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SUMMARY:Book Talk: Post/Revolutionary Conditions: Renewed Visions of the Iranian Freedom Struggle with author Alborz Ghandehari
DESCRIPTION: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.  \nThe discussion will offer an intersectional analysis of how radical and progressive movement builders have re-envisioned liberation in the post-’79 era\, despite new forms of oppression under the Islamic Republic and from US and other foreign imperial powers. Post/Revolutionary Conditions shows how potent reimaginings of a radically democratic future have been shaped by multiple generations of protest and kindred struggles globally. \nAbout the author:  \nAlborz Ghandehari is an Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Utah. His research centers social movements in Iran and Southwest Asia/North Africa\, as well as movements in the region’s diasporas. \nTo RSVP to attend the talk and book signing\, click here
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/book-talk-post-revolutionary-conditions-renewed-visions-of-the-iranian-freedom-struggle-with-author-alborz-ghandehari/
LOCATION:2125 Rolfe Hall
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SUMMARY:Visualizing Oral History
DESCRIPTION:Los Angeles-based artist Phung Huynh\, whose work centers on Southeast Asian refugee experiences\, will discuss labor issues through an immigrant/refugee lens. \nShe’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 storytelling can shape meaningful community projects. \n\nDate: March 4\, 2025 \nTime: 3:30 – 6 pm \nLocation: Boelter Hall 2760 \n\n  \nLoading…
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/visualizing-oral-history/
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250307T180000
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SUMMARY:The UCLA CSW|Barbra Streisand Center presents Thinking Gender 2025: "Gendered Labors and Transnational Solidarities"
DESCRIPTION: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 of this year’s conference. \nThe 2025 Thinking Gender theme\, “Gendered Labors and Transnational Solidarities\,” highlights the rich repertoire of organizing strategies as well as contemporary and historical examples of campaigns led by precarious workers around the world. We are bringing together feminist\, queer\, and BIPOC scholars\, artists\, and organizers to reflect upon the meanings of labor solidarity and care to imagine a more livable society. \nEvent Details\n \nDate: Friday\, March 7\, 2025\nTime: 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM PST\nLocation: James West Alumni Center\, The Collins Conference Room\, Los Angeles\, CA \nTo RSVP: CLICK HERE
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/thinking-gender-2025/
LOCATION:Collins Alumni Conference Room at UCLA James West Alumni Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250429T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250429T150000
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SUMMARY:A Labor Studies Book Talk with Professor Eric Blanc
DESCRIPTION:The UCLA Labor Studies program and Department of History will co-host a Labor Studies Book Talk with Eric Blanc\, assistant professor of labor studies at Rutgers University. He is the author of We are the Union (UC Press\, 2025) and will be joined by Alex Caputo-Pearl\, UCLA Labor Movement Fellow and former UTLA president\, and Mel Deorsola of Starbucks Workers United. \nBlanc is also the author of Red State Revolt: The Teachers’ Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics (Verso\, 2019). His research focuses on worker-to-worker organizing\, strikes\, digital labor activism\, and working-class politics. \nJoin us for a conversation on how worker-to-worker organizing is revitalizing labor and winning big. \nEvent Details:\n\nDate: April 29\, 2025\nTime: 1:00PM – 3:00PM Pacific Time\nLocation: Zoom\n\nFor those attending\, please click here to RSVP.
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/we-are-the-union-a-labor-studies-book-talk/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250507T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250507T143000
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SUMMARY:A Labor Studies Book Talk with Professor Cedric de Leon
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Labor Studies Book Talk with Cedric de Leon\, professor of Sociology and Labor Studies at UMass Amherst\, as he discusses his latest book\, Freedom Train:Black Politics & the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity. This special event is in collaboration with the UCLA History Department and Sociology Department.  \nDrawing on a rich history of Black-led organizing\, de Leon offers a powerful account of how multiracial labor coalitions were built—and what lessons they offer today. \nEvent Details:\n\nDate: May 7\, 2025\nTime: 1:00PM – 2:30PM Pacific Time\nLocation: Bunche Hall\, Room 6275\n\nFor those attending\, please click here to RSVP.
