Join us on December 5th at 2pm at Fowler Auditorium A103B for a talk with UTLA President Cecily Myart-Cruz. Cecily helped to lead a successful 3-day strike in March 2023 that brought together 60,000 teachers and classified workers of the Los Angeles Unified School District. She has emerged as a leading voice for worker rights […]
Join us on December 7th from 12-1:30pm at UCLA Bunche Hall 6275 for a book talk with Margot Canaday as she discusses her new book, "Queer Career: Sexuality and Work in Modern America." Lunch will be provided. Margot Canaday, Princeton University Dodge Professor of History, is an award-winning historian who studies gender and sexuality in […]
Charmaine Chua is a Singaporean scholar and organizer, and is currently an assistant professor of Global Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her interdisciplinary scholarly and political work is interested in how planetary networks of production and distribution shape the organization of racialized and classed divisions within capitalist social formations, with particular attention […]
Join us on December 10 at 4pm PT/7pm ET through Zoom for a discussion on immigrant rights. With the 2024 election less than one year away, immigration has once again emerged as a pivotal issue in the upcoming Presidential race. Trump is already ramping up anti-immigrant rhetoric, while Biden has failed to secure immigration reform. […]
Sara Gia Trongone is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research examines contemporary labor movement renewal in the U.S. and the ways in which unions and worker organizations adapt to a changing economy. In her dissertation, she explores how workers win social, economic, and political power, the conditions […]
Join us on Wednesday, February 28th between 12 pm to 1 pm for a coffee chat with members of the #Opportunity4All campaign! This is a casual event for Labor Studies students to learn about ways to support undocumented students and find ways to become involved. Date: Wednesday, February 28th Time: 12pm - 1pm Location: Bunche […]
UCLA's CSW|Barbra Streisand Center presents 34th Annual Graduate Student Research Conference on Friday, March 1st, 2024. Thinking Gender 2024's conference theme, "Dystopian Realities, Feminist Utopias," considers what it means to live in the cataclysmic wake of racial capitalism, settler colonialism, and neoliberalism. At the same time, the theme celebrates how feminist, queer, and BIPOC scholarship, activism, and art enact utopias by imagining alternatives […]
The California Labor Commissioner's Office (LCO) is hiring! Join UCLA Labor Studies and the UCLA Labor Center to learn more about career opportunities within the LCO and Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) to support their mission of improving working conditions for California's workers. This winter and spring, the UCLA Labor Center will lead workshops to […]
Join us on April 24th at 2pm PT at UCLA Ackerman Union, Bruin Reception Room for a meet & greet and support for the United Farm Workers (UFW). You will get the opportunity to meet & greet UFW President Teresa Romero. General ticket admission: $25 Student ticket admission: $15 Venmo: @sffw_ucla Funds will support UFW […]
Join us on April 24th at 3pm PT at UCLA Ackerman Union, Bruin Reception Room for a community labor rally for farmworkers. Hear from UFW President Teresa Romero, the first woman to lead the United Farm Workers Union, on the development of the best labor laws in US history that provide unparalleled support for new […]
