
Now Open: Labor Summer Research Program
Students will have a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in applied research.
New Study: Essential Undocumented Workers But Disposable Mixed-Status Families
Exclusion of undocumented residents from stimulus payments resulted in a loss of $10 billion in potential economic output.
Black Workers in Los Angeles County
UCLA Labor Center report finds Los Angeles in the throes of a Black jobs crisis
The Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) is a multidisciplinary research center dedicated to research, teaching, and service on labor and employment issues. Through the work of its units – Labor Studies, UCLA Labor Center, Labor Occupational Safety and Health program, and Human Resources Roundtable – the Institute forms wide-ranging research agendas that carry UCLA into the Los Angeles community and beyond.




2022
- Black Worker Hub Informs Southern California’s Black Job Crisis: Stories and Data to Power the Movement, Los Angeles Sentinel, August 4, 2022
- Black Job Crisis: For Black Workers’ Wellness at the Workplace as Necessary as Getting a Job, Black Voice News, August 3, 2022
- Opinion: California needs laws to curb wage theft, which happens more often than you may think, The San Diego Union-Tribune, August 1, 2022
2021
- Support for labor unions highest in 55 years, California School Employees Association, December 30, 2021
- Garment Workers Organize to End Wage Theft, Yes! Magazine, December 28, 2021
- Amazon settles with NLRB to give workers power to organize, AP News, December 23, 2021
