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Advancing labor research and education for workplace justice via our units –– UCLA's Labor Center, UCLA LOSH, UCLA HAART and our academic major UCLA Labor Studies.

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UCLA IRLE @uclairle.bsky.social · Sep 25
We are thrilled to announce that UCLA Labor Studies is now officially a department!🎉

The UCLA Labor Studies Department is the first of its kind at the UC

Read more about this historic development here: irle.ucla.edu/2025/09/25/u...
RELEASE– Historic first: UCLA launches Labor Studies Department
UCLA Labor Studies undergraduate major and minor will expand as a new academic department
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Eye-opening boat tour of the Port of LA today with UCLA Labor Studies students and ILWU guides @uclairle.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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UCLA Labor Studies students are learning about logistics and dock workers on a trip to the Port of Los Angeles today
November 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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📰 IRLE's Weekly Labor Reads delivers a digest of labor news straight to your inbox.

Our top story recounts how newly elected NYC Mayor Mamdani built a coalition of working class support: www.labornotes.org/2025/11/zohr...

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Zohran Mamdani: New York's Working Class Elects a Movement Mayor
Zohran Kwame Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist and the Democratic nominee, will be New York City’s next mayor, after trouncing former Governor Andrew Cuomo in a primary and general election double whamm...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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📰 IRLE's Weekly Labor Reads delivers a digest of labor news straight to your inbox.

Our top story brings you an update on federal workers’ unions stance as the shutdown continues: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...

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Top Federal Workers’ Union Breaks With Democrats on Shutdown
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October 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Earlier this month, David Huerta, president of SEIU-USWW, visited UCLA Library before joining a panel on worker organizing in a UCLA Labor Studies class with Flor Melendrez, CLEAN Carwash Worker Center director.

Read about their visit here: irle.ucla.edu/2025/10/30/h...
L.A. labor leaders link the past and future during visit to UCLA campus
David Huerta, SEIU-USWW president, explored labor history archives before joining Flor Melendrez, CLEAN Carwash Worker Center director, for a panel on worker organizing
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October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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📰 IRLE's Weekly Labor Reads delivers a digest of labor news straight to your inbox.

Our top story covers how unions are fighting back against the federal agenda: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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How are unions pushing back against Trump’s attacks on labor and layoffs?
Unions are battling in court to halt firings and ensure workers retain their collective bargaining rights
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Meet UCLA IRLE's 2025 visiting scholars, Brady Collins and Eli Revelle Yano Wilson.

Learn more about their research and the Visiting Scholars program here: irle.ucla.edu/2025/10/23/i...
Meet UCLA IRLE’s 2025 Visiting Scholars
The Visiting Scholars program at the UCLA IRLE hosts researchers from institutions around the world to study labor and workplace topics in Los Angeles
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October 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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The UCLA Department of Labor Studies presents "Labor Studies Now," our '25-'26 speaker series 📣

Join the Labor Studies Department for book talks, film screenings and research workshops exploring the changing nature of work, economic inequality, immigration and more ⬇️

irle.ucla.edu/2025/10/22/l...
Introducing “Labor Studies Now” speaker series
The UCLA Labor Studies Department presents book talks, film screenings and research workshops exploring the top issues facing the labor movement today
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October 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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📰 IRLE's Weekend Labor Reads delivers a digest of labor news straight to your inbox.

Our top story covers a massive healthcare workers strike unfolding this week: apnews.com/article/kais...

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31,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses and other health care workers strike for better wages and staffing
An estimated 31,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers have gone on strike to demand better wages and staffing.
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October 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Kent Wong, a champion of nonviolent resistance in the L.A. labor movement, dies at 69
Kent Wong, a champion of nonviolent resistance in the L.A. labor movement, dies at 69
Kent Wong, who spent decades teaching a doctrine of nonviolent resistance, died Wednesday at a hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 69.
www.latimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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UCLA IRLE and Labor Studies department leaders mourn the loss of Kent Wong, visionary leader and champion of worker and immigrant rights.

Read the statement here: irle.ucla.edu/2025/10/13/s...
IRLE statement on the passing of Kent Wong
The UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE), Labor Studies Department, and Los Angeles labor communities are mourning the loss of Kent Wong, a visionary leader and champion of worke...
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October 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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📰 IRLE's Weekend Labor Reads delivers a digest of labor news straight to your inbox.

Our top story brings the latest on how the government shutdown might impact federal workers: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

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White House Signals It May Try to Deny Back Pay to Furloughed Federal Workers
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October 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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The UCLA Labor Center is deeply saddened to share that Kent Wong, our former director for more than 30 years, has passed away. His legacy lives on with every staff member and student at the UCLA Labor Center.

