Labor Day briefing
25 August 2005 ATTENTION: Labor, economics, employment writers and editors	Contact: Kathleen Maclay (510) 643-5651 kmaclay@berkeley.edu

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WHAT
Labor Day briefing by experts at the University of California, Berkeley's Center for Labor Research and Education on California labor trends to watch in the coming year.

The briefing also will highlight new findings on:

• What's happening with wages of California's workers in the current recovery and the quantity and quality of new jobs.
  
  
• A 30-year portrait of African American workers in the Bay Area - in terms of low-wage work and access to jobs.
  

WHEN
10 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 31.

WHERE
The center's conference room, 2521 Channing Way, Berkeley.

DETAILS
Reports will be provided at the briefing, but the information contained in them is embargoed until Sunday, Sept. 4.