2015 Headlines

Former Urban Planning Professor, Social Justice Advocate Passes Away, Daily Bruin, December 15, 2015
$15 Minimum Wage? Labor Economists Still Not Sure, Bloomberg BNA, December 10, 2015
Middle-Class Families, Pillar of the American Dream, are No Longer in the Majority, Study Finds, Los Angeles Times, December 9, 2015
Race, Gender, and Work: Lola Smallwood-Cuevas with Domestic Workers United – Laura Flanders Show, The Ring of Fire, December 8, 2015
Anti-nuclear Weapons Summit Planned in Inglewood, Daily Breeze, December 8, 2015
High Veteran Unemployment Appears to be in the Past, but the Push for More Hires Continues, Los Angeles Times, December 3, 2015
Survey: Wage Theft Rampant in Twin Cities, RH Reality Check, December 3, 2015
Electric Vehicle Firm BYD Accused of Violating L.A. Wage Rules, Los Angeles Times, December 1, 2015
Long Story Short: Nov. 30th, 2015, Daily Bruin, November 30, 2015
On Thanksgiving, a Call for Spirituality and Self-Care in the Labor Movement, AFL-CIO, November 27, 2015
How the new $650M USC Village stacks up against Westwood Village, Daily Bruin, November 25, 2015
Challenge: Enforcing City’s New Minimum Wage Hike, Lexington Herald Leader, November 23, 2015
UCLA Labor Center, SolArt Document Struggles of Young Workers in LA, Daily Bruin, November 18, 2015
UCLA Students Document Experiences of L.A.’s Young Workers, UCLA Newsroom, November 18, 2015
Clinton says Most Minimum-Wage Workers are Women, Politifact, November 13, 2015

Port Trucker Says They’re Not About to Stop, Random Length News, November 13, 2015
Why the Success of the $15 Minimum Wage Movement has Surprised it’s Leaders, The Los Angeles Times, November 11, 2015
Fellowships Aims to Train Women Leaders for Social Justice Movements, Daily Bruin, November 9, 2015
Undocumented Youth Are Here Through No Fault of Their Own. But It’s Not Their Parents’ Fault, Either, In These Times, November 5, 2015
It’s Walgreens Vs. the American Dream in the Battle for Overtime, Newsweek, November 5, 2015
Police, Power, and the Production of Racial Boundaries, Portside, November 4, 2015

Young Workers, Low-Wage Workers: UCLA Study Finds that Millennials are Among the Lowest Paid in LA County, KCET.org, October 29, 2015
Speaking Out on Labor Inequality and Misconceptions of Young Workers, KCET.org, October 29, 2015
California’s Drought is Hitting Indigenous Latino Workers Hard, Tree Angle, October 27, 2015
New Report: Enforcing California’s Minimum Wage Laws, UCLA Labor Center, 2015
Wages, Unions and the End of the Middle Class, UCLA Blue Print, October 20, 2015
California Gov. Signs Bill Protecting Workers from Wage Theft, Ms. Magazine, October 20, 2015
WageSpot App Wants to Make Salaries Public to Push Pay Higher, Los Angeles Daily News, October 17, 2015
A Community- and Power-Building Approach to Black Employment, Nonprofit Quarterly, October 15, 2015
Warning: Beauty May Come At a Hidden Health Cost for African-Americans, UCLA Newsroom, October 14, 2015
Gov. Brown Signs Landmark Wage Theft Bill, UCLA Labor Center, October 14, 2015
LA Black Worker Center Takes New Approach to Black Jobs Crisis, Aljazeera America, October 14, 2015
The President Moderates a Conversation on Worker Voice – featuring appearance from Lola Smallwood of the Black Worker Center, YouTube, October 13, 2015
Let’s End Burnout in the Movement, Huffington Post, October 8, 2015
Wages Are Dropping For LA County Young Workers, Annenberg Media Center, October 7, 2015
Speak Up: Your Voice in the Workplace Matters, Huffington Post, October 6, 2015
