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IRLE is an interdisciplinary institute at the University of California, Berkeley that connects world-class research with policy to improve workers’ lives, communities, and society.

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CWED Conference Minimum Wages & Monopsony Power Conference 2025 June 6, 2025 at UC Berkeley’s Alumni House We are pleased to announce the Minimum Wages and Monopsony Power conference, hosted by Michael Reich, chair of the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics (CWED) at IRLE.

Minimum Wages and Monopsony Power Conference

June 6, 2025•Alumni House

This upcoming conference honors the career of Dr. Michael Reich, chair of CWED, professor of emeritus of Economics, and former director of IRLE, on his upcoming 80th birthday and after 51 years of teaching, research and service at UC Berkeley.

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California Could Lose Up to 217,000 Jobs if Congress Cuts Medicaid

A new Labor Center report examines how proposed federal cuts to Medicaid would impact California’s economy.

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