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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.
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Activists from across the state support the UFW as they conduct outreach to workers about DALE in Bakersfield, CA. / Photo courtesy of Alejandra Quintero
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Willa Needham2025-08-28 10:50:362025-08-28 11:10:44Higher wages, heat safety and an equal voice: How workers won in 2024
UCLA Labor Summer Research Program 2025 Cohort. Photo by: UCLA Labor Studies
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Marcos Ruiz2025-08-27 09:57:392025-08-27 10:18:24UCLA Labor Summer Research Program 2025 Explores Organizing, AI, and Federal Policy Impacts
Workers, unions and allies march at a rally in 2024. / Toby Higbie
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Willa Needham2025-08-26 10:33:412025-08-26 10:35:19California workers and unions made gains in 2024—but what’s next for labor under Trump?
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Willa Needham2025-08-25 09:00:432025-08-25 09:44:25RELEASE: California Unionization rates held steady despite nationwide declineHear from our experts:
- A play about the revolt of human workers — not machines — gave us the word ‘robot’, NPR, Tobias Higbie, UCLA IRLE Director, September 12, 2025
- Labor Day 2025: In CA, job market is shaky but unions are strong, KCRW, Ft. Tobias Higbie, UCLA IRLE Director, August 30, 2025
- California unions held their ground last year but face big tests in 2025, Los Angeles Times, Ft. Tobias Higbie, UCLA IRLE Director, August 25, 2025
- 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
