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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.
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.social@ucblaborcenter.bsky.socialEmployers are increasingly using digital technologies to monitor workers, measure their performance, assign tasks and schedules, set the pace of work, and inform decisions about pay, discipline, and termination. Find out more: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/bossware-com...
laborcenter.berkeley.eduBossware Comes to California: The Impact of New Management Technologies on Workers and the Case for Policy Regulation
@sarahlazare.bsky.socialReposted by @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social"Amazon workers at four delivery and sorting warehouses in Germany are organizing to make every minute count. They’re demanding that Amazon pay them for every minute of work, saying in a petition that the company is stealing their time." Important reporting by @lfelizleon.bsky.social
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.social“...there’s much more to be done to build out a robust set of worker technology rights for the 21st-century labor market, but California’s unions have put the first big stake in the ground.” --Annette Bernhardt, Senior Tech Policy Advisor at the UC Berkeley Labor Center
bloodinthemachine.comCalifornia just passed the strongest AI labor laws in the USFinally, some good news
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.socialAs policymakers and others consider strategies to promote manufacturing in the Bay Area, it is essential to take into account job quality and equity challenges. Find out more in our report "Making it in the Bay." laborcenter.berkeley.edu/making-it-in...
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.socialLearn more about high-road strategies to grow manufacturing in the Bay Area through our work with the Bay Area High Road Manufacturing Initiative. @newenergynexus.bsky.social @californialabor.bsky.social @bluegreenalliance.bsky.social @wpusa.bsky.social wpusa.org/bahrmi/
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.socialGood jobs don’t happen by accident: creating quality jobs requires intentional strategies to grow a high-road sector that supports long-term investments in workers and labor-management partnership. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/making-it-in...
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.socialThe impact of poor wages is esp felt by workers of color & immigrants, who make up the vast majority of all production workers in the region. Read more in our new report, which provides a comprehensive analysis of the Bay Area’s manufacturing labor market. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/making-it-in...
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.socialAlmost 1 in 10 jobs in the Bay Area is in the manufacturing sector. But are these good jobs? For most blue-collar workers the answer is no: their median wage is only $24.50, and less than a third of production workers in the Bay Area are paid a living wage. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/making-it-in...
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.socialWebinar: "Understanding How AI Impacts Worker Health and Safety," on Wed, October 7, 2026, 12-1 PT.
A discussion of AI in the workplace looking at recent laws, worker experiences and a conceptual framework for safety professionals. By UC Berkeley LOHP and COEH. www.coeh.berkeley.edu/26WEB1007
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.social“There’s plenty of blame to go around” for expensive healthcare, said Miranda Dietz, director of the Health Care Program at the UC Berkeley Labor Center. But ospital costs make up the largest share of premium spending – about 40 cents of every premium dollar.
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.socialUnderstanding How AI Impacts Worker Health and Safety
Webinar October from 12-1pm PT
Join the Labor Center Senior Researcher Mishal Khan, PhD, and other panelists to learn about how safety professionals can apply existing tools to emerging hazards around AI.
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.socialHosted by East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE)
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
Greenlining Building 360 14th St, Oakland, CA 94612
oaklandtechweek.com/ai-in-the-wo...
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.socialDespite living in a largely pro-labor state, with a Democrat-controlled Legislature and dozens of cities & counties w/ wage floors higher than the state minimum, low-wage workers in California are losing ground. @markkreidler.bsky.social @capitalandmain.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/she-leaves-h...
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.socialMedian pay for CA security workers is now around $20 per hour. In the Bay Area it's $24, compared to a regional median wage of $42. Learn more in our report: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/demographic-...
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.socialThousands of security workers for CA tech companies are on strike. Our research found 44% of security officers in California qualify as low-wage workers; in the Bay Area it's 2/3 of them. @fastcompany.com @seiuca.org www.fastcompany.com/91609749/tho...
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.socialUnions are pushing for better pay and training for security officers. “They’re playing this critical public safety role, but their wages and training have not kept pace with those responsibilities and risks with the job.”—Enrique Lopezlira
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/b...
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.socialBest states to work in the US based on wage policies, worker protections, and rights to organize. California is #1 🌟
www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/issu...
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.socialSpecial thanks all the organizations that hosted our interns this summer: @workingeastbay.bsky.social, @seiu521.bsky.social, SEIU-USWW, Housing Rights Committee of SF, Trabajadores Unidos Workers United, North Bay Labor Council, Bay Area Regional Tenant Organizing Network, and UNITE HERE Local 2
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.socialThat’s a wrap on summer 2026! 🎬☀️ From hands-on projects to unforgettable learning moments, our student interns have spent the last few months diving headfirst into real in-the-field experience.