
The Labor Studies (LBR STD) interdepartmental program offers UCLA undergraduates an opportunity to learn about the workplace and its impact on communities.
New research initiative explores equity and access issues affecting entertainment industry workers and tracks the viewing habits of increasingly diverse audiences.
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.




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
2022
- 10 New California Laws That Go Into Effect In 2023, LAist, December 29, 2022
- Bass first woman Mayor of Los Angeles, Culver City Observer, December 15, 2022
- Los Angeles Worker Center Network Relaunch Invigorates Workers’ Movement, 2UrbanGirls, December 15, 2022
