When the pandemic hit, US retailers canceled clothing orders abroad, resulting in millions of garment workers being laid off without pay or severance. On April 27, Chhorpesal Chhom and Sreymich Hai - who were fired from Hulu Garment factory in Cambodia, where they sewed products for Amazon and Adidas - will visit the UCLA campus […]
Topic: Labor Studies Coffee Chat with Danette Garcia, LA City Attorney Director of Community & Government Affairs and UCLA Labor Studies alum Date: Thursday, April 27th Time: 4 PM Location: Bunche Hall 3164 Join us for a Coffee Chat with LA City Attorney Director of Community & Government Affairs and UCLA Labor Studies alum, Danette […]
In the Fall of 2022, graduate student workers from the University of California participated in one of the largest strikes in higher education history. As a result, student workers learned valuable lessons about feeding and sustaining one another on and off the picket lines. Join us for a panel discussion about the work that often […]
Topic: Labor and the Politics of Inflation, Past and Present with Dr. Samir Sonti Date: Monday, June 5th Time: 2 PM - 3:30 PM PT Location: Chicano Studies Research Library/Zoom *Zoom information will be sent out in reminder email after you RSVP Join us with Dr. Samir Sonti to discuss how the arrival of inflation […]
Please join us for a celebration featuring Labor Studies students reading their original work, including poetry, song, memoir, fiction, and research! This event is part of LBRSTD 188-4, Writing Workshop for Labor Studies, a creative writing class for Labor Studies majors, Labor Studies minors, and other interested students. Special Guest: Author Saba Waheed, Research Director, […]
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month and in partnership with UCLA Labor Studies, enjoy a screening of the award-winning documentary "Backstreet to the American Dream," directed and written by Patricia Nazario '91, with executive producer/Medal of Freedom recipient Dolores Huerta. This modern-day look at the classic American Dream is done through the quintessential 21st Century entrepreneurial […]
Join us for our in-person Labor Studies Open House! Learn about the Labor Studies Major and Minor and meet your faculty, staff, alumni and fellow students! Date: Tuesday, October 17th Time: 11am - 12:30pm Location: Bruin Reception Room (Ackerman Second Floor) RSVP deadline: October 8th, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Event Details: Open to current […]
Join Kent Wong, Director of the UCLA Labor Center, in conversation with Los Angeles labor community organizers who led the fight for workers this summer. Speakers will include strike captains from UNITE-HERE, SAG-AFTRA, WGA, and SEIU 721, who will discuss their experiences on the picket line. Learn how a #HotLaborSummer can transform the American labor […]
Join us on Tuesday, November 7th from 2-3 pm for a coffee chat with leaders from the Labor Studies Student Union (LSSU). This will be a space to not only learn more about the LSSU, what it stands for, why it was created, and what the future of this union is, but also a space […]
UCLA Labor Studies and @ILWU Local 13 invite students to a free worker-centered tour of the Port of Los Angeles. You will have the opportunity to take a boat tour of the Port, view memorials to workers on the waterfront, visit a union hall, and learn about the role of unions in the logistics industry. […]
