- ‘Broken’ US labor laws could hamper union wins for workers, experts warn, The Guardian, December 27, 2023
- Thirty years ago, Time magazine asked if L.A. was ‘going to hell.’ Are we there yet?, Los Angeles Times, December 22, 2023
- Federal government might force Starbucks to reopen LA stores, KCRW, December 19, 2023
- The Union Fight for the Future of Work—and the Democratic Party, Newsweek, December 13, 2023
- UCLA Labor Center leader on the impact of recent strikes, future of labor, Spectrum News 1, November 29, 2023
- Low wages, housing insecurity among issues faced by Koreatown restaurant workers, ABC 7, November 17, 2023
- Labor’s Great Reset, The Century Foundation, November 9, 2023
- The Enduring Power of Non-Violence: A Conversation with Rev. James Lawson, Then & Now, November 8, 2023
- Young People In California Are Working A Lot. But Many Are Struggling To Make Ends Meet, LAist, November 8, 2023
- Undergrad workers unionize, Marketplace, November 6, 2023
- New report reveals struggles of Koreatown restaurant workers, Daily Bruin, October 26, 2023
- Saba Waheed announced as new director of UCLA Labor Center, Daily Bruin, October 25, 2023
- US unions winning big gains amid ‘Great Reset’ in worker power, The Guardian, October 24, 2023
- Koreatown Is An LA Dining Destination. But Most Of Its Restaurant Workers Can’t Afford Adequate Housing., LAist, October 24, 2023
- Inside The Tough Battle To Unionize A Korean Grocery For The First Time, LAist, October 24, 2023
- Year of strikes: Why have so many workers joined the picket lines?, NBC Los Angeles, October 5, 2023
- State Legislative Staffers Across the U.S. Push to Unionize, Time, October 5, 2023
- Thai sweatshop workers, enslaved for years in El Monte, are now honored, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, September 30, 2023
- In Fresno, Sikhs and Oaxacans unite to pass caste discrimination ban, Los Angeles Times, September 30, 2023
- California’s fast-food workers win fight for $20 hourly pay and industry council, The Guardian, September 28, 2023
- LA County Board of Supervisors and LA City Council honor Rev. James Lawson Jr., Daily Bruin, September 27, 2023
- Column: Can nonviolent activism survive America’s outrage machine?, Los Angeles Times, September 22, 2023
- More than 75,000 Kaiser workers in California and elsewhere plan to strike next month, Los Angeles Times, September 22, 2023
- El Monte sweatshop workers honored by Department of Labor, Spectrum News BN 9, September 18, 2023
- UAW membership peaked at 1.5 million workers in the late 70s, here’s how it’s changed, USA Today, September 15, 2023
- New labor studies course will focus on history of labor movements in Los Angeles, Daily Bruin, September 15, 2023
- Arthritis from scrubbing, asthma from chemicals. California housekeepers want in on OSHA protections, Los Angeles Times, September 14, 2023
- Calls for Starbucks boycott grow amid aggressive union-busting activities, The Guardian, September 13, 2023
- As L.A. City Hall staffers consider unionizing, competing unions seek to woo them, Los Angeles Times, September 9, 2023
- UCLA student organizers get hands-on experience during hot labor summer, KCRW, September 5, 2023
- Summer of Strikes: A Brief History of LA’s Labor Movement, LAist, September 5, 2023
- Messi changes hotel plans amid LA’s hotel worker strike, Spectrum News 1, September 2, 2023
- Bringing the history of L.A. workers’ movements into the present – and future, UCLA Newsroom, September 1, 2023
- UCLA-led climate projects receive $7.5 million in state-funded grants from UC, UCLA Newsroom, August 31, 2023
- Gente de Los Ángeles: Robo de salarios, pobreza y desamparo: todo bajo un mismo techo, La Opinión, August 31, 2023
- Post-Grad Fashion Internships Are Becoming More Common. Is That A Good Thing?, Fashionista, August 22, 2023
