Listen to Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris in a conversation with Alicia Modestino, Associate Professor at Northeastern University, William Spriggs, AFL-CIO’s chief economist, and Aaron Sojourner, senior researcher at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment research, as they discuss the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs, wages, and unemployment report for March 2023. This conversation was aired live on the Power At Work Blog on April 7 at 8:45 AM ET, just 15 minutes after the release of the report.
Find the new episode, here.
This in-depth conversation about the latest numbers will examine this snapshot of the U.S. economy and what it means for workers, unions, and worker power.
Alicia Modestino is an Associate Professor at Northeastern University’s School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and the Department of Economics, as well as the Research Director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy. She previously served as Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
William Spriggs is a professor in, and former chair of, the Department of Economics at Howard University. He also serves as the AFL-CIO’s chief economist.
Aaron Sojourner is a labor economist and senior researcher at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment research. He has served as a Senior Economist for labor at the White House’s Council of Economic Advisors.
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