
The Labor Studies (LBR STD) interdepartmental program offers UCLA undergraduates an opportunity to learn about the workplace and its impact on communities.
Memory Work Los Angeles is a collaboration between labor unions, community organizations, activists, librarians, and researchers to reclaim the past, understand the present, and change the future of work and working people.
The Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) is a multidisciplinary research center dedicated to advancing labor research and education for workplace justice. Through the work of its units – UCLA Labor Center, Human Resources Roundtable, and the Labor Occupational Safety and Health program – the Institute forms wide-ranging research agendas that carry UCLA into the Los Angeles community and beyond.




Hear from our experts:
- Many unions were once wary of immigrants. Now they march alongside them., Marketplace | NPR, Ft. Tobias Higbie, UCLA IRLE Director, June 12, 2025
- How Labor Unions Came to Define the L.A. Immigration Protests, The New York Times, Ft. Victor Narro, project director at UCLA Labor Center, June 11, 2025
- Los Angeles, city of immigrant protests: why it’s no surprise LA rose up against Trump, The Guardian, Ft. Victor Narro, project director at UCLA Labor Center and Chris Zepeda-Millán, UCLA Labor Studies Chair, June 11, 2025
- LA Protests Signal Public’s Readiness to Rebel Against Anti-Immigrant Fascism, Truthout, by Chris Newman, UCLA Labor Studies faculty, June 9, 2025
- The Mexican Flag Becomes a Potent L.A. Protest Symbol, The New York Times, Ft. Chris Zepeda-Millán, UCLA Labor Studies Chair, June 8, 2025
- What is May Day? A brief history of LA’s labor rallies, LAist, Ft. Victor Narro, project director at UCLA Labor Center, May 1, 2025
- Collateral damage: How Trump is hollowing out the Black middle class, Capital & Main, Ft. Andrea Slater, Center for the Advancement of Racial Equity at Work at the UCLA Labor Center Director, April 24, 2025
- Immigration crackdown could deter workers from reporting hazards, advocates warn Los Angeles Times, Ft. Kevin Riley, UCLA LOSH Director, February 8, 2025
- Keeping ICE Out of Classrooms: How California Leaders Are Stepping Up Efforts KQED, Ft. Ju Hong, UCLA Dream Resource Center Director, February 6, 2025
- As workers tackle the dangerous job of cleaning up after the LA fires, can the state keep them safe? CalMatters, Ft. Kevin Riley, UCLA LOSH Director, January 18, 2025
Read more IRLE in the News here.