DACA no es suficiente para el progreso de los “soñadores”, La Opinion, October 5, 2015
UCLA: Young Los Angeles Workers are being Set Up for Failure, Los Angeles Wave, October 5, 2015
57 Percent of Los Angeles Millennial Workers Stuck in Low-Wage Jobs, Breitbart, October 3, 2015

Paz en Acción: Why the Teachings of Francis of Assisi Matter Today in Social Justice Work, LA Progressive, October 2, 2015

UCLA Faculty Members Feel Pope Brings Moral Perspective to Activism, Daily Bruin, September 28, 2015
Wisconsin Democrats Look to Crack Down on Wage Theft, RH Reality Check, September 22, 2015
Spouses of High-Skilled Workers Can Now Apply for Jobs – and They’re Finding it’s Not Easy, 89.3 KPCC, September 21, 2015
Labor Department Forces Agoura Hills Company to Pay Back Wages for Overtime Violations, 89.3 KPCC, September 21, 2015
Perspectives: Practicing What We Preach: Tools for Employing Spiritually and Mindfulness in Our Social Justice Work, Law at the Margins, September 20, 2015
Lecturer Victor Narro Interviewed on Telemundo on Wage Theft of Immigrant Workers, UCLA School of Law, September 18, 2015
The Psychological Toll of Living Without Papers, Deutsche Welle, September 18, 2015
California Labor Activists Celebrate Wage Theft Bill and Minimum Wage Hike in Los Angeles County,Free Speech News Radio, September 16, 2015
Community-Engaged Research , Insider Higher Ed, September 14, 2015
California Lawmakers Approve Legislation to Combat Wage Theft, The Los Angeles Times, September 11, 2015
US Had Highest Job Openings in July Since Job Openings Counting Began in 2000, West Texas News,September 10, 2015
Labor Department Announces 5.8 Million Job Openings,Gazette Tribune, September 9 , 2015
With Minimum Wage on the Rise, Labor Leaders Focus on Wage Theft, 89.3 KPCC, September 7, 2015
A “Dirty Dozen”: Companies That Routinely Steal Wages, Radio Bilingue, September 4, 2015
Few Wage Theft Victims Ever get Their Back Pay, The Los Angeles Times, September 4, 2015
On the Record: UCLA’s Victor Narro Explains NLRB ‘Joint Employer’ Ruling, Los Angeles Times,September 3, 2015
Paz en Accion (Living Peace), Enfoque Latino KPFK, September 3, 2015
Univision Coverage of the Orange County Wage Theft Forum, Univision.com, August 30, 2015
NLRB Ruling on Third-Party Employers Could be a Game Changer for Unions, Los Angeles Times,August 28, 2015
Uber, Lyft Could Soon Compete with Taxis at LAX, Government Technology, August 26, 2015
Minimum Wage Movement: California Dreamin’, The National Law Review, August 26, 2015
This Summer Camp Just Churned out 80 Activists, The Los Angeles Times, August 22, 2015
Dream Summer Program Seeks to Cultivate Future Immigrant Rights Leaders, New America Media,August 24, 2015
Anthem to Courage, Antidote to Nativism! The Standsbury Forum, August 23, 2015
Dream Summer National Program Provides Opportunities for Undocumented Youth, Asian Journal, August 21, 2015
Illegal immigrant granted $15K scholarship in California, Campus Reform, August 20, 2015
Three Years After DACA, Young Immigrants Say Lives Changed, but Still Uncertain, 89.3 KPCC, August 13, 2015
How Millions of Americans are Robbed of Their Legal Pay, MoneyTalksNews, August 11, 2015
Number of Wage ‘Cheaters’ may Rise Along with Minimum Wage, The Oregonian, August 10, 2015
How Can Cities Successfully Enforce a Higher Minimum Wage?, The Christian Science Monitor, August 9, 2015
Amid Push for Higher Minimum Wage, Concern Rising about Workers Cheated out of Proper Pay,StarTribune, August 9, 2015
LA Union Wants to be Exempt from $15 Minimum Wage, CNBC, July 30, 2015
