Economists warned California not to raise the minimum wage to $20. They were wrong in almost every way so far, according to a new study from CWED researchers Michael Reich and @dsosinskiy.bsky.social. Read more: fortune.com/2026/04/15/u...

Effects of a $20 Minimum Wage: The latest from Michael Reich and @dsosinskiy.bsky.social on California’s landmark $20 fast food minimum wage provides some of the strongest evidence yet that substantial wage increases can improve worker earnings without reducing employment. #EconSky

Can economic policy make life more affordable? Join us next Wednesday for a special seminar with @jaredb-econ.bsky.social, @lauradtyson.bsky.social, @jrothst.bsky.social and Michael Reich. Event details: irle.berkeley.edu/event/can-ec...

Miranda Dietz @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social explains why it's a problem that 1 in 3 new Covered California enrollees chose the cheapest, highest deductible health plans in the the latest from @ab-ibarra.bsky.social @calmatters.org Read the article: calmatters.org/health/2026/...

Check out our monthly newsletter for upcoming events, job and research funding opportunities, and the latest research from our centers. 🗞️ Read this month's edition: us17.campaign-archive.com?u=1af5855024... 🔗 Subscribe: irle.berkeley.edu/newsletter-s...

Lisa Kresge: “There is a concerted effort among many tech leaders to create mystification around AI as a tactic...to disempower workers, policymakers & anyone who might be critical of the growing concentration of funding & resources.” @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Students, if you... 🔹 believe all workers in deserve to work and live in dignity 🔹 want to learn how to build worker and community power ...then @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social's paid Labor Summer internship is for you! Learn more and apply by Feb 21: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/labor-summer...

The @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social is hiring a health care policy researcher. Join a high-impact team at the forefront of research on the most pressing economic challenges affecting working families in California and across the country. Learn more and apply: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05275

Danielle Mahones @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social breaks down why educators across California are striking for fully funded classrooms, appropriate staffing, access to quality healthcare, and more in the latest from @kqednews.kqed.org Listen and read: www.kqed.org/news/1207316...

Tomorrow at 4pm! irle.berkeley.edu/events/econo...

Great job alert! @capolicylab.bsky.social is hiring a labor economics researcher for a remote or hybrid (LA) role. Design and conduct policy-relevant research in partnership with state and local agencies in California. Learn more and please share widely: capolicylab.org/careers/rese... #Econsky

Join us on Feb 11: @drodrik.bsky.social, Michael Reich, Jennifer Harris, & Paul Pierson @besiberkeley.bsky.social discuss the unraveling of neoliberal economic policy, emerging agendas to address Americans’ unmet needs, and the politics that could make them real. irle.berkeley.edu/events/econo...

Check out our January newsletter for the latest IRLE events, research, and student opportunities. Read more: us17.campaign-archive.com?u=1af5855024... Subscribe: irle.berkeley.edu/newsletter-s...

IRLE’s 2025 Impact Report Amid rapid social, political, and economic change, IRLE's mission remains constant: connecting world-class research with policy to improve workers’ lives and communities. Learn more: irle.berkeley.edu/about/impact...

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society invites submissions to a special issue examining reasons for gender wage gaps around the world and policy responses to them. Extended abstracts due April 3. Learn more: irle.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...

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-...

#EconSky: @capolicylab.bsky.social is hiring a labor-focused data analyst. Apply today: capolicylab.org/careers/data...

📬 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... 🔗 Subscribe to stay connected: mailchi.mp/berkeley/irl...

🏆 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.

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...

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...

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...

Starting soon, don't miss the Climate and Society Center's Clair Brown in this important discussion about the Climate Superfund.

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...

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.

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...

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

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...

🗞️ Our April newsletter is here, full of funding opportunities, upcoming events, and new research from our centers. Read: us17.campaign-archive.com?u=1af5855024... 📬 Subscribe to stay connected with the latest from IRLE: berkeley.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe/po...

“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...

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...

📢 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...

📣 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...

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

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

The latest issue of our journal is out now onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1468...

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...

Here's a sneak preview of our IR Berkeley issue 2 for 2025 due out soon. Download the Open Access papers for free. @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social

IRLE is advancing worker well-being and economic justice. Learn how our research and programs are making a difference in our latest annual impact report. Read the report: irle.berkeley.edu/about/impact...

michaelreich.bsky.social on the likely impacts of a 3.5% wage ⬆️ on CA's fast food workers: “This would help them keep up with the cost of living. It would have very little effect on the number of jobs and hardly any effect on prices.” spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-... @anna-albaryan.bsky.social

Climate and Society Center coordinators Clair Brown and Julia Walsh spoke with @nbcbayarea.com about the new center's efforts to support California's transition to renewable energy with zero-carbon emissions for all communities.

How might eligibility for Medi-Cal change for fast-food workers with the new $20 minimum wage? Read our report: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/estimating-t... @elopezlira.bsky.social @kjacobs9.bsky.social

IRLE mourns the sudden and senseless loss of brilliant and beloved scholar, colleague, mentor and public sociologist Michael Burawoy.

🌍 Introducing the Climate and Society Center We are proud to announce the launch of a pioneering new center aimed at accelerating CA’s equitable transition to renewable energy & zero-carbon emissions through rigorous research & community collaboration. Learn more: irle.berkeley.edu/climate-and-...

Out today. The first issue of 2025 for IR Berkeley onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1468232x... Four of the articles can been downloaded free with #OpenAccess @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social

Here's a sneak preview of the first issue of IR Berkeley 2025. @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social

Out now and free to download from the IR Berkeley website, Thomas Breda and Alan Manning on diversity and social capital in the workplace: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social