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TOMORROW! Don't miss this timely conversation with organizers, researchers and legal experts. RVSP here: ucla.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
UCLA IRLE@uclairle.bsky.social · 4w agoCOMING SOON – State of the Unions: California Labor in 2025 Join the UCLA IRLE for a discussion with labor experts and organizers on how California workers built power in 2025 despite challenges from the Trump administration. 🕗 9/9/2026 - 12-1:30 pm PST RSVP at irle.ucla.edu/webinar/
UCLA IRLE's "State of the Unions" KEY FINDINGS thread🧵 KEY FINDING #1– California unions grew in 2025, adding more than 100,000 workers and increasing the share of the state’s workforce represented by unions to 16.7%. Learn more at bit.ly/SOTU-25
Read about the IRLE's newest report tracking the California labor movement on UCLA Newsroom: newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/sta...
State of the Unions on Labor Day: California organized labor grows despite headwinds
A new report from the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment chronicles a year of union growth, worker activism and mounting challenges.
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Join labor experts and organizers for an illuminating panel discussion on workers’ prolonged fights to secure a first union contract 💪📝 “State of the Unions Part II: The Fight for a First Union Contract” 🕐September 23, 12 - 1:30 pm PST 📍Virtual RSVP at irle.ucla.edu/webinar/
Just in time for Labor Day, our new report looks at California unions in the first year of Trump II. Union membership held up despite a dysfunctional NLRB and California remained a center of union activism in the U.S. Plus, case studies of local union campaigns from across the state.
UCLA IRLE@uclairle.bsky.social · 2w agoIntroducing “State of the Unions: California Labor in 2025.” The UCLA IRLE’s newest report provides the latest data on union membership, organizing activity, and worker direct action in California. Read at bit.ly/SOTU-25
Introducing “State of the Unions: California Labor in 2025.” The UCLA IRLE’s newest report provides the latest data on union membership, organizing activity, and worker direct action in California. Read at bit.ly/SOTU-25
COMING SOON – State of the Unions: California Labor in 2025 Join the UCLA IRLE for a discussion with labor experts and organizers on how California workers built power in 2025 despite challenges from the Trump administration. 🕗 9/9/2026 - 12-1:30 pm PST RSVP at irle.ucla.edu/webinar/
Over the weekend, the IRLE and UCLA Labor Studies welcomed 200 researchers from labor and allied social movements to campus for the annual Strategic Labor Research Conference. Catch up on highlights from the fourth annual SLRC here: irle.ucla.edu/2026/08/13/s...
UCLA Strategic Labor Research Conference 2026 Highlights
The UCLA IRLE’s annual conference equipped 200 researchers and organizers with winning campaign strategies and strengthened networks
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📰 IRLE's Weekly Labor Reads delivers a round up of labor movement news to your inbox every Friday. Our top story explains how the end of TPS could impact workers and families: www.npr.org/2026/07/28/n... Read more news you missed: conta.cc/44Yejfu Subscribe at: bit.ly/IRLE_LaborReads
Thousands of TPS holders could face deportation as work permits are set to expire
Work permits for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians are set to expire, after the Trump administration stripped them of temporary protected status.
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📰 IRLE's Weekly Labor Reads delivers a round up of labor movement news to your inbox every Friday. Our top story brings in depth coverage of how Trump's cuts are impacting workers: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/u... Read more news you missed: conta.cc/4wkce9J Subscribe at: bit.ly/IRLE_LaborReads
Trump Gutted Civil Rights Agency, Stifling U.S. Scrutiny of Workplace Bias (Gift Article)
A little-known federal office spent decades investigating potential discrimination by government contractors — until it was stopped by the Trump administration.
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📰 IRLE's Weekly Labor Reads delivers a round up of labor movement news to your inbox every Friday. Our top story recaps worker wins during the World Cup: jacobin.com/2026/07/stad... Read more news you missed: conta.cc/4wEscuU Subscribe at: bit.ly/IRLE_LaborReads
LA Stadium Workers Won the Right to Strike Over ICE
Wielding the leverage of scheduled World Cup matches, concessions workers at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles won the right to strike if ICE poses a threat to their safety. The victory comes amid other Wor...
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📰 IRLE's Weekly Labor Reads delivers a round up of labor movement news to your inbox every Friday. Our top story covers Democrats' diverging strategies heading into midterm season: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/u... Read more news you missed: conta.cc/4aO47JU Subscribe at: bit.ly/IRLE_LaborReads
In Trump’s Second Midterm, Democrats Are Looking for Fighters (Gift Article)
Attitudes in the party have shifted, Democrats say, with a growing appetite for outsider candidates vowing to overhaul the system. Some worry that the trend could be costly in November.
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#PowerFromThePast - Did you know Los Angeles hosted the FIFA World Cup in 1994? This video shed light on the working class reality underpinning the glamor and glory of the tournament. Watch here: vimeo.com/198767134?fl... View more Los Angeles working class labor history: memorywork.irle.ucla.edu
On Any Day: A Visit to Four LA Neighborhoods (1995)
The Tourism Industry Development Council (TIDC, later known as the LA Alliance for a New Economy, LAANE) takes visiting journalists on a tour of Los Angeles working class neighborhoods.
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UCLA LOSH (@uclalosh.bsky.social) addresses urgent issues impacting workers’ wellbeing through its research and education programs. Catch up on LOSH's initiatives supporting at-risk groups, including young workers and those involved in fire clean-up: irle.ucla.edu/2026/07/07/l...
