In 2025, the Trump administration unleashed a series of anti-labor and anti-immigrant policies that dramatically impacted working families in the U.S. and in California. Coming soon from the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE), the “State of the Unions” report tracks how workers and unions responded to this critical moment. The UCLA […]

Successful drives to form new unions may generate buzz and media attention, but the most meaningful change happens after that first battle is won—in employer negotiations. For many workers, forming a union is only the beginning of a longer battle to improve work standards and conditions.  Just 1 in 2 bargaining units formed in California […]