Topic Unemployment Insurance: A Labor Movement and Social Justice Issue

Register: https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ucemorDooGdHTk8-5YQP4nImXN_GesZ9Q

Description Join Labor Center alum and nationally-recognized expert Michele Evermore, along with leading UMass economist and policy researcher Arindrajit Dube to examine how and why unemployment insurance is and should be a key issue for the labor movement. In addition to providing a foundation for understanding UI as a critical resource for union workers, this session will explore with participants how targeted policy changes in state UI systems, along with potential federalization of UI, can be a significant source of worker power.

Presenter Information:

Michele Evermore, UMass Amherst Labor Center 2016. (Note: Michele’s comments in this session will reflect her own and will not in any way represent any position(s) of the Biden-Harris administration.)

About Arindrajit Dube, UMass Amherst Department of Economics

Time

Apr 12, 2021 05:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)