
Labor Summer Applications Now Open
Labor Summer is a full-time, PAID, intensive eight-week educational internship program. Apply by January 29, 2020.

Work with us! IRLE is hiring
California Policy Lab and the Labor Center are seeking passionate, qualified candidates for a range of research and outreach roles. Apply today.

The Public Cost of a Low Federal Minimum Wage
A new Labor Center report finds that nearly half of families who would receive a direct wage increase under the Raise the Wage Act are enrolled in at least one public safety net program, at an annual cost of $107 billion.

Appalling wealth inequality even before pandemic windfall profits for a few
CWED’s Sylvia Allegretto analyzes the recently released 2019 Survey of Consumer Finances data and calls for radical economic restructuring to address vast and growing wealth inequality.