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2018 September 15 ebulletin

September 15, 2018

LERA eBulletin

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Michael Lillich
LERA writer-editor

Bernadette Tiemann
LERA managing editor

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In the News
Aaron SojournerAaron Sojourner (Minnesota) is quoted in “Associated Press Fact Check: Trump on black unemployment.”
https://apnews.com/amp/d7a35c3d0ad342ad8b3a041226f06746
And in CNN Politics’ “Wages are growing, White House insists.”
Michael BelzerMichael Belzer (Wayne State) has an op-ed, “Truck Drivers are Overtired, Overworked and Underpaid,” posted on WBUR’s “The Conversation.”
https://theconversation.com/truck-drivers-are-overtired-overworked-and-underpaid-100218

His book, Sweatshops on Wheels (Oxford, 2000), is cited in this recent New York Times op-ed, “The trouble with trucking.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/opinion/sunday/the-trouble-with-trucking.html
Sylvia AllegrettoPaying less than minimum wage is bad for tipped workers, hard to enforce, and adds extra liabilities for restaurant owners, writes Sylvia Allegretto (UC-Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor and Employment) in a new policy brief.

http://irle.berkeley.edu/should-new-york-state-eliminate-its-subminimum-wage/
Michael ReichMichael Reich and his research on Uber drivers’ pay in New York City are cited liberally in this article in the New York Times.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/nyregion/uber-drivers-pay-nyc.html
David NeumarkDavid Neumark (UC-Irvine) wrote a Wall Street Journal (subscription required) op-ed “Do what it takes to promote work.” He argues against raising the minimum wage and for increasing the Earned-Income Tax Credit.
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Submit a session (or paper) proposal to the LERA Program Committee by November 15, 2018, details here: https://lera.memberclicks.net/71st-lera-call. The LERA 71st Annual Meeting “Ahead of the Curve: Challenges Posed by Technology and the New Work Force” will happen June 13-16, 2019 in Cleveland, OH.

Registration is open for [email protected] 2019, January 4-6, 2019 in Atlanta, GA. Register here: https://conf.aeaweb.org. Join us for 18 LERA sessions over three days. Visit our meeting page at https://lera.memberclicks.net/lera-assa-meeting-january for complete details.

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