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EPISODE · Feb 2, 2024 · 39 MIN

Workers by the Numbers #16: Analyzing the January Jobs and Unemployment Report with Aaron Sojourner and Seth Harris

from Power At Work · host The Burnes Center for Social Change

Due to technical difficulties, the Power At Work Blog was unable to share this month's Workers by the Numbers stream live, but you can still catch our labor experts' latest takes on the January BLS report. Watch below to hear a conversation between Alicia Modestino, Seth Harris, and Aaron Sojourner recorded live at 9 AM on February 2, 2024, the morning of the BLS report's release. Alicia Modestino, Associate Professor at Northeastern University, hosts this month's Workers by the Numbers Blogcast. Listen to her in conversation with Aaron Sojourner and Seth Harris as they discuss the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs, wages, and unemployment report for January 2024. This conversation was recorded on February 2, 2024. You don't want to miss this Numbers Day blogcast! Follow us on social media: ⁠TikTok⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠Twitter⁠ ⁠Facebook⁠ ⁠LinkedIn  Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Overcast. 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. Seth Harris is a Distinguished Professor of Practice at Northeastern University and Affiliated Faculty and a Senior Fellow at the Burnes Center for Social Change (and its partner project The GovLab) where he runs the Initiative on Labor and Economic Justice. Prior to joining Northeastern University, Professor Harris was the Deputy Assistant to the President for Labor and the Economy and Deputy Director of the Biden White House’s National Economic Council.

Due to technical difficulties, the Power At Work Blog was unable to share this month's Workers by the Numbers stream live, but you can still catch our labor experts' latest takes on the January BLS report. Watch below to hear a conversation between Alicia Modestino, Seth Harris, and Aaron Sojourner recorded live at 9 AM on February 2, 2024, the morning of the BLS report's release. Alicia Modestino, Associate Professor at Northeastern University, hosts this month's Workers by the Numbers Blogcast. Listen to her in conversation with Aaron Sojourner and Seth Harris as they discuss the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs, wages, and unemployment report for January 2024. This conversation was recorded on February 2, 2024. You don't want to miss this Numbers Day blogcast! Follow us on social media: ⁠TikTok⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠Twitter⁠ ⁠Facebook⁠ ⁠LinkedIn  Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Overcast. 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. Seth Harris is a Distinguished Professor of Practice at Northeastern University and Affiliated Faculty and a Senior Fellow at the Burnes Center for Social Change (and its partner project The GovLab) where he runs the Initiative on Labor and Economic Justice. Prior to joining Northeastern University, Professor Harris was the Deputy Assistant to the President for Labor and the Economy and Deputy Director of the Biden White House’s National Economic Council.

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