UC Berkeley Labor Center

SB 525 would establish a new minimum wage of $25 per hour for health care employees.

Author Jamie McCallum delivered a book talk on his latest book at the UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, or IRLE, on Feb. 1.

A policy brief by UC Berkeley professor Michael Reich found that the Living Wage Act, or LWA, would allow pay increases for millions of California workers.

Jordan Court, an affordable housing community of 34 studios for low-income and formerly houseless seniors in North Berkeley, celebrated its grand opening May 5.

UC Berkeley faculty and staff reported dissatisfaction with wages at the UC Board of Regents meeting Thursday amid debate for salary increases for chancellors and COVID-19 administrative leaves.

California and numerous cities in the Bay Area saw their minimum wages increase as of Jan. 1, providing low-income workers with a boost to their earnings. 

UC Berkeley Labor Center released a report Nov. 3 that provides a set of policy principles for workers' technology rights in the United States.

UC President Michael Drake extended the use of Emergency Paid Sick Leave to all UC employees, effective Oct. 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.

The nation’s low minimum wage could be costing the federal government more than $100 billion a year, a UC Berkeley Labor Center study published Thursday finds.

A report released by the California Workforce Development Board details how every industry affected by the state's climate policy can incorporate equity into jobs.