http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Wed, 22 May 2013 23:00:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/24/food-day-report-on-how-minimum-wage-hike-would-impact-consumers-workers/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/24/food-day-report-on-how-minimum-wage-hike-would-impact-consumers-workers/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:01:00 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33287 A 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/24/food-day-report-on-how-minimum-wage-hike-would-impact-consumers-workers/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/08/30/where-are-the-job-creators-a-labor-day-qa/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/08/30/where-are-the-job-creators-a-labor-day-qa/#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:00:31 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32768 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/08/30/where-are-the-job-creators-a-labor-day-qa/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/04/sylvia-allegretto-cwed/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/04/sylvia-allegretto-cwed/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 16:00:16 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28430 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/04/sylvia-allegretto-cwed/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/13/confined-spaces/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/13/confined-spaces/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:30:06 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25058 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. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/13/confined-spaces/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/01/political-scientist-harold-wilensky-dies-at-age-88/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/01/political-scientist-harold-wilensky-dies-at-age-88/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:04:35 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=19523 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/01/political-scientist-harold-wilensky-dies-at-age-88/feed/ 0 http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/laborlaw/NLRB_Process_June2011.pdf http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/laborlaw/NLRB_Process_June2011.pdf#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:40:47 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=13673 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.]]> http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/laborlaw/NLRB_Process_June2011.pdf/feed/ 0 http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/ http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:47:14 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=9683 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.]]> http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/07/01/black_jobs/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/07/01/black_jobs/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:21:52 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://dev-newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=2100 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. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/07/01/black_jobs/feed/ 0