UC Berkeley Labor Center researchers Miranda Dietz, Laurel Lucia, Alexis Manzanilla, and Nari Rhee have analyzed the potential impacts of Medicaid cuts on California and the importance of the Medi-Cal program to our state. View their recent publications.
Rolling back Medicaid access through cuts and bureaucratic hurdles will have far-reaching and disproportionate impacts on older adults. In particular, the work documentation requirement poses an especially draconian barrier to older adults, given the steady dropoff in employment after age 50 due to deteriorating health, age discrimination, and increasing responsibility to provide care for aging family members.
California’s historic expansion of coverage to undocumented individuals has not only brought the state closer to universal coverage, but has also reduced racial disparities in health coverage. However, this progress is at risk due to a new state budget proposal that would curtail Medi-Cal benefits for certain immigrants, ahead of additional severe federal cuts to Medicaid being considered.
If cuts proposed by Republicans in Washington become law, millions of Californians could lose health care provided by Medi-Cal, according to an analysis by the UC Berkeley Labor Center. A cascade of economic damage would follow, touching every part of the state.
This paper focuses on medical debt in California, and existing and potential policy solutions to ameliorate the ruinous financial effects of medical debt in the state.
This case study examines how Revive Oakland! (RO), a community-labor coalition, took a leading role in shaping the billion-dollar redevelopment of the Oakland Army Base (OAB) 25 years ago.
Accessible, non-technical FAQ answering common questions about AI and other digital technologies in the workplace, how employers use them, and how workers are impacted.
As Kung Feng puts it: “Data is the common denominator for an incredibly broad range of digital technologies that are at work today. There’s this common phrase: data is the new oil.”
An unlikely alliance of labor and environmental-justice groups is working to ensure the region is prepared for a future without big oil.
Last month, officials with Valero Energy announced they would be closing the company’s 170,000 barrels-per-day oil refinery in Benicia, California—a city of 25,000 residents, east of San Francisco. The plant, spread across 900 acres, employs over 400 workers, and is scheduled to close in April 2026.
A new report shows that 25 years after the Oakland Army base’s decommissioning, community benefits agreements for the base redevelopment have been largely successful — potentially offering a model for how the planned redevelopment of the Oakland Coliseum can be a boon for the community.
