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The UC Merced Community and Labor Center conducts research and education on issues of community, labor and the environment.
New op-ed identifies the economic harms of the mass deportation initiative and the lack of immigration reform, and makes the case for business leaders to advance broad-based coalitions with worker and immigrant rights groups.

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November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Thank you to our Valley SEED partners who participated in the Central Valley Community Gardens and Farms Tour - which offered valuable insights into sustainable gardening, farming practices, and the development or expansion of gardens, farms, and worker cooperatives. 🚜🌱 #SustainableFarming
September 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Big thanks to everyone who joined us for the first-ever UC screening of #AmericanAgitators — honoring Fred Ross Sr. and the fight for workers' rights in the Central Valley and beyond!

Grateful to our panelists: Director Raymond Telles, UFW's Armando Elenes & #Fightfor15 Guadalupe Palma.
September 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Leading scholars warn that the US is on the path to authoritarianism--targeting immigrants, workers & unions in unprecedented ways, while aided by inexplicable Supreme Court rulings. This Labor Day, show your support for the rights of immigrants, workers & unions everywhere. #LaborDay
September 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🚨 CA is under an excessive heat warning. Stay cool, stay hydrated, stay safe. According to our Farmworker Health Study - Nearly half (43%) of farmworkers reported their employer never provided a heat illness prevention plan as mandated under CA state law
August 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Congratulations to our 2025 UC Merced Labor Summer Internship Cohort ! A special thank you to our Host Sites for mentoring and guiding the next generation of labor leaders.

Together, we will continue to build worker power in California’s Central Valley! #LABORSUMMER #UCMCLC
August 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
“Layoffs, store closures and offloading organized worksites are all part of the anti-unionism playbook,” said Ana Padilla, Executive Director of UC Merced Community and Labor Center.

An important read by @melissagomez.bsky.social with the LA Times
California's richest agricultural family is shuttering a farm the UFW sought to unionize
Wonderful says the nursery in Wasco, Calif., was losing money. Some question whether the company is laying off hundreds of workers to send a message to others.
www.latimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We found an alarming decline in private sector employment following recent escalations in federal immigration enforcement. CA noncitizens working in the private sector declined by 7.2%. CA citizens reporting private sector work declined by 2.2% over the same period.
@levisu
California saw a 3.1% drop in private-sector employment the week immediately after the Trump administration stepped up its immigration raids in the state, according to a new analysis of U.S. Census data. buff.ly/v6OrsyW

📸 J.W. Hendricks
July 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM