UC Berkeley Labor Center
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The Labor Center conducts research and education on issues related to labor and employment. Our trainings serve to educate a diverse new generation of labor leaders. We also engage UC Berkeley students in learning about the labor movement.
Dietz and other UC researchers projected that if the enhanced subsidies vanish, unsubsidized Californians would still see premiums rise. They estimate unsubsidized enrollees will pay about $253 more on average next year due to that worsened risk mix.
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Why even unsubsidized Californians could pay more for health insurance
If Congress ends enhanced premium help, the people who never got it would pay more for health insurance. Here’s why.
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December 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Dietz and other UC researchers projected that if the enhanced subsidies vanish, unsubsidized Californians would still see premiums rise. They estimate unsubsidized enrollees will pay about $253 more on average next year due to that worsened risk mix.
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“All workers have the right to take collective action to improve their working conditions without retaliation from their employers,” said Katie Miles, a senior trainer at the UC Berkeley Labor Center with over 15 years of union organizing experience. “
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The WNBA Makes More Money Than Ever. What About the Players?
WNBA players receive around 10 percent of league revenue, while the NBA gives 51 percent. With their bargaining agreement expiring in January, players want to share in the growth.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“All workers have the right to take collective action to improve their working conditions without retaliation from their employers,” said Katie Miles, a senior trainer at the UC Berkeley Labor Center with over 15 years of union organizing experience. “
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Kent Wong's "audacious premise: the finest public university system should tackle the thorny social challenges of econ inequality & worker justice w/the same urgency & talent as other marquee goals, like treatments for cancer & climate change solutions." www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
UC workers beat Trump in court — and provided a roadmap for countering his attacks on universities
OPINION: On Nov. 14, a federal judge in S.F. issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s efforts to squash academic freedom at the University of California.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Kent Wong's "audacious premise: the finest public university system should tackle the thorny social challenges of econ inequality & worker justice w/the same urgency & talent as other marquee goals, like treatments for cancer & climate change solutions." www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Washington DC has become the first locality to adopt a local child tax credit, a version of a federal credit that allows families to reduce their tax liabilities by a certain amount for each dependent child in their care. www.governing.com/finance/more...
More Jurisdictions Are Creating Child Tax Credits
Washington, D.C., will become the first locality with its own child tax credit. An expansion of the federal child tax credit during the pandemic led to dramatic reductions in child poverty.
www.governing.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Washington DC has become the first locality to adopt a local child tax credit, a version of a federal credit that allows families to reduce their tax liabilities by a certain amount for each dependent child in their care. www.governing.com/finance/more...
Veterans are overrepresented in CA's unions, perhaps due to structured job and workforce development programs for them, e.g. in the public sector and the skilled trades. Our new blog post looks at veterans' prominent role in CA's labor unions. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/one-in-four-...
One in Four California Veteran Workers Have a Union
In this blog post, we look at veterans’ prominent role in California’s labor unions, using the data and methodology from our recent report, “State of the Unions: California Labor in 2024.”
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December 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Veterans are overrepresented in CA's unions, perhaps due to structured job and workforce development programs for them, e.g. in the public sector and the skilled trades. Our new blog post looks at veterans' prominent role in CA's labor unions. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/one-in-four-...
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UC Berkeley Labor Center found that median hourly wage in East Bay reached more than $35.43 in 2023, nearly $3 higher than in 2019, adjusting for inflation. Despite the higher individual income, workers living at or near poverty rose to nearly 97,000.
More in KQED News: https://bit.ly/3Xh6SMv
More in KQED News: https://bit.ly/3Xh6SMv
East Bay Workers Now Earn More, But Many Still Struggle to Make Ends Meet | KQED
Over half of East Bay workers were not paid enough to support a four-person household, UC Berkeley researchers found.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
UC Berkeley Labor Center found that median hourly wage in East Bay reached more than $35.43 in 2023, nearly $3 higher than in 2019, adjusting for inflation. Despite the higher individual income, workers living at or near poverty rose to nearly 97,000.
More in KQED News: https://bit.ly/3Xh6SMv
More in KQED News: https://bit.ly/3Xh6SMv
Danielle Mahones: The "We Can't Wait" campaign hopes that coordinated pressure by teachers' unions will encourage district leaders to push legislators to allocate more money for public education in the state’s budget. www.kqed.org/news/1206573...
West Contra Costa Teachers Are Set to Strike. Across the Bay Area, More Could Follow | KQED
Teachers in the East Bay school district plan to walk off the job beginning Thursday. Their concerns over wages and benefits are echoed in districts throughout California.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Danielle Mahones: The "We Can't Wait" campaign hopes that coordinated pressure by teachers' unions will encourage district leaders to push legislators to allocate more money for public education in the state’s budget. www.kqed.org/news/1206573...
The future of federal regulation of noncompete agreements is muddled. But individual states have been active in regulating them. Our friends at BJELL analyzed the surge in state-level activity, which shows no signs of abating and is often bipartisan.
