Student presenters and participants gather for a group photo during the 2026 Labor@UCLA Research Showcase / UCLA Labor Studies

Fourth Annual Labor@UCLA Research Showcase: Student Research Projects in Labor Studies

Chun presents findings of Against Abandonment: Repertoires of Solidarity in South Korean Protest / UCLA Labor StudiesChun presents findings of Against Abandonment: Repertoires of Solidarity in South Korean Protest / UCLA Labor Studies

“Hope is something we make”: solidarity and care in the South Korean labor movement

Students, faculty and staff participating in the UCLA Labor Studies 2026 May Day contingent pose for a group photo outside of the UCLA James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center in MacArthur Park / UCLA Labor StudiesStudents, faculty and staff participating in the UCLA Labor Studies 2026 May Day contingent pose for a group photo outside of the UCLA James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center in MacArthur Park / UCLA Labor Studies

Workers in action: Student reflection on May Day 2026

Community members and staff gathered at the James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center main room during the reopening celebration on April 23, 2026 / UCLA Labor CenterCommunity members and staff gathered at the James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center main room during the reopening celebration on April 23, 2026 / UCLA Labor Center

UCLA Labor Center welcomes the community home as it celebrates historic building reopening

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Celebrating the Hollywood Diversity Report Panel with UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt, Entertainment and Media Research Initiative (EMRI) Director Ana-Christina Ramón, Professor Sanjay Sood and Steven Canals (TFT MFA '15).Speakers at the "Celebrating the Hollywood Diversity Report 2026" panel: (L to R) Darnell Hunt, UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost; Ana-Christina Ramón, Director, UCLA Entertainment and Media Research Initiative (EMRI); Dean Celine Parreñas Shimizu, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT); Steven Canals, writer, co-creator and executive producer of Pose; and Professor Sanjay Sood, UCLA Anderson School of Management / UCLA TFT

“That’s why we persist”: Hollywood Diversity Report celebrated at UCLA TFT panel

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Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) leads a Grocery Workers Justice Pilgrimage during the Southern California supermarket strike of 2003-2004. At the front of the march is Rev. Alexia Salvatierra. LAANE Collection, IRLE Archives.A selection from the new Power from the Past website - Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) leads a Grocery Workers Justice Pilgrimage during the Southern California supermarket strike of 2003-2004. LAANE Collection, IRLE Archives.

Power from the Past: Inspiring organizing in the present and future

Ana Christina Ramón smiles in a headshotAna Christina Ramón, director of the UCLA Entertainment and Media Research Initiative (EMRI) at the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE)

UCLA’s Hollywood Diversity Report reshapes the industry conversation on representation

Ruth Milkman, labor sociologist, gives lecture on the state of the labor movement in the 2020s

“Generation Union”: The people and strategies powering the labor movement in the 2020s