
Rev. James Lawson Jr. Receives the UCLA Medal
The Los Angeles community gathered to honor and celebrate Rev. Lawson’s 60-year legacy of activism and nonviolence
Labor Studies Fall 2020
2020 Labor Studies fall courses offer theoretical groundwork and hands-on research experience.
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.




2020
- Google workers unionize, a watershed in Silicon Valley activism, Daytona Times, January 9, 2021
- Governor Newsom Announces Appointments 1.7.21, EIN Presswire, January 8, 2021
- Google workers make waves with new labor union, The Hill, January 5, 2021
2019
- Supreme Court hears UC’s case against Trump administration’s DACA repeal, Daily Bruin, November 12, 2019
- Bruin pulse for CicLAvia’s journey through the heart of L.A., UCLA Newsroom, October 7, 2019
- First UCLA Centennial initiative honors alumni who have fought for social justice, UCLA Newsroom, October 3, 2019