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States Are Reshaping the Noncompete Landscape Even as a Federal Ban Disappears - ProMarket
In new research, Norman Bishara and Lorenzo Luisetto analyze the nature and proliferation of state legislative activity to regulate noncompete agreements since 2009. In the absence of a federal rule, ...
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December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The future of federal regulation of noncompete agreements is muddled. But individual states have been active in regulating them. Our friends at BJELL analyzed the surge in state-level activity, which shows no signs of abating and is often bipartisan.
www.promarket.org/2025/12/01/s...
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Now accepting applications for 2026 Solidarity Spring, a unique and inspiring introduction to labor and community organizing in the Bay Area for UCB undergraduate students. Learn more: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/solidarity-s...
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Now accepting applications for 2026 Solidarity Spring, a unique and inspiring introduction to labor and community organizing in the Bay Area for UCB undergraduate students. Learn more: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/solidarity-s...
ICYMI: Congratulations to Santa Fe for being the first U.S. city to include housing costs in calculations for minimum wage increases. www.kob.com/news/top-new...
Santa Fe City Council approves minimum wage increase to $17.50
The Santa Fe City Council approved a plan to raise the minimum wage and continue raising it based on housing costs in the city.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
ICYMI: Congratulations to Santa Fe for being the first U.S. city to include housing costs in calculations for minimum wage increases. www.kob.com/news/top-new...
@nextcity.org: "We Asked County Leaders What Medicaid’s Next Chapter Looks Like. They’re Bracing for It." Counties can either absorb the fallout of change to Medi-Cal due to OBBBA/HR1—or lead the way in building stronger, more resilient health systems.
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We Asked County Leaders What Medicaid’s Next Chapter Looks Like. They’re Bracing for It.
Op-ed: With Congress's new tax law adding red tape and reporting rules for Medicaid, counties can either absorb the fallout — or lead the way in building stronger, more resilient health systems.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
@nextcity.org: "We Asked County Leaders What Medicaid’s Next Chapter Looks Like. They’re Bracing for It." Counties can either absorb the fallout of change to Medi-Cal due to OBBBA/HR1—or lead the way in building stronger, more resilient health systems.
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As AI transforms jobs, labor is pushing for adoption that centers workers & communities, embraces common-sense guardrails, and improves workers’ quality of life on & off the job. More from UC Berkeley Labor Center: https://inequality.org/article/an-alternative-vision-for-the-future-of-tech-and-work/
An Alternative Vision for the Future of Tech and Work: A First Look at Labor’s AI Values
A new report details how unions are responding to AI in the workplace.
inequality.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
As AI transforms jobs, labor is pushing for adoption that centers workers & communities, embraces common-sense guardrails, and improves workers’ quality of life on & off the job. More from UC Berkeley Labor Center: https://inequality.org/article/an-alternative-vision-for-the-future-of-tech-and-work/
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Where the real policy #wonks at?!
@mishal-khan.bsky.social of @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social has you covered:
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@mishal-khan.bsky.social of @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social has you covered:
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Roundups on state-level tech and work legislation [July-October 2025]
Updates from the University of California Berkeley Labor Center Technology and Work program
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November 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Where the real policy #wonks at?!
@mishal-khan.bsky.social of @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social has you covered:
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/roundups-o...
@mishal-khan.bsky.social of @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social has you covered:
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/roundups-o...
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The message on AI is consistent across American unions: the technology has transformative potential, but it needs guardrails and worker input on its development and deployment @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social
inequality.org/article/an-a...
inequality.org/article/an-a...
An Alternative Vision for the Future of Tech and Work: A First Look at Labor’s AI Values
A new report details how unions are responding to AI in the workplace.
inequality.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The message on AI is consistent across American unions: the technology has transformative potential, but it needs guardrails and worker input on its development and deployment @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social
inequality.org/article/an-a...
inequality.org/article/an-a...
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Emerging technologies are reshaping the workplace. While these technologies can be beneficial, workers and researchers are increasingly reporting negative impacts.
Learn more from @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social's Mishal Khan and Annette Bernhardt in @techpolicy.press.web.brid.gy: bit.ly/47K3uP2
Learn more from @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social's Mishal Khan and Annette Bernhardt in @techpolicy.press.web.brid.gy: bit.ly/47K3uP2
Evaluating Trends and Challenges in State Regulation of Workplace Technologies | TechPolicy.Press
The 2025 US state legislative session has been something of a watershed moment for tech and work policy, write Mishal Khan and Annette Bernhardt.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Emerging technologies are reshaping the workplace. While these technologies can be beneficial, workers and researchers are increasingly reporting negative impacts.
Learn more from @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social's Mishal Khan and Annette Bernhardt in @techpolicy.press.web.brid.gy: bit.ly/47K3uP2
Learn more from @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social's Mishal Khan and Annette Bernhardt in @techpolicy.press.web.brid.gy: bit.ly/47K3uP2
State lawmakers have tackled the risks of AI-driven job displacement in limited ways, with a division emerging between “carrot” versus “stick” approaches. In CA, Newsom's veto of the “No Robo Bosses Act” was "such a lost opportunity" says Annette Bernhardt. news.bloomberglaw.com/bloomberg-go...