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/a-labor-studies-book-talk-with-cedric-de-leon/
LOCATION:UCLA Bunche Hall 6275
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Labor Studies Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250514T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250514T120000
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SUMMARY:Creating & Optimizing Your LinkedIn Account
DESCRIPTION:Join the UCLA Labor Studies program for a Spring Quarter Week 7 Career Development Presentation focused on “Creating & Optimizing Your LinkedIn Account.” \nThis virtual workshop will be hosted and presented by the UCLA Career Center and will take place on Wednesday\, May 14\, from 11:00am–12:00pm via Zoom. \n(The Zoom link will be emailed to registered participants one day before the event.) \nThe presentation will provide students and alumni with practical tips on how to build a strong LinkedIn profile\, showcase their skills and experiences\, and leverage LinkedIn for career opportunities. \nRSVP BELOW:\nLoading…
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/creating-optimizing-your-linkedin-account/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250523T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250523T140000
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SUMMARY:2025 Labor@UCLA Research Showcase
DESCRIPTION:UCLA Labor Studies Faculty and Staff are excited to invite you to our third annual Labor@UCLA Research Showcase\, taking place on Friday\, May 23\, 2025\, from 12:00–2:00 PM. \nThis event is part of Undergraduate Research Week—UCLA’s largest undergraduate conference—celebrating student research and creative work across campus. Now in its tenth year\, Undergraduate Research Week will run May 19–23\, 2025. \nStudents who were selected will be presenting on past or current work developed for a capstone\, honors theses\, or other Labor Studies and related classes (both approved and related).\nIf you have any questions\, please feel free to follow-up with Elizbeth Espinoza\, espinoza@irle.ucla.edu or Caroline Luce\, cluce@irle.ucla.edu. \nEvent Details: \nDate: May 23\, 2025 \nTime: 12:00–2:00 PM \nLocation: Public Affairs 2343 & Zoom \nRSVP HERE \nLoading…
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/2025-laborucla-research-showcase/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251008T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251008T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135014
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T192636Z
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SUMMARY:Coffee & Cookies with our Labor Studies Student Affairs Officer
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an informal meet-and-greet with Gloria Chan\, Labor Studies Student Affairs Officer (SAO)! Whether you’re curious about the Labor Studies major or minor\, missed new student orientation\, or are a returning student wanting to catch up on what’s new\, this is the perfect opportunity to connect. \nDrop by to: \n\nLearn about program requirements and opportunities\nExplore how Labor Studies might be the right fit for you\nAsk questions about courses\, advising\, and career pathways\nEnjoy coffee\, cookies\, and good conversation with Gloria\n\n📅 Date: Wednesday\, October 8\, 2025🕧 Time: 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM📍 Location: Bunche Hall 9246
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/coffee-cookies-with-our-labor-studies-student-affairs-officer/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251015T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251015T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135014
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250919T221347Z
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SUMMARY:2025 Labor Studies Open House!
