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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. irle.berkeley.edu
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Alex Bryson @alexbryson.bsky.social · Aug 7
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
Here's a preview of our final IR Berkeley of the year out soon. Eight papers covering issues from the impact of occupational licensing on retirement through to workforce composition and its effect on trust at the workplace.
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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · Jul 24
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-...
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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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · Jul 7
#EconSky: @capolicylab.bsky.social is hiring a labor-focused data analyst.

Apply today: capolicylab.org/careers/data...
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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · Jul 1
📬 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.

🗞️ Read the newsletter: us17.campaign-archive.com?u=1af5855024...
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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · Jul 1
Graduate student research awardees: Marco Badilla Maroto, Samuel Ayers, Dustin Swonder, Brenda Sciepura, AnneMarie Bryson, @javierfreire.bsky.social, Steve Ramos, and Maribel Estrada Calderon

Learn more the 2025 cohort: irle.berkeley.edu/student-oppo...
Graduate Research Awards – Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
IRLE supports rigorous interdisciplinary research projects on topics aligned with our mission: to understand the dynamics and policies affecting workers, workin
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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · Jul 1
Dissertation fellows: Sofia Guo, @alanyan.bsky.social, Teresita Cruz Vital, Max Snyder, Jasmine Sanders, Afras Sial, and Alessandro Marchetti-Bowick (not pictured)

Learn more the 2025 cohort: irle.berkeley.edu/student-oppo...
Dissertation Fellowship – Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
The Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) at the University of California, Berkeley supports rigorous interdisciplinary research projects on top
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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · Jul 1
Faculty research awardees: Enrico Moretti (Economics), Carlos Schmidt-Padilla (GSPP), Jennifer Skeem (GSPP), Laura (Layla) Kwong (Public Health), Trond Petersen (Sociology, and Alexandra Hill (ARE)

Learn more the 2025 cohort: irle.berkeley.edu/faculty-reso...
Faculty Research Awards – Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
IRLE supports rigorous interdisciplinary research projects on topics aligned with our mission: to understand the dynamics and policies affecting workers, workin
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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · Jul 1
🏆 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.
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Alex Bryson @alexbryson.bsky.social · Jun 19
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
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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · Jun 4
Session 5: Who benefits from racial inequality, with ‪@michaelreich.bsky.social‬

Hope to see you! irle.berkeley.edu/events/minim...
Minimum Wages & Monopsony Power Conference 2025 – Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · Jun 4
Session 4: Downstream effects of Minimum Wages (chaired by Alexandra Hill), with @kristaruffini.bsky.social, @annastansbury.bsky.social, and Jason Sockin
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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · Jun 4
Keynote: David Card, “Employer Wage-Setting in Low-Wage Labor Markets”
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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · Jun 4
Session 2: Employer power in low wage labor markets (chaired by Todd Sorensen), with @sydneecaldwell.bsky.social, @arindube.bsky.social, and Suresh Naidu
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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · Jun 4
Session 1: Minimum wage effects: Where are we now (chaired by @elopezlira.bsky.social), with Ellora Derenoncourt, @jcwetcoast.bsky.social, and @dsosinskiy.bsky.social
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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · Jun 4
#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...
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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · May 30
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...
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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · May 22
@elopezlira.bsky.social @jcwetcoast.bsky.social @dsosinskiy.bsky.social @sydneecaldwell.bsky.social @arindube.bsky.social @kristaruffini.bsky.social @annastansbury.bsky.social @jamesparrottnyc.bsky.social @dkoust.bsky.social @michaelreich.bsky.social
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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · May 22
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...
Minimum Wages and Monopsony Power: MichalReichFest. June 6, 2025. Learn more: irle.berkeley.edu/events
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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · May 22
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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The Climate Center @theclimatecenter.bsky.social · May 19
✨ 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
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · May 20
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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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · May 7
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.
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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · May 5
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
Demystifying AI and Empowering Workers - UC Berkeley Labor Center
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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · May 7
Today @ 5:30 pm! @jazbrisack.bsky.social @sbworkersunited.org in conversation with @rbreich.bsky.social.
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UC Berkeley Labor Center @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social · May 6
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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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · Apr 28
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...
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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · Apr 23
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...

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Minimum Wages & Monopsony Power Conference 2025. MichaelReichFest. June 6, 2025 at UC Berkeley's Alumni House and streaming via Zoom. Learn more and register: irle.berkeley.edu/events
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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · Apr 22
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...
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