Events
Upcoming Events
Weekly Visiting Scholars Seminars
We're thrilled to welcome a new cohort of visitor scholars from universities around the world and to once again host in-person events in our building. Join us every Wednesday at noon in the IRLE Director's Conference Room for our weekly lunchtime seminars, where visiting scholars and Berkeley scholars present their research. All members of the IRLE community as well as any others interested in the talks are welcome. Pizza will be served. Spring 2023 Schedule Date Presenting Scholar's Name Talk Title 01/25/2023 Justin Wiltshire, University of Queensland Walmart, Supercenters, and Monopsony Power 02/01/2023 No seminar scheduled N/A 02/08/2023 Paul Schüle, LMU…
Union Organizing in the Early Care and Education Workforce
Join us for a UC Berkeley graduate student seminar on union organizing in the early care and education sector. Using case studies from California and New Mexico, law students Dalton A. Valerio and Sam Goity will present several strategies for organizing. The seminar is based on their paper, Analysis of Labor Organizing, Unionization, and Collective Bargaining Strategies for the Early Education Workforce, which will be published by the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment. A discussion following the 15-minute presentation will look at organizing efforts in gig industries and/or fissured workforces such as ECE, including successes and challenges, and…