Statehouse AI Job-Loss Solutions Range From Punitive to Positive
State lawmakers have tackled the risks of AI-driven job displacement in limited ways, with a division emerging between “carrot” versus “stick” legislative approaches.
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
State lawmakers have tackled the risks of AI-driven job displacement in limited ways, with a division emerging between “carrot” versus “stick” approaches. In CA, Newsom's veto of the “No Robo Bosses Act” was "such a lost opportunity" says Annette Bernhardt. news.bloomberglaw.com/bloomberg-go...
Join us this Friday (11/14, 4:30pm) for a screening of the short film When We Fight—the story of the LA Teachers' Strike—followed by a panel discussion with leading educator activists in local teachers’ unions. Learn about their current campaigns! laborcenter.berkeley.edu/event/when-w...
When We Fight: Film Screening & Panel
Join the UC Berkeley Labor Center on November 14, 2025, for a screening of the short film When We Fight, followed by a panel discussion with leading educator activists in local teachers’ unions. Learn...
laborcenter.berkeley.edu
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Join us this Friday (11/14, 4:30pm) for a screening of the short film When We Fight—the story of the LA Teachers' Strike—followed by a panel discussion with leading educator activists in local teachers’ unions. Learn about their current campaigns! laborcenter.berkeley.edu/event/when-w...
In debates about how AI could impact workers in the years to come, we must pay attention to the wide range of concerns that worker organizations have about technology adoption, as well as the alternative vision they are putting forth. inequality.org/article/an-a...
An Alternative Vision for the Future of Tech and Work: A First Look at Labor’s AI Values
A new report details how unions are responding to AI in the workplace.
inequality.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
In debates about how AI could impact workers in the years to come, we must pay attention to the wide range of concerns that worker organizations have about technology adoption, as well as the alternative vision they are putting forth. inequality.org/article/an-a...
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Researchers see “an emerging societal consensus across labor, professional associations, and consumers that key functions such as education, health care, and government are vital for the public good and must be performed by a human.“ AI automation is not inevitable.
AI in the workplace isn’t just automation. Workers report discrimination, intensified workloads, and even automated firing. New state policies aim to center workers, write Mishal Khan and Annette Bernhardt from the Technology and Work Program at the UC Berkeley Labor Center.
Evaluating Trends and Challenges in State Regulation of Workplace Technologies | TechPolicy.Press
The 2025 US state legislative session has been something of a watershed moment for tech and work policy, write Mishal Khan and Annette Bernhardt.
www.techpolicy.press
November 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Researchers see “an emerging societal consensus across labor, professional associations, and consumers that key functions such as education, health care, and government are vital for the public good and must be performed by a human.“ AI automation is not inevitable.
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
AI in the workplace isn’t just automation. Workers report discrimination, intensified workloads, and even automated firing. New state policies aim to center workers, write Mishal Khan and Annette Bernhardt from our Technology and Work Program.
www.techpolicy.press/evaluating-t...
www.techpolicy.press/evaluating-t...
Evaluating Trends and Challenges in State Regulation of Workplace Technologies | TechPolicy.Press
The 2025 US state legislative session has been something of a watershed moment for tech and work policy, write Mishal Khan and Annette Bernhardt.
www.techpolicy.press
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
AI in the workplace isn’t just automation. Workers report discrimination, intensified workloads, and even automated firing. New state policies aim to center workers, write Mishal Khan and Annette Bernhardt from our Technology and Work Program.
www.techpolicy.press/evaluating-t...
www.techpolicy.press/evaluating-t...
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The UC Berkeley Labor Center/ Institute for Research on Labor and Employment seeks a Grants and Contracts Administrator to be based in Berkeley, CA. Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The UC Berkeley Labor Center/ Institute for Research on Labor and Employment seeks a Grants and Contracts Administrator to be based in Berkeley, CA. Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social
The UC Berkeley Labor Center is hiring a grants and contracts administrator. Learn more and apply! The first review date is 10/31/2025.
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Job Opening: Grants and Contracts Administrator
The UC Berkeley Labor Center seeks a Grants and Contracts Administrator.
laborcenter.berkeley.edu
October 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The UC Berkeley Labor Center is hiring a grants and contracts administrator. Learn more and apply! The first review date is 10/31/2025.
laborcenter.berkeley.edu/job-opening-...
laborcenter.berkeley.edu/job-opening-...
“At the heart of everything Kent did was his unwavering commitment to protecting and uplifting immigrant workers.” www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Kent Wong, a champion of nonviolent resistance in the L.A. labor movement, dies at 69
Kent Wong, who spent decades teaching a doctrine of nonviolent resistance, died Wednesday at a hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 69.
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October 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“At the heart of everything Kent did was his unwavering commitment to protecting and uplifting immigrant workers.” www.latimes.com/business/sto...