UCLA LOSH promotes worker health and safety for all
Learn more about the transformative impact of the UCLA Labor Occupational Health and Safety program (LOSH) on worker wellbeing in California and beyond
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📣 UCLA IRLE’s Spring 2026 quarterly newsletter is out now Read the full newsletter at 🔗 bit.ly/IRLEQuarterly Sign up to receive our next newsletter 📥 bit.ly/IRLEsign_up
📰 IRLE's Weekly Labor Reads delivers a round up of labor movement news to your inbox every Friday. Our top story covers the lasting impact of Trump's deportation campaign: capitalandmain.com/one-year-on-... Read more news you missed: conta.cc/4w5H1X7 Subscribe at: bit.ly/IRLE_LaborReads
One Year On, Los Angeles Is Still Living with the Fallout of the Raids
New analysis and firsthand accounts reveal the toll of the crackdown on immigrant communities in L.A. County and beyond.
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APPLY TODAY! We’re looking for a WRUC Program Specialist to support LOSH staff in course coordination, training activities, and development of education materials under our hazmat and environmental health worker training grant. View the full job description and apply here: bit.ly/4vtaDOc
The latest installment of the Hollywood Diversity Report is out now! Learn more about the lastest Hollywood diversity trends by reading the article below, or visit socialsciences.ucla.edu/hollywood-di... 🗞️ newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/hol...
Not so golden: Diversity losing its shine for streaming studios – but not audiences
The path to mainstream success is shrinking for filmmakers of color and women, according to UCLA’s Hollywood Diversity Report.
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Happy International Archives Day! This year's theme is #ArchivesForJustice: Rights, Memory & Futures. A few photos from the Justice for Janitors campaign in 1989, courtesy of the @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social: tessa2.lapl.org/digital/coll... #JusticeforJanitors #InternationalArchivesDay
If you're in L.A. June 10, I'll be on a panel on the "Future of History in the Age of A.I." at @wendemuseum.bsky.social with Saadia Gabriel, Cindy Anh Nguyen, and David Myers. Join us to discover whether history will still matter when we achieve AGI. wendemuseum.org/event/ai-his...
The Future of History in the Age of A.I. - Wende Museum
What will history look like in the age of AI? Who will decide what is true? Whose memory survives, and whose is lost?
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Earlier this month, UCLA Labor Studies hosted a panel on life-or-death protest rituals performed by precarious workers in South Korea. Read about the risks and rewards of high-stakes protests here: irle.ucla.edu/2026/05/26/k...
“Hope is something we make”: solidarity and care in the South Korean labor movement
UCLA Labor Studies chair Jennifer Jihye Chun and Ju Hui Judy Han presented their book Against Abandonment: Repertoires of Solidarity in South Korean Protest
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📰 IRLE's Weekly Labor Reads delivers a round up of labor movement news to your inbox every Friday. Our top story celebrates UPTE's historic organizing campaign: upte.org/news/2100-uc... Read more news you missed: conta.cc/49PVOfZ Subscribe at: bit.ly/IRLE_LaborReads
2,100 UC tech workers launch the largest tech organizing drive in U.S. history — UPTE-CWA 9119
More than 2,100 tech workers at the University of California have built majority support to join UPTE , making it the largest tech organizing drive in United States history . We’ve petitioned the ...
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#PowerFromThePast Organized by the Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness in 1977, members gather in defense of welfare rights at the “Hold the Line Caravan.” View more labor history at memorywork.irle.ucla.edu
📰 IRLE's Weekly Labor Reads delivers a round up of labor movement news to your inbox every Friday. Our top story covers AFSCME 3299's historic contract win (@afscme3299.bsky.social) : www.latimes.com/california/s... Get more labor news here: conta.cc/4dKdBaJ Subscribe at: bit.ly/IRLE_LaborReads
'We won!' UC service workers get tentative deal for big raises, averting threatened strike
UC strike is averted as AFSCME Local 3299, representing 40,000 technical patient care workers and service staff, reaches a tentative agreement that it says won major raises and caps on healthcare prem...
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Join us for a panel on Jewish labor activism in Los Angeles at the UCLA Labor Center on May 28, 2026! The conversation brings together educators, labor leaders and community partners to discuss the history and future of Jews in the labor movement. RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
There is still time to apply to the 2026 Strategic Labor Research Conference! 🗓️ Applications close this Friday, May 15. This week, we’re spotlighting three research strategy workshops led by experts. 🔍 🚨 Applications DUE May 15 📝 Apply and learn more: irle.ucla.edu/research/ucl...
📰 IRLE's Weekly Labor Reads delivers a round up of labor movement news to your inbox every Friday. Our top story explains workers and unions' fight to get ICE out of the World Cup: www.latimes.com/sports/socce... Get more labor news here: conta.cc/3QSqyGI Subscribe at: bit.ly/IRLE_LaborReads
SoFi Stadium workers threaten to strike if ICE isn't banned from World Cup games
Protestors marched to local FIFA organizing offices in Los Angeles on Friday calling for ICE to be banned from SoFi Stadium during World Cup games.
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#PowerFromThePast Labor leaders, community members and workers march in Downtown Los Angeles in support of hotel workers at the New Otani in 1997. Learn about the New Otani campaign and view more labor history on the Memory Work website: memorywork.irle.ucla.edu
Last month, the UCLA Labor Center (@uclalabor.bsky.social) celebrated reopening its historic building as a nexus of community, organizing and worker education. Read more about the UCLA Labor Center’s transformative community impact and exciting next era: irle.ucla.edu/2026/05/06/l...
UCLA Labor Center welcomes the community home as it celebrates historic building reopening
Learn more about the UCLA Labor Center’s impactful research and educational initiatives advancing worker justice in the heart of Los Angeles
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