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

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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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For our last letter of 2025, we're sharing developments to look out for in the new year: www.epi.org/blog/over-8-...

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Over 8.3 million workers will benefit from minimum wage increases on January 1: Nineteen states will raise their minimum wages. Here’s where.
Nineteen states will increase their minimum wages on January 1, boosting earnings for more than 8.3 million workers by a total of $5 billion. In addition, 47 cities and counties will raise their minim...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Read coverage of the IRLE's newest Hollywood Diversity Report on streaming television in 2024: variety.com/2025/streami...
While Diversity in Streaming Television Slips, Underrepresented Stories Increase Share, Finds UCLA Hollywood Report
The Hollywood Diversity Report for 2024 streaming TV from UCLA reported fewer leading roles for women and women of color than in 2023.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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NOW AVAILABLE! Our latest report titled, UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report Presents: Streaming Television in 2024, examined the 250 most-watched shows on the major streaming platforms in 2024, incl. both currently running series & library titles. DOWNLOAD here: socialsciences.ucla.edu/hollywood-di...
December 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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UCLA IRLE’s Fall Quarterly newsletter is out now! 📢

Catch up on recently published reports, stories, staff mentions in the news and more

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December 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Our top story this week brings the latest on how the federal government is restricting immigration www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...

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Trump Officials Cut Length of Work Permits for Asylum Seekers and Refugees
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December 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Power from the Past: Back in '78 organizers and legal advocates in Los Angeles blocked the deportation of over 100 workers rounded up to undermine unionization at a shoe factory. The strategy spread across activists networks to Chicago and other cities--an echo of the fight-back we're seeing today
inthesetimes.com In These Times @inthesetimes.com · Nov 24
In 1978, immigrant workers and unions stopped an immigration raid at the Sbicca shoe factory in East Los Angeles, setting a major legal precedent and showing how labor solidarity can defend against deportations.
Labor Solidarity Defends Against Deportations
In 1978, immigrants won a long fight with U.S. Border Patrol after a raid meant to union-bust.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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This week, we bring you the latest installment of @capitalandmain.bsky.social 's "ICE vs. LA" series: capitalandmain.com/how-employer...

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How Employers and Labor Groups Are Trying to Protect Workers From ICE
Here are some tactics unions and employers at farms, factories, restaurants and other job sites are using to shield employees from immigration raids.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Earlier this month, UCLA Labor Studies students went on an exclusive tour of the busiest shipping port in North America.

Read what they learned here: irle.ucla.edu/2025/11/18/l...
Behind the scenes at the Port of Los Angeles with UCLA Labor Studies
Students explored North America’s busiest shipping port from multiple perspectives
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November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Our top story explains why federal workers are continuing to struggle in the aftermath of the shutdown: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

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The Shutdown Is Over. But for Federal Workers, the Anxiety Persists.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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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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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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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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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
www.nytimes.com
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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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