How Employers are Using Market Power to Underpay Workers

On Tuesday, May 7 from 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. CT, Stacey Slaughter will be moderating a roundtable titled, “How employers are using market power to underpay workers: The new antitrust merger guidelines’ take on labor markets.” This event brings together economic research, legal theory, and real-world antitrust expertise to focus on the future of mergers and antitrust regulations. Panelists will discuss the crucial role of antitrust enforcement in shaping the future of labor market competition and advancing worker welfare.

The event will be hosted by the Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute and take place at the University of Minnesota campus, which was established to help disseminate economic research and to make research have policy impact. Speakers will include Eric Posner, a law professor at the University of Chicago and the DoJ who served as a special advisor on writing the labor parts of the new FTC rules, as well as Kyle Herkenhoff, a professor in economics at the University of Minnesota. Mr. Herkenhoff was a presenter at the DoJ public hearings providing feedback on merger guidelines.