The LOSH team and partners from LA County Department of Public Health’s Office of Worker Health and Safety conduct outreach to workers cleaning up toxic ash and debris after the 2025 fire in Altadena. / UCLA LOSH
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Willa Needham2026-02-03 09:04:452026-02-03 09:13:23LOSH supports workers in the aftermath of the 2025 Los Angeles firesThe 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; the UCLA Labor Center, the Labor Occupational Safety and Health program (LOSH) and Human Resources Roundtable (HARRT); its academic program, the UCLA Labor Studies Department; and its research initiatives, the Institute forms wide-ranging economic equity agendas that carry UCLA into the Los Angeles community and beyond.
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The LOSH team and partners from LA County Department of Public Health’s Office of Worker Health and Safety conduct outreach to workers cleaning up toxic ash and debris after the 2025 fire in Altadena. / UCLA LOSH
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Willa Needham2026-02-03 09:04:452026-02-03 09:13:23LOSH supports workers in the aftermath of the 2025 Los Angeles fires
UCLA Labor Studies Professor Leisy Abrego (R) joins Jennifer Cárcamo (L), director of "Eternos Indocumentados" for a Q&A session
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Willa Needham2025-12-12 09:34:212025-12-12 09:35:13UCLA Labor Studies alum centers refugee narratives in powerful documentary
Photo courtesy of Jennifer A. Cárcamo.
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Marcos Ruiz2025-12-12 09:34:032025-12-12 09:42:42Alumni Q&A: Spotlight on Dr. Jennifer Cárcamo
On November 7, UCLA Labor Studies students attended a field trip to the Port of Los Angeles
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Willa Needham2025-11-18 08:42:302025-11-18 08:42:30Behind the scenes at the Port of Los Angeles with UCLA Labor Studies- New Trump Policy Could Make Thousands Of Immigrants Vulnerable To Losing Their Jobs, Huffpost, Victor Narro, UCLA Labor Center project director, October 30, 2025
- A play about the revolt of human workers — not machines — gave us the word ‘robot’, NPR, Tobias Higbie, UCLA IRLE Director, September 12, 2025
- Labor Day 2025: In CA, job market is shaky but unions are strong, KCRW, Ft. Tobias Higbie, UCLA IRLE Director, August 30, 2025
- California unions held their ground last year but face big tests in 2025, Los Angeles Times, Ft. Tobias Higbie, UCLA IRLE Director, August 25, 2025
- Many unions were once wary of immigrants. Now they march alongside them., Marketplace | NPR, Ft. Tobias Higbie, UCLA IRLE Director, June 12, 2025
- How Labor Unions Came to Define the L.A. Immigration Protests, The New York Times, Ft. Victor Narro, project director at UCLA Labor Center, June 11, 2025
- Los Angeles, city of immigrant protests: why it’s no surprise LA rose up against Trump, The Guardian, Ft. Victor Narro, project director at UCLA Labor Center and Chris Zepeda-Millán, UCLA Labor Studies Chair, June 11, 2025
- LA Protests Signal Public’s Readiness to Rebel Against Anti-Immigrant Fascism, Truthout, by Chris Newman, UCLA Labor Studies faculty, June 9, 2025
- The Mexican Flag Becomes a Potent L.A. Protest Symbol, The New York Times, Ft. Chris Zepeda-Millán, UCLA Labor Studies Chair, June 8, 2025
