SubscribeA new report released today, national Food Day 2012, says that a proposal pending in Congress to raise the minimum wage would increase retail food prices for American consumers by about 10 cents a day, while helping nearly 8 million food workers and 21 million other workers. Campus celebrates Food Day.
Tag: labor
Report: Minimum-wage hike would raise food prices just pennies
October 24, 2012:
Where are the ‘job creators’? A Labor Day conversation
August 30, 2012:
Where you live has a lot to do with whether you’re employed, and how, says Enrico Moretti, author of The New Geography of Jobs. The UC Berkeley economist shares insights on employment, salaries, tax cuts and growing inequalities based on location.
From the factory to the academy, tracking ‘real America’
May 4, 2012:
Even for a labor economist, Sylvia Allegretto, a co-founder of UC Berkeley’s Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics, took a distinctly working-class route to a career in academia.
On-site worker rescue plan urged for confined spaces
February 13, 2012:
Many employers rely upon public fire departments to rescue workers in confined spaces. That is a mistake, according to a UC Berkeley analysis of hundreds of worker deaths over 13 years in the United States. Companies need to station trained, rescue personnel on site so they can pull workers out within moments in an emergency, the study concludes.
Political scientist Harold Wilensky dies at age 88
November 1, 2011:
Harold L. Wilensky, professor emeritus of political science at the University of California, Berkeley, died at his Berkeley, Calif., home on Sunday, Oct. 30, after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 88.
Labor Center study says NLRB process delays union elections
June 29, 2011:
A study released by the University of California, Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education has found that current National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) procedures, which grant employers significant control over the timing of the election process, can interfere with employees exercising their free choice to have union representation.
Walmart ‘living-wage’ standards would barely impact shoppers, study finds
April 18, 2011:
If Walmart were to institute a $12 per hour minimum wage for its workforce, it would provide substantial benefits to low-income employees, while retail prices to pay for it could be dispersed among millions of consumers across the income spectrum, says a new study from the UC Berkeley Labor Center.
Labor Center launches monthly black jobs report
July 1, 2010:
UC Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Education is officially launching on July 2 a series of monthly reports that highlight the employment outlook in the black community as national jobless numbers hover around 10 percent and African Americans fare far worse.The Labor Center’s “Black Employment and Unemployment” detailed data brief for June will be available online shortly after researchers assess a monthly national jobs report to be issued Friday from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
