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! RSVP deadline extended! The new RSVP deadline is: Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Event Details: Open to current students and those interested in Labor Studies. Food […]
Topic: “Is Formalization the Answer? Is Informality the Problem?” Waste Picker Rights Policy in São Paolo and Bogotá Date: Thursday, October 13th Time: 3:00pm - 4:30pm PT Location: Luskin School of Public Affairs Faculty Lounge, Room 5391 Under what circumstances does the formalization of informal jobs lead to pro-worker outcomes, and when might formalization intensify […]
Topic: Symposium on Academic Labor Date: Monday, October 31st and Wednesday, November 2 Time: 12:30pm - 1:45pm PT Location: Various Why are the majority of college teachers low wage temps, and how can academic workers organize to fight back? Representatives from UAW 2865 and Higher Education Labor United will answer these and other questions […]
Topic: Symposium on Academic Labor Date: Monday, October 31st and Wednesday, November 2 Time: 12:30pm - 1:45pm PT Location: Various Why are the majority of college teachers low wage temps, and how can academic workers organize to fight back? Representatives from UAW 2865 and Higher Education Labor United will answer these and other questions […]
Tuesday, November 8, 2022 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (Pacific Time) 10383 Bunche Hall In his new book Filipino Time: Affective Worlds and Contracted Labor, Allan Isaac examines how contracted service labor performed by Filipinos in the Philippines, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States generates vital affects, multiple networks, and other life-worlds as much as it disrupts […]
Topic: “Roots of Resistance: A Story of Gender, Race, and Labor on the North Coast of Honduras” Book Talk Date: Thursday, November 10 Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm PT Location: UCLA Young Research Library, Presentation Room, Room 11348 Join us for a Book Talk with Suyapa G. Portillo Villeda, author of Roots of Resistance: A Story […]
Topic: Summer Internship Opportunities for Graduate and Undergraduate UCLA Students at U.S. GAO Date: Tuesday, November 15 Time: 1:30pm - 2:30pm PT Location: Zoom The U.S. Government Accountability Office, or GAO is an independent, nonpartisan agency within the legislative branch that advises Congress about ways to make the federal government more efficient, effective, ethical, equitable, and […]
Topic: Symposium on Academic Labor: Campus Workers Campaigns for Living Wages and Dignity at UC Date: Wednesday, November 16 Time: 12:30pm - 1:45pm PT Location: Fowler A139 Organizers and member leaders from AFSCME 3299–the union that represents 27,000 service and clerical workers at the University of California–will discuss their recent campaigns for living wages, dignity […]
Topic: Labor Studies Coffee Chat with Chris Zepeda-Millán, Chair of the UCLA Labor Studies Program Date: Wednesday, November 30 Time: 12 pm - 1 pm PT Location: Kaplan Hall A60 Join us on Wednesday, Nov. 30 between 12 – 1 p.m. for a coffee chat with Chris Zepeda-Millán, Chair of the UCLA Labor Studies Program. […]
Topic: Career Opportunities at the Labor Commissioner's Office and Department of Industrial Relations Date: Thursday, December 1st Time: 11:30am - 12:45pm PT Location: 279 Haines Hall Join us on December 1st, 2022 with California State Labor Commissioner, Lilia Garcia-Brower for an in-person information session on career opportunities and pathways within the Labor Commissioner's Office and […]
