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News from EPI Media advisory: EPI to launch “Unequal Power” project: How the assumption of equal bargaining power in the workplace undermines freedom, fairness, and democracy

On Wednesday, October 7 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern, EPI will host a Zoom event to launch our new project, Unequal Power. Unequal Power is a three-year, interdisciplinary initiative that challenges the assumption that workers and employers have equal bargaining power and identifies why we need to operate with a framework that centers unequal workplace power. The event will feature presentations on this topic by researchers, a brief overview of the project, and a dedication of the initiative to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose dissent in Epic Systems inspired the project.

Who:
Opening remarks and overview of the Unequal Power project:

  • Thea Lee, President, Economic Policy Institute
  • Larry Mishel, Distinguished Fellow, Economic Policy Institute
  • Jennifer Harris, Senior Fellow, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Dedication to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg:

  • Kate Andrias, former clerk to Justice Ginsburg and Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

Presentation:

  • Samuel Bagenstos, former clerk to Justice Ginsburg and Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

Panelists:

  • Cynthia Estlund, Catherine A. Rein Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
  • Suresh Naidu, Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
  • Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
  • Elizabeth Anderson, John Dewey Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy and Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Jenny R. Yang, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute

What: A discussion with leading scholars about EPI’s Unequal Power project and a dedication of the initiative to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

When: Wednesday, October 7
4:30 p.m.—6 p.m. Eastern

To RSVP, please register here.