- How Los Angeles went from union foe to U.S. strike capital, The Washington Post, August 18, 2023
- Koreatown workers are fighting for unions. Why do essential workers still lack basic protections?, Los Angeles Times, August 17, 2023
- Tales of a Second Generation Hourly Worker, Capital and Main, August 16, 2023
- Santa Clara County Pushes Food Businesses to Pay Worker Wages — or Lose Permits, KQED, August 14, 2023
- The picket line is their classroom: Inside UC’s labor union boot camp for student activists, Los Angeles Times, August 11, 2023
- Corporate greed, low unemployment, housing crisis: That’s the recipe for hot labor summer, Los Angeles Times, August 11, 2023
- What striking city workers have in common with striking Hollywood actors — and what they don’t, MarketWatch, August 11, 2023
- Panel discusses future of the UC’s decision to hire students without legal status, Daily Bruin, August 10, 2023
- ‘Staggering solidarity’: How California’s summer strikes broke down wealth, class barriers, CalMatters, August 8, 2023
- Many immigrant workers face a grim future without retirement benefits. A California bill could help, Los Angeles Times, July 31, 2023
- Solidarity summer: Unions take the streets together, KCRW, July 27, 2023
- ‘It feels like it’s strike summer’: US unions flex muscles across industries, The Guardian, July 26, 2023
- UPS reaches deal with Teamsters union to avoid strike, NBC News, July 25, 2023
- UPS and unionized workers resume negotiations a week before strike deadline, PBS NewsHour, July 24, 2023
- KCRW’s Chery Glaser interviews Kent Wong regarding “hot labor summer.”, KCRW, July 24, 2023
- UPS workers prepare for possible strike, Spectrum News 1, July 24, 2023
- Is this the Summer of strikes? Labor fights back against management, KNX News, July 19, 2023
- SoCal is center of organized labor movement. How did we get here?, KCRW, July 17, 2023
- Crise imigratória crescente e retrocesso nas leis impulsionam aumento alarmante da exploração infantil nos EUA, O Globo, July 16, 2023
- Centro Laboral de Los Ángeles amplía a México su colaboración, La Jornada, July 12, 2023
- Hotel Workers in LA Hold Strike, Demand Living Wage, Latino Rebels, July 11, 2023
- LA’s Rent Crisis Pushes Workers To The Picket Line, LAist, July 3, 2023
- Migrantes, los protagonistas de un nuevo mundo trasnacional, La Jornada, June 13, 2023
- UCLA faculty express concern over unsafe conditions at United States-Mexico border, Daily Bruin, May 31, 2023
- Star Garden dancers become only unionized strippers in the country, Spectrum News 1, May 30, 2023
- For Teens Learning About Wage Theft In LA’s Garment Industry, The Personal Is Political, LAist, May 26, 2023
- Boxing Isn’t Only a Labor of Love—It’s Work, Zócalo, May 24, 2023
- The Legal Road Ahead After UC Regents Approve Proposal To Allow Hiring Of Undocumented Students For On-Campus Jobs, LAist 89.3, May 22, 2023
- Wave of Higher Ed Union Strikes Swells Nationwide, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, May 19, 2023
- Undocumented and Unemployed, Inside Higher Ed, May 17, 2023
- Student rally calls for UC to hire students without legal status, fair union wages, Daily Bruin, May 17, 2023
- University of California’s undocumented students push for right to campus jobs, EdSource, May 12, 2023
- California bill seeks to extend OSHA protections to domestic workers, Safety+Health, May 11, 2023
- Serving Is ‘Labor’ Of Love For New Senator, The Observer, May 10, 2023
- Belabored: Los Angeles, 1992, Revisited with Tobias Higbie and Kent Wong, Dissent Magazine, May 5, 2023
- Focus organizing drives on workers without college degrees, US unions told, The Guardian, May 5, 2023
- Historic, but incremental: Educators face two realities in LAUSD deal with UTLA, LA School Report, May 2, 2023