Can the On-Demand Economy Survive Without Independent Contractors?, Los Angeles Business Journal, July 30, 2015
San Diego Woman Still Trying To Get Money From Former Employer After More Than 2 Years, NBC San Diego, July, 28, 2015
Dreams Deported: Immigrant Youth and Families Resist Deportation, Portside, July 24, 2015
Higher Wages, Great! But How to Enforce?, The New York Times, July 25, 2015
Los Angeles Does it Again: $15 an Hour!, People’s World, July 23, 2015
Labor Protests for $15/Hour Pay Off for LA and NY Workers, Blue Maumau, July, 22, 2015
L.A. County Supervisors Agree to Boost Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour by 2020, Los Angeles Times,July 21, 2015
Los Angeles County Leaders Vote to Raise Minimum Wage in Unincorporated Areas, 89.3 KPCC, July 21, 2015
UCLA Minimum Wage Set to Rise with State, City Increases, Daily Bruin, July 19, 2015
Why Raising the Minimum Wage in LA County isn’t Enough: Hilda Solis, SGV Tribune,July 17, 2015

UCLA Students Detail LA Garment Workers’ Child Care Issues, Phys.org, July 17, 2015
LAX Votes to Allow Uber, Lyft passenger Pickups, 89.3 KPCC, July 16, 2015
UCLA Provides Internship Opportunities to Illegal Immigrants, Campus Reform, July 13, 2015
Digging Through History Using Digital Tools, UCLA Newsroom, July 8, 2015
Checks and Balance: Labor Lost, But Lives to Fight Again, CQ Weekly, July 6, 2015
Dream Summer Program Provides Internships to Undocumented Students, Daily Bruin, July 6, 2015
Health4All LGBT People, Equality California, July 6, 2015
LA County Supervisors to Seek Support in Studying Wage Theft Enforcement, Los Angeles Daily News, July 5, 2015
Undocumented Immigrant Youth Spend Summer Making Positive Change, Balitang America, June 30, 2015
Donald Trump Loses More Business as Mexico’s Televisa Cuts Ties, The Street, June 30, 2015
Obama Aims to Expand Overtime Pay to More Salaried Workers, Los Angeles Times, June 30, 2015
Radical Visions: Failed Jobs Training Programs Inspire a ‘Black Worker Center’ in DC, Mint Press News, June 25, 2015
New Report: Building a Movement Together, UCLA Labor Center, June 24, 2015
Strawberry Pickers Strain to See Fruits of Their Labor, Even After Strike, Aljazeera America, June 21, 2015
Timeline: Mexican Farm Workers Demand Living Wage, Aljazeera America, June 19, 2015
Amazing! Mark Zuckerberg Gives $5 Million to Undocumented Immigrant College Fund, Latina, June 18, 2015.
Los Angeles is Ground Zero for Wage Theft, Aljazeera America, June 18,2015
What the Uber Employee Ruling Means for the Future of Work, City Lab, June 18, 2015
3 Years In, It’s Increasingly Clear that DACA Benefits All of Us, American Immigration Council Immigration Impact, June 15, 2015
The List of the Fight for $15’s Victories—Tangible and Intangible—Is Getting Longer, In These Times,June 15, 2015
EpicSpaces to Feature Coworking Environment in Pasadena, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, June 12, 2015
La depresión es un temible mal que está atacando a miles de jóvenes indocumentados, Primero Impacto, June 10, 2015
Vivir con miedo, constante de los indocumentados, El Dario, June 7, 2015
‘Fight for $15’ Workers Create Recipe for Change at Convention, Aljazeera America, June 6, 2015
LA Raises the Minimum Wage- Here’s How, Liberation, June 5, 2015
The People Who Pick Your Strawberries May Soon Finally Escape ‘Modern Slavery’ Working Conditions, Fusion, June 4, 2015
Road Wage: How to Pay Workers Who Split Time Inside and Outside L.A.?, The Los Angeles Times,June 2, 2015
California Lawmakers Advance ‘Wage Theft’ Bill for Workers, Press-Telegram, June 1, 2015.