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Statement on the passing of former director Kent Wong
The UCLA Labor Center is deeply saddened to share that Kent Wong, our former director for more than 30 years, has passed away. Since joining the UCLA Labor Center in 1991, Wong had been a…
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October 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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IRLE expert, Kit Smemo, was recently published in @cunyslu.bsky.social's New Labor Forum with a piece analyzing the conservative think tank American Compass.

Read about the publication here: irle.ucla.edu/2025/10/08/e...
UCLA IRLE expert on the “conservative labor movement” and American Compass
Kristoffer Smemo, UCLA Labor Studies faculty, explores an American conservative “pro-worker” agenda
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October 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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📰 IRLE's Weekend Labor Reads delivers a digest of labor news straight to your inbox.

Our top story brings the latest on how California is enforcing workers rights: www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Newsom signs bill expanding California labor board oversight of employer disputes, union elections
Assembly Bill 288 gives the state authority to step in when the National Labor Relations Board can't or won't act.
www.latimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Applications are now open for the 2026 Young Worker Leadership Academy (YWLA)! @uclalosh.bsky.social and UC Berkeley LOHP invite you and any young members from your community to apply to our 3-day leadership training hosted at UCLA.
October 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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📰 IRLE's Weekend Labor Reads delivers a digest of labor news straight to your inbox.

Our top story brings the latest on how California is protecting immigrant families: www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

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California defies Trump, shields schools and clinics from ICE
The California governor signed five bills that Democrats say will protect the state’s large immigrant population from federal law enforcement overreach.
www.politico.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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We are thrilled to announce that UCLA Labor Studies is now officially a department!🎉

The UCLA Labor Studies Department is the first of its kind at the UC

Read more about this historic development here: irle.ucla.edu/2025/09/25/u...
RELEASE– Historic first: UCLA launches Labor Studies Department
UCLA Labor Studies undergraduate major and minor will expand as a new academic department
irle.ucla.edu
September 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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📣 UCLA IRLE’s Summer Quarterly newsletter is out now

Read recently published research, stories, staff mentions in the news and more 🗞️

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September 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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This week, UCLA Labor Studies faculty, Kit Smemo, was published in @cunyslu.bsky.social's New Labor Forum: newlaborforum.cuny.edu/2025/09/15/b...

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Building a Conservative Labor Movement: American Compass and the Right’s Pro-Worker Policy Agenda - New Labor Forum
What does it look like when the right attempts to articulate its own version of a “pro-worker” program? That is the question driving the American Compass think tank. Founded during the last year of Do...
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September 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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📰 IRLE's Weekend Labor Reads delivers a digest of labor news straight to your inbox.

Our top story brings the latest on how UC workers are fighting back against federal demands: www.latimes.com/california/s...

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UC employees, not waiting on leaders, sue Trump for 'financial coercion' over UCLA cuts
University of California employees on Tuesday sued President Trump over a $1.2-billion penalty against UCLA and federal demands for sweeping campus changes. They argued that the actions are unconstitu...
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September 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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📰 IRLE's Weekend Labor Reads delivers a digest of labor news straight to your inbox.

Our top story recaps the Supreme Court's controversial ruling on roving patrols in LA: calmatters.org/justice/2025...

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Supreme Court allows immigration agents to resume indiscriminate sweeps in LA, siding with Trump
The Supreme Court lifted limits on immigration sweeps in Los Angeles, overturning a ruling that forbade agents from stopping people based on their appearance.
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September 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Our top story brings you the latest on how federal actions are harming workers: www.npr.org/2025/09/01/n...

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How Trump is decimating federal employee unions one step at a time
President Trump has ended collective bargaining rights for more than 1 million federal workers. Unions have sued to block the move, but agencies are terminating contracts as litigation continues.
www.npr.org
September 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Our "State of the Unions" report highlighted below ⬇️
lapublicpress.bsky.social LA Public Press @lapublicpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
Unions are shrinking nationwide — but not in California.

Organizing here is holding strong, showing what’s possible even as Trump 2.0 makes the fight harder.
Unions Are Shrinking Nationwide — But Not in California
Organizing here is holding strong, showing what’s possible even as Trump 2.0 makes the fight harder.
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September 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Chris Newman, @ndlon.bsky.social legal director and UCLA Labor Studies faculty, went on @democracynow.org this week to explain the new developments in Abrego Garcia case: www.democracynow.org/2025/8/25/ki...

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Abrego Garcia Detained Again, Faces Deportation to Uganda After 3 Days of Freedom
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who became a symbol of Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown when the administration illegally sent him to El Salvador earlier this year, is at risk of being deported again — this tim...
www.democracynow.org
August 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM