This four-day, in-person workshop is offered to individuals in labor and community-based organizations who are lead organizers and want to strengthen their skills in effectively managing their team.
Join the UC Berkeley Labor Center this fall! Find out more about the labor movement and social justice work by attending our panel discussions, free film screenings, partner event talks, and more.
This classic of Filipino/Pilipino American and labor cinema follows Sister Stella Legaspi, a nun committed to staying out of politics … until she experiences a picket line and begins to question the violence of apathy. Filmed during (and boldly critical of) Ferdinand Marcos’ dictatorial reign, the film is both a political and personal coming of age tale.
UC Berkeley Labor Center and partners produce resources for all high schoolers.
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) included additional federal subsidies to make health insurance more affordable in the individual market, but these expire at the end of 2025. If Congress does not extend the expanded subsidies and levels revert to those in the original Affordable Care Act, all 2.37 million Californians in the individual market—including those not receiving subsidies—would face higher health insurance premiums and be forced to choose between more expensive coverage, less generous coverage, or forgoing coverage all together and going uninsured.
Wages have been growing slower than inflation, said Ken Jacobs, co-chair of the UC Berkeley Center for Labor, meaning hotel workers’ pay has less buying power than it did previously.
Ken Jacobs said that “key issues in those negotiations include pay while on the ground and unpaid overtime … This is likely to be a major bargaining issue across the remaining airlines in the coming years.”
Brad Hirn said because rent prices increased at record rates before and during the pandemic, softening rents should not be viewed as a move toward affordability.
Here’s a look at how California made almost everyone eligible for health insurance and what’s happening to extend coverage to the rest.