DESCRIPTION:Discover all that Labor Studies at UCLA has to offer. At this event\, you’ll have the chance to: \n\nMeet our incoming Chair\, Professor Jennifer Chun\nLearn about the Labor Studies Major and Minor requirements\nExplore our courses\, programs\, internships\, and student opportunities\nConnect with Labor Studies faculty and staff who are here to support your academic journey\nNetwork with prominent labor organizations on campus during our mixer and tabling session\n\n*LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED \n📅 Date: Wednesday\, October 15⏰ Time: 12:30 – 2:00 PM📍 Location: Bruin Reception Room🔗 RSVP: CLICK HERE! \nLoading…
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/2025-labor-studies-open-house/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251015T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251015T183000
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SUMMARY:Labor Studies 10 Talk: Social Movement Unionism and Immigrant Worker Organizing with SEIU-USWW and CLEAN
DESCRIPTION:Labor Studies 10 Talk\nSocial Movement Unionism and Immigrant Worker Organizingwith SEIU-USWW and CLEAN \nJoin us for an engaging discussion on how worker centers and unions are collaborating to advance immigrant worker organizing and the growing movement of social movement unionism. \nFeaturing: \n\nDavid Huerta\, President\, SEIU-USWW and SEIU California State Council\nFlor Rodriguez\, Executive Director\, CLEAN Carwash Worker Center\n\n📅 Date: October 15\, 2025 \n🕔 Time: 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. \n📍 Location: Haines Hall\, Room 39 \n🔗 RSVP: bit.ly/LS10TALK
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/labor-studies-10-talk-social-movement-unionism-and-immigrant-worker-organizing-with-seiu-usww-and-clean/
LOCATION:Haines Hall\, Room 39
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251030T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251030T140000
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SUMMARY:Labor Studies Now Series - Labor and Right in the U.S.\, Then and Now
DESCRIPTION:During the 2025-26 academic year\, the newly formed Labor Studies Department will convene a series of public dialogues and research workshops on the theme\, “Labor Studies Now.” Conversations will bring together faculty\, graduate and undergraduate students\, community leaders\, and members of the public at-large to discuss urgent issues facing workers when it comes to social and economic inequality\, environmental disaster\, housing and food insecurity\, and political turmoil. \nThe first conversation in the series features Kristoffer (Kit) Smemo\, who explores whether organized labor can shape U.S. politics or is destined to play a junior role in a two-party system. In his new book\, Making Republicans Liberal\, Smemo shows how unions and the civil rights movement during the mid-twentieth century forced Republican leaders like Earl Warren\, George Romney\, and Nelson Rockefeller to swing left to win the votes of organized workers. \nDate: Thursday\, October 30 \nTime: 12 – 2:00 PM \nLocation: History Conference Room\, 6275 Bunche Hall \nRSVP HERE!
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/labor-studies-now-series-labor-and-right-in-the-u-s-then-and-now/
LOCATION:History Conference Room\, 6275 Bunche Hall
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T190000
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SUMMARY:Labor Studies Now Series - Film Talk with Director Jennifer Cárcamo and Professor Leisy Abrego
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion of Eternos Indocumentados: Central American Refugees in the United States (2018)\, followed by a Q&A with Director Jennifer Cárcamo and Professor Leisy Abrego (UCLA Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies). \nIn July 2014\, mainstream US media became flooded with images of what they termed “unaccompanied Central American children.” Most of these children—many coming with their parents—were fleeing from the violent consequences of U.S. intervention in El Salvador\, Guatemala\, and Honduras. Once in the United States\, they were detained in what migrants have come to label “hieleras” (ice boxes) in makeshift detention centers around the country. Rather than providing asylum to these refugees\, the Obama Administration used this “humanitarian crisis” to expand the previously defunct practice of family detention. By the spring of 2015\, more than 3\,000 refugee women\, children\, and members of the LGBTQI community were illegally detained. Based on interviews with recently arrived Central Americans as well as interviews with organizers leading the struggle on the ground in Central America\, this film captures the stories of Central American refugees and explores the root causes of forced migration. \nThis event is organized in conjunction with Prof. Jennifer Chun’s IDS 110 course: Culture\, Power\, and Development. \nSpeaker bios: \nJennifer A. Cárcamo is an independent filmmaker and scholar. She is currently a University of California President’s and Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Irvine in the Chicano/Latino Studies Department\, where she is completing her book manuscript Historias Prohibidas del Istmo: Central American Communists during the Rise of Twentieth Century Fascism\, 1920-1940. She holds a PhD in History from UCLA and an MA in Documentary Film and History from Syracuse University. \nLeisy J. Abrego is Professor in Chicana/o and Central American Studies at the University of California\, Los Angeles. Trained in sociology\, she is a law & society scholar who studies the intimate consequences of U.S. foreign and immigration policies for Central American migrants and Latinx families in the United States. \nDate: November 5 \, 2025\nTime: 5 – 6:45 pm\nEvent Address: Dodd Hall 121\n\n\nRSVP HERE!
