum-wage...
Virtual registration is still open for the "Minimum Wages & Monopsony Power" conference! Featuring an all-star lineup of labor economists, this one-day event also honors career of Dr. Michael Reich.
📅 June 6, 2025 | 8am - 5pm
🔗 Register today: irle.berkeley.edu/events/minim...
📅 June 6, 2025 | 8am - 5pm
🔗 Register today: irle.berkeley.edu/events/minim...
May 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Virtual registration is still open for the "Minimum Wages & Monopsony Power" conference! Featuring an all-star lineup of labor economists, this one-day event also honors career of Dr. Michael Reich.
📅 June 6, 2025 | 8am - 5pm
🔗 Register today: irle.berkeley.edu/events/minim...
📅 June 6, 2025 | 8am - 5pm
🔗 Register today: irle.berkeley.edu/events/minim...
Starting soon, don't miss the Climate and Society Center's Clair Brown in this important discussion about the Climate Superfund.
✨ This Thursday, May 22, join us for a webinar about how the #MakePollutersPay Climate Superfund would ensure corporate polluters pay their fair share for climate disasters, taking the burden off California taxpayers.
Register now 👉 loom.ly/oNdUkwY
Register now 👉 loom.ly/oNdUkwY
May 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Starting soon, don't miss the Climate and Society Center's Clair Brown in this important discussion about the Climate Superfund.
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Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever, analysis of new data @epi.org from me & Adam Reich of Columbia Labor Lab.
In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before.
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In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before.
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May 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever, analysis of new data @epi.org from me & Adam Reich of Columbia Labor Lab.
In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before.
www.epi.org/blog/america...
In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before.
www.epi.org/blog/america...
Starting soon! Join @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social, @techequity.us, and Warehouse Workers Resource Center for a three-part webinar series that will cut through the AI hype to help better understand digital technologies in the workplace and how to respond through collective bargaining and public policy.
What’s the hype around AI? Join our SVP of Labor @tnewmsblues.bsky.social @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social, and WWRC on May 7 for the first of a webinar series to demystify AI and empower workers.
Register for Part 1 to understand digital technologies in the workplace and why they matter bit.ly/laborAI
Register for Part 1 to understand digital technologies in the workplace and why they matter bit.ly/laborAI
Demystifying AI and Empowering Workers - UC Berkeley Labor Center
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May 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Starting soon! Join @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social, @techequity.us, and Warehouse Workers Resource Center for a three-part webinar series that will cut through the AI hype to help better understand digital technologies in the workplace and how to respond through collective bargaining and public policy.
Today @ 5:30 pm! @jazbrisack.bsky.social @sbworkersunited.org in conversation with @rbreich.bsky.social.
Wed 5/7 at UCB—Jaz Brisack in conversation w/Robert Reich. Brisak cofounded Starbucks Workers United & will discuss their new book about organizing at companies from Nissan to Starbucks to Tesla to Ben & Jerry’s. @rbreich.bsky.social @jazbrisack.bsky.social laborcenter.berkeley.edu/event/book-t...
Jaz Brisack in conversation with Robert Reich: "Get on the Job and Organize" - UC Berkeley Labor Center
Jaz Brisack, a co-founder of Starbucks Workers United, will discuss how workers can take action to unionize their own workplaces.Jaz Brisack in conversation with Robert Reich. Brisack is co-founder of...
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May 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Today @ 5:30 pm! @jazbrisack.bsky.social @sbworkersunited.org in conversation with @rbreich.bsky.social.
New research from @laurellucia.bsky.social @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social estimates that California could lose up to 217,000 jobs if Congress cuts Medicaid.
🔗 Read the brief: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
🔗 Read the brief: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
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April 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
New research from @laurellucia.bsky.social @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social estimates that California could lose up to 217,000 jobs if Congress cuts Medicaid.
🔗 Read the brief: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
🔗 Read the brief: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
Register now for the Minimum Wages & Monopsony Power Conference at UC Berkeley on June 6.
Join leading scholars for this one-day conference, which also honors Michael Reich’s influential career.
Space is limited. Register: irle.berkeley.edu/minimum-wage...
#EconSky #MinimumWage #LaborEconomics
Join leading scholars for this one-day conference, which also honors Michael Reich’s influential career.
Space is limited. Register: irle.berkeley.edu/minimum-wage...
#EconSky #MinimumWage #LaborEconomics
April 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Register now for the Minimum Wages & Monopsony Power Conference at UC Berkeley on June 6.
Join leading scholars for this one-day conference, which also honors Michael Reich’s influential career.
Space is limited. Register: irle.berkeley.edu/minimum-wage...
#EconSky #MinimumWage #LaborEconomics
Join leading scholars for this one-day conference, which also honors Michael Reich’s influential career.
Space is limited. Register: irle.berkeley.edu/minimum-wage...
#EconSky #MinimumWage #LaborEconomics
Call for proposals:
CA labor economists are invited to submit papers for this year's All-California Labor Economics Conference, to be held Sept 11-12 at @siepr.bsky.social, and organized by @maya-rossin-slater.bsky.social and Isaac Sorkin. #EconSky
Apply by May 31: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
CA labor economists are invited to submit papers for this year's All-California Labor Economics Conference, to be held Sept 11-12 at @siepr.bsky.social, and organized by @maya-rossin-slater.bsky.social and Isaac Sorkin. #EconSky
Apply by May 31: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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April 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Call for proposals:
CA labor economists are invited to submit papers for this year's All-California Labor Economics Conference, to be held Sept 11-12 at @siepr.bsky.social, and organized by @maya-rossin-slater.bsky.social and Isaac Sorkin. #EconSky
Apply by May 31: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
CA labor economists are invited to submit papers for this year's All-California Labor Economics Conference, to be held Sept 11-12 at @siepr.bsky.social, and organized by @maya-rossin-slater.bsky.social and Isaac Sorkin. #EconSky
Apply by May 31: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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IRLE News: Research Funding and Upcoming Events
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April 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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“The minimum wage doesn't kill jobs. It kills job vacancies.”
