A new CWED brief analyzing the most recent data on jobs and the economy in California and the U.S. The Great Recession is over, with record high job growth, but poverty and inequality persist.

Students can enroll now for two Labor Studies courses offered in Fall 2018, for undergraduate and graduate students seeking research experience. Field studies in Labor and Community Organizing (apply here) and Contemporary Labor Issues: Challenges and Innovation.

Annette Bernhardt of the Labor Center makes sense of the new government data on contingent work: “Simply put, we need to stop running our future of work debates through the lens of Uber.”

A three-part series from the Labor Center shows how unions improve the lives of all working people in California, both union and non-union members, and put dollars into local economies.