- State lawmakers consider new health and safety protection for domestic workers, CBS News, April 28, 2023
- Garment workers in SoCal are paid ‘as little as $1.58 per hour,’ Labor Department says, Los Angeles Times, April 4, 2023
- Across the country, graduate students organize after UC academic worker strikes, Daily Bruin, April 4, 2023
- Labor strikes are rising – and winning pay hikes, The Christian Science Monitor, March 30, 2023
- Hundreds of L.A. Schools May Close Next Week as Workers Plan to Strike, The New York Times, March 17, 2023
- Labor Center expansion within the University of California is for the public good, OC Register, March 16, 2023
- UCLA Labor Center Celebrates Sen. Smallwood-Cuevas as the Only Black Woman in the California State Senate; UCLA Labor Center Hosts Homecoming Celebration for Sen. Smallwood-Cuevas for her New Senatorial Role and Longtime Contributions to the Labor Center, LA Watts Time, March 16, 2023
- Impacts of possible LAUSD strike, CBS News, March 15, 2023
- UC Regents Once Again Pass On Changing Employment Eligibility For Undocumented Students, LAist, March 15, 2023
- Labor Center celebrates Lola Smallwood-Cuevas’ election to state Senate, Daily Bruin, March 14, 2023
- All Eyes on California as Fast-Food Worker Rights Land on the 2024 Ballot, Civil Eats, March 14, 2023
- ‘Hard to ignore Julie Su’: Biden’s labor secretary pick fights for confirmation, The Guardian, March 12, 2023
- Drivers Gather at the Capitol to Support Wage Minimums for Uber, DoorDash and Other Services, CT Examiner, March 9, 2023
- Worker safety laws don’t protect these California workers. A new bill would change that, CalMatters, March 2, 2023
- UCLA researchers receive grants to study needs of California’s Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, UCLA Newsroom, March 1, 2023
- UCLA Labor Center program advocates for Black equity and career excellence, Daily Bruin, February 17
- Sweatshops are still running in the US, but labor laws are changing, Scripps News, February 15, 2023
- A SoCal Push For Former State Labor Commissioner Julie Su To Be The Next US Labor Secretary, LAist, February 15, 2023
- Uber and Lyft driver pay isn’t keeping up with soaring fares, study says, Engadget, February 14, 2023
- Uber and Lyft Fares Skyrocketed But Drivers Didn’t See all the Benefits, Study Says, Vice, February 14, 2023
- Uber, Lyft Claimed Record Share of Fare Dollars While Drivers Struggled Through COVID Crisis, The City, February 12, 2023
- Opportunity for All Campaign advocates for UC to hire undocumented students, Daily Nexus, February 12, 2023
- NYC Lyft and Uber drivers are getting less of the fare per ride: UCLA report, New York Daily News, February 11, 2023
- Uber, Lyft taking higher portion of fares, according to UCLA report, Pix11, February 10, 2023
- Uber, Lyft pocketed larger portion of fares after driver pay minimums took effect, report finds, Crains New York Business, February 9, 2023
- Lawmakers want investigation, hearings into ‘Wild West’ of California cannabis and farm work, Los Angeles Times, January 29, 2023
- Piden a directivas de UCLA contratar a estudiantes indocumentados: expertos dicen que una antigua ley no impide hacerlo, Univision, January 19, 2023
- Students call on UC to increase opportunities for students without legal status, Daily Bruin, January 18, 2023
- Estudiantes universitarios piden igualdad de oportunidades laborales en UC, La Opinión, January 18, 2023
- Undocumented Students Rally for UC Job Opportunities, NBC Los Angeles, January 18, 2023
- Letter to the Editor: Opportunity for All campaign requires more urgent response from UC leadership, Daily Bruin, January 16, 2023
- Owner of L.A. Restaurant Chain Must Pay $1.65 Million in Withheld Wages, Los Angeles Magazine, January 9, 2023
