
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.



2021
- The Echo Park Lake Displacement: Just Plain Wrong, CityWatch, April 5, 2021
- What the PRO Act would mean for labor organizing and workers’ rights, KPFA: Upfront, April 2, 2021
- The Echo Park Lake Displacement: Just Plain Wrong, LA Progressive, April 1, 2021
2020
- All 3 live-event industries are in trouble, Lake County Record-Bee, December 26, 2020
- What do basketball, ballet, and parties have in common? All 3 live-event industries are in trouble, CBS8, December 22, 2020
- At LA’s Nail Salons, Latest Lockdown Cuts to the Quick, Los Angeles Business Journal, December 14, 2020