Listen to michaelreich.bsky.social in conversation with Orley Ashenfelter on "The Work Goes On" podcast @princetonecon.bsky.social.
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Listen to michaelreich.bsky.social in conversation with Orley Ashenfelter on "The Work Goes On" podcast @princetonecon.bsky.social.
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April 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
“The minimum wage doesn't kill jobs. It kills job vacancies.”
Listen to michaelreich.bsky.social in conversation with Orley Ashenfelter on "The Work Goes On" podcast @princetonecon.bsky.social.
irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/mic...
Listen to michaelreich.bsky.social in conversation with Orley Ashenfelter on "The Work Goes On" podcast @princetonecon.bsky.social.
irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/mic...
Our journal, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, is accepting submissions for a special issue on Gender and Industrial Relations, edited by Rae Cooper,
Jennifer Tomlinson, Laura Good and Chris Wright.
Submissions due April 14. Learn more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
Jennifer Tomlinson, Laura Good and Chris Wright.
Submissions due April 14. Learn more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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March 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Our journal, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, is accepting submissions for a special issue on Gender and Industrial Relations, edited by Rae Cooper,
Jennifer Tomlinson, Laura Good and Chris Wright.
Submissions due April 14. Learn more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
Jennifer Tomlinson, Laura Good and Chris Wright.
Submissions due April 14. Learn more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
📢 Funding opportunity for early career scholars:
The Family Policy Hub is offering $10K–$30K grants to Berkeley grad students, postdocs & junior faculty evaluating the effects of family policies on reducing racial inequities.
🔹 Next review date: 4/18
🔹 Apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The Family Policy Hub is offering $10K–$30K grants to Berkeley grad students, postdocs & junior faculty evaluating the effects of family policies on reducing racial inequities.
🔹 Next review date: 4/18
🔹 Apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
March 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
📢 Funding opportunity for early career scholars:
The Family Policy Hub is offering $10K–$30K grants to Berkeley grad students, postdocs & junior faculty evaluating the effects of family policies on reducing racial inequities.
🔹 Next review date: 4/18
🔹 Apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The Family Policy Hub is offering $10K–$30K grants to Berkeley grad students, postdocs & junior faculty evaluating the effects of family policies on reducing racial inequities.
🔹 Next review date: 4/18
🔹 Apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📣 UC Berkeley faculty & grad students—IRLE’s annual research awards cycle is now open! Apply by April 11:
🔹 Faculty Research Awards: irle.berkeley.edu/faculty-reso...
🔹 Dissertation Fellowship: irle.berkeley.edu/student-oppo...
🔹 Grad Student Research Awards: irle.berkeley.edu/student-oppo...
🔹 Faculty Research Awards: irle.berkeley.edu/faculty-reso...
🔹 Dissertation Fellowship: irle.berkeley.edu/student-oppo...
🔹 Grad Student Research Awards: irle.berkeley.edu/student-oppo...
March 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
📣 UC Berkeley faculty & grad students—IRLE’s annual research awards cycle is now open! Apply by April 11:
🔹 Faculty Research Awards: irle.berkeley.edu/faculty-reso...
🔹 Dissertation Fellowship: irle.berkeley.edu/student-oppo...
🔹 Grad Student Research Awards: irle.berkeley.edu/student-oppo...
🔹 Faculty Research Awards: irle.berkeley.edu/faculty-reso...
🔹 Dissertation Fellowship: irle.berkeley.edu/student-oppo...
🔹 Grad Student Research Awards: irle.berkeley.edu/student-oppo...
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Out now. Issue 2 in 2025. Five of the six papers are free to download via #OpenAcess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1468232x... @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social
Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society: Vol 64, No 2
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March 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Out now. Issue 2 in 2025. Five of the six papers are free to download via #OpenAcess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1468232x... @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social
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Our special issue on Gender and Industrial Relations is accepting submissions until April 14th. Find out more here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal... @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social
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Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society Call for Papers: Special Issue on Gender and Industrial Relations
<em>Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society</em> Journal publishes research furthering understanding of employment relations, labour markets, & the organization & future of work globally.
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March 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Our special issue on Gender and Industrial Relations is accepting submissions until April 14th. Find out more here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal... @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social
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March 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
New analysis on CA's fast-food minimum wage finds that wages in the industry increased without job loss or significant price increases.
Read the latest from Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics Chair Michael Reich: irle.berkeley.edu/publications...
Read the latest from Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics Chair Michael Reich: irle.berkeley.edu/publications...
New report on California's $20 fast food minimum wage using D-in-D and DDD: 8-9 percent wage increases, no effects on employment and a 1.5 percent minimum wage increase: irle.berkeley.edu/publications...
Effects of the $20 California Fast-Food Minimum Wage – Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
Abstract This policy brief represents the second in a series of reports on the effects of California’s $20 fast-food minimum wage. The first report , issued on
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February 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
New analysis on CA's fast-food minimum wage finds that wages in the industry increased without job loss or significant price increases.
Read the latest from Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics Chair Michael Reich: irle.berkeley.edu/publications...
Read the latest from Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics Chair Michael Reich: irle.berkeley.edu/publications...