The Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) is a multidisciplinary research center dedicated to advancing labor research and education for workplace justice. Through the work of its units – UCLA Labor Center, Human Resources Roundtable, and the Labor Occupational Safety and Health program – the Institute forms wide-ranging research agendas that carry UCLA into the Los Angeles community and beyond.
2024
- At colleges, unions fight for equity as well as pay, The Hill, January 28, 2024
- Watch: ‘L.A. Stories,’ UCLA Library’s new video series, UCLA Newsroom, January 9, 2024
2023
- ‘Broken’ US labor laws could hamper union wins for workers, experts warn, The Guardian, December 27, 2023
- Thirty years ago, Time magazine asked if L.A. was ‘going to hell.’ Are we there yet?, Los Angeles Times, December 22, 2023
- Federal government might force Starbucks to reopen LA stores, KCRW, December 19, 2023