The Big Question Behind Protests Keeping Blueberries from San Francisco, The Washington Post, May 27, 2015
Irvine Zigs as Nation Zags: City May Repeal Living Wage Law, The Orange County Register, May 24, 2015
Here are the Cities that Need a $15 Minimum Wage the Most, Fortune, May 23, 2015
Exploring the Potential Impact of $15 an Hour on SoCal, 89.3 KPCC AitTalk, May 20, 2015
Professors, Businesses Divided on Effect of Potential Minimum Wage Hike, Daily Bruin, May 20, 2015
Un logro parcial el aumento al salario minimo en L.A.: ‘Hay mas por hacer’, dicen activistas, Hoy, May 19, 2015
La industria de la costura bajo la sombra de la explotacion, Hoy, May 19, 2015
Los Angeles City Council Votes to Raise Minimum Wage to $15, Daily Bruin, May 19, 2015
Los Angeles wage and hour attorney – Wage Theft Judgment, Top Wire News, May 14, 2015
Janitors Spreading Value of Early Education Among Immigrants, KPCC Southern California Public Radio, May 8, 2015
The Quality of Black Lives Matters Too, RH Reality Check, May 8, 2015
23 Places Off Campus Where UCLA Rules, UCLA Newsroom, May 6, 2015
Words to Remember: Digital Archives Help Immigrants Share Their Stories, ASU News, May 5, 2015
L.A. Committee Approves Enforcement Bureau for Proposed Minimum Wage Hike, My News LA, May 5, 2015
Minimum Wage Studies: Critics Question Economists’ Ties to Labor, 89.3 KPCC, May 4, 2015
Black Workers matter: Asserting that Black Lives Matter also Means that the Quality of those Lives Matter, The Discount Foundation, May 4, 2015
Barrios Unidos Founder to Speak at 12th Cesar Chavez Convocation, UCSC Newscenter, May 1, 2015
Proposed Bill on Fighting Wage Theft is Strong but Needs More Precision, The Los Angeles Times, May 1, 2015
Economy Up, Wages Down: Activists Prepare for Minimum Wage Hike Campaign, Santa Barbara Independent, April 30, 2015
Activistas piden no comprar en El Súper hasta que se mejore la situación laboral, Hoy, April 30, 2015
New Report Puts More Momentum Behind L.A. Minimum Wage Hike, 89.3 KPCC, April 30, 2015
Commencement Weekend May 9-10; University President, Federal Reserve CIO, Immigrants’ Rights Expert and Dean to Address Graduates, University of Richmond Newsroom, April 22, 2015
Victor Narro Joins Dick And Sharon, LA Progressive, April 22, 2015
New Study Finds Severe Toll on Mental Health of Undocumented Immigrant Youth, Asian Journal, April 21, 2015
State Senate Bill Targets Businesses that Fail to Pay Employees, Los Angeles Times, April 21, 2015
Labor Studies Program Organizes Annual Labor, Social and Environmental Justice Fair, Dateline Dominguez, April 20, 2015.
Youth Immigrants Face Health Risks, California Healthline, April 20, 2015
Alleging Labor Abuses, U.S. and Mexican Workers Call for Boycott of Driscoll’s Berries, In These Times, April 18, 2015
Victories (and Setbacks) in the Big Fight for Fair Wages, Colorlines, April 16, 2015
Maternity Leave Benefits in US Much Less Than Many Countries, Voice of America, April 16, 2015
Denny’s to Emeryville: Increasing the Minimum Wage Increases Crime, East Bay Express, April 8, 2015
Members of LA Black Worker Center to Protest for More Jobs, Westside Today, April 8, 2015
Few California Workers Win Back Pay in Wage-Theft Cases, The Los Angeles Times, April 6, 2015
Raising Wages From the Bottom Up, American Prospect Longform, Spring 2015
The Dim Sum Revolution, SFGate, April 6, 2015
LA Street Vendor Allies Ask City Attorney to Drop Recent Charges, Soundcloud.com, April 3, 2015
Black Workers’ Lives and Livelihoods Matter: Guest Commentary, Los Angeles Daily News, April 3, 2015
A Higher Minimum Wage Could Pump $5.9 Billion Into LA’s Economy, The Nation, April 1 , 2015
McDonald’s is Giving 90,000 Workers Raises and Vacation Time, The Los Angeles Times, April 1, 2015
L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti talks minimum wage hike during Cesar Chavez Day Event, Los Angeles Daily News, March 31, 2015