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/labor-studies-now-film-talk-with-director-jennifer-carcamo-and-professor-leisy-abrego/
LOCATION:Dodd Hall 121
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251106T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251106T153000
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SUMMARY:Labor Studies Now Series - Historias Prohibidas del Istmo: Central American Communists during the Rise of Twentieth Century Fascism
DESCRIPTION:Building from Dr. Jennifer Cárcamo’s current book project\, this talk explores the historical and ideological origins of Central America’s communist parties\, specifically in El Salvador\, Guatemala\, and Costa Rica\, from 1920-1940. Cárcamo chose this period precisely because it preludes the revolutionary war period of the late twentieth century in Central America (1960-1996)\, an era that has received exceptional attention from scholars. \nWhile Cárcamo’s book makes three central arguments regarding the development of both fascism and communism in Central America\, for the purposes of this talk\, she focuses on an excerpt from chapter 4\, Bananas and (Wo)men: Communist Schoolteachers\, Black Migrant Laborers\, the Threat of Fascism in Costa Rica\, which discusses the development of the first Communist Party of Costa Rica. Ultimately\, in this chapter\, Cárcamo argues that women\, particularly schoolteachers\, were influential figures in the formative and developing years of the first Communist Party of Costa Rica. \nSpeaker bio: \nJennifer A. Cárcamo is an independent filmmaker and scholar. She is currently a University of California President’s and Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Irvine in the Chicano/Latino Studies Department\, where she is completing her book manuscript Historias Prohibidas del Istmo: Central American Communists during the Rise of Twentieth Century Fascism\, 1920-1940. She holds a PhD in History from UCLA and an MA in Documentary Film and History from Syracuse University. \nDate: November 6 \, 2025 \nTime: 2 – 3:30 pm \nEvent Address: Bunche Hall 10383 \nRSVP HERE!
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/labor-studies-now-historias-prohibidas-del-istmo-central-american-communists-during-the-rise-of-twentieth-century-fascism/
LOCATION:Bunche Hall 10383
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251107T074500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251107T160000
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SUMMARY:Labor Studies Is Headed to the L.A. Ports
DESCRIPTION:Join us to meet key players from the Port complex\, including union members from the docks and environmental hazard clean-up crews\, a former POLA Harbor Commissioner\, and a terminal operator. \nThe trip features a tour of an automated port terminal\, a boat tour of the port narrated by an ILWU Local 13 member and retired dockworker\, and a visit to the ILWU Local 56 union hall! \nSeats on the field trip bus are limited and will be allocated on a first-come come first-served basis.  \nDetails: \n\nDepart UCLA at 8 am sharp\nReturn by 4 pm\nBring your own lunch — or eat at the San Pedro Fish Market during our lunch break!\nThe tour does include an hour-long boat ride in the port\, so be prepared to ride a boat!\nThe port terminal is a secure space; all attendees must have a government-issued ID (DL\, passport\, or matricula-type cards are all fine) and pre-register with Labor Studies\n\nDate: November 7\, 2025\nTime: 7:45 AM – 4 PM\nPick Up Location: Wyton South Stop\, near roundabout\nRSVP HERE!
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/labor-studies-is-headed-to-the-l-a-ports/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251113T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251113T130000
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SUMMARY:Career Foundations Series: Resume & Cover Letter 101
DESCRIPTION:Join the UCLA Labor Studies Department and the UCLA Career Center for a virtual workshop designed to help you craft effective resumes and cover letters. \nLearn how to highlight your skills\, experiences\, and accomplishments to stand out to employers. Whether you’re applying for an internship\, job\, or fellowship\, this session will provide practical tips and feedback to strengthen your application materials! \nDate: November 13th\, 2025\nTime: 12 – 1 pm\nLocation: Zoