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 […]
Our second annual Labor@UCLA Research Showcase is part of Undergraduate Research Week, a week-long presentation of undergraduate research and creative inquiry at UCLA. Now in its tenth year, Undergraduate Research Week, which will be held May 20-24, 2024, is UCLA’s largest undergraduate conference. The Labor@UCLA Research Showcase will spotlight UCLA undergraduate student research in the […]
This summer, students participating in the Labor Summer Research Program (LSRP) collected surveys and interviews about how working students navigate barriers and opportunities in fulfilling their educational, career and work goals. Join us on Wednesday, August 21st, as student researchers share their findings, key issues impacting workers and learners, and share strategies and solutions to […]
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 8th Time: 12:30pm - 2pm Location: Bruin Reception Room (Ackerman Second Floor) RSVP deadline: October 1st, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Event Details: Open to current […]
Please join UTLA educators, leaders, and organizers in partnership with UCLA Labor Studies for the launch of the ongoing oral history and archive project to document the role of Filipinos in the UTLA 2019 and 2023 strikes. The event will be held on the 2nd floor of UTLA. Please park at the UTLA parking lot, […]
How Should Culture Industry Workers Respond to Artificial Intelligence? Join Us for a Roundtable Discussion Discover how SAG-AFTRA members are tackling the challenges posed by AI in the culture industry. Learn about: Negotiating the first contract regulating AI use in film and television. Organizing strikes against video game makers over AI technology misuse. Advocating for […]
Join UCLA Data X for a discussion on how data and digital ecosystems have reshaped our world, intertwining technology with entrepreneurial and economic outcomes, and changing the way people live and think on Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 3312 Murphy Hall, 12 pm panel and Q&A, 1 pm lunch. What ethical and practical questions does this […]
Join the UCLA IRLE and CSW|Streisand Center’s Transnational Gender and Labor Working Group for a book talk on Post/Revolutionary Conditions: Renewed Visions of the Iranian Freedom Struggle with author Alborz Ghandehari on February 27, 2025 at 3 pm at 2125 Rolfe Hall. The discussion will offer an intersectional analysis of how radical and progressive movement […]
Los Angeles-based artist Phung Huynh, whose work centers on Southeast Asian refugee experiences, will discuss labor issues through an immigrant/refugee lens. She’ll share insights on her Metro public art commission, the 1990 Century City janitor strike, and Professor Virginia Espino’s oral history work on No Más Bebés. Together, they’ll explore how oral history and visual […]
Join the UCLA Center for the Study of Women|Barbra Streisand Center for their 35th annual graduate research "Thinking Gender" conference. The event will feature engaging student presentations and a keynote address by labor rights organizer Adriana Paz Ramirez (International Domestic Workers Federation). The UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment is a proud cosponsor […]