La movilización de los jornaleros en San Quintín, YouTube, March 31, 2015
A City Divided: Will the Minimum Wage Hike Make or Break L.A.?, Neon Tommy Annenberg Digital News, March 31, 2015
City Study Wage Hike; Biz, Labor Release Dueling Studies, Los Angeles Business Journal, March 19, 2015
Raising the Minimum Wage in LA: 3 Studies on the Impact, 89.3 KPCC, March 19, 2015
Los Angeles International Airport Workers Sue Airplane Food Company for Wage Theft, Daily Breeze,March 18, 2015
Target Pressured on Wages by Group with Focus but Little to Spend, Reuters, March 12, 2015
A Call for Spirituality and Self-Care in the Social Justice Movement, LA Progressive, March 12, 2015
Which Way, L.A.? Los Angeles: The Nation’s Capital of Wage Theft, KCRW.com, March 9, 2015
Undocumented California Youth Can Get Health Care, but Many Don’t Know it, Inquirer, March 9, 2015
Baby’s Bodyguard, 40th Annual Gracies Award, March 4, 2015
Faculty Union Blasts California State University Teacher Pay in Report, Long Beach Press Telegram,March 3, 2015
Board of Supervisors Backs Deferred Action Extension Plan, Park LaBrea News Beverly Press, February 26, 2015
Scott Walker, GOP presidential hopeful, is poised to sign Wisconsin’s right-to-work law, The Los Angeles Times, February 26, 2015
The History of Labor Unions, Los Angeles Sentinel, February 26, 2015
L.A. Supervisors OK Help for Immigrants Under Contested Obama Plan, The Los Angeles Times, February 24, 2015
Air Force Veteran with Tech Skills Stuck with $10 an Hour at Department Store, The Los Angeles Times,February 21, 2015
With Pay Raise, Wal-Mart Misses Minimum Wage Movement’s $15 Mark, Fortune, February 19, 2015
Mindfulness Series Speaker Victor Narro Advises Self-care for Student Social Activists, The Occidental Weekly, February 19, 2015
Chasing Donald Trump: When an Apprenticeship is More Lucrative than a Degree, SkilledUp, February 18,2015
Advance Schedules Proposed for Retail Workers in California, CBS Money Watch, February 18, 2015
Small but Powerful Union is at Center of Port Dispute, The Los Angeles Times, February 17, 2015
Why the New Law Combating Wage Theft in Chicago’s Cook County is a Big Deal, In These Times,February 17, 2015
The Key to Solving the Black Jobs Crisis Is Organizing Black Workers, Huffington Post, February 15, 2015
UC Irvine, UCLA and Labor Leaders Celebrate Orange County Reality Collaboration TONIGHT, OC Weekly, February 12, 2015
For Some Childhood Arrivals, a Long Wait for Legal Status, 89.3 KPCC, February 11, 2015
Unions Have Pushed The $15 Minimum Wage, But Few Members Will Benefit, NPR, February 10, 2015
Los Angeles Residents Divided Over Proposed $15 Minimum Wage, NPR, February 9, 2015
Leaders, Community Members Gather at City Hall in Support of Raising the Wage, Los Angeles Sentinel, February 5, 2015
Asians Slower to Seek Immigration Protection, Yahoo News, February 1, 2015
Happy New Year to SFVJACL, The Rafu Shimpo, February 1, 2015
CHSWC Announces the 2015 Young Worker Leadership, WorkersCompensation.com, January 29, 2015
The Workers United! Multi-Ethnic Solidarity in L.A.’s Koreatown, Hyphen, January 28, 2015
Migrant College Students Face More Stress Than Their Peers, Study Says, The Los Angeles Times,January 27, 2015
Letter: Bullying of Workers is Crippling to Unions, The Berkshire Eagle, January 24, 2015
A New Effort to Help Black Workers Find Higher-paying Jobs, The Los Angeles Times, January 20, 2015
Seattle Takes Step to Hire More Workers from Distressed Areas, The Seattle Times, January 20, 2015
Program Helps Black Workers in L.A. Compete for Coveted Apprenticeships, UCLA Newsroom, January 20, 2015
On the Beaches of Santa Monica, Temp Workers Organize, Labor Notes, January 12, 2015
21 States Raise Minimum Wage as Feds Ponder Changes, Newsmax, January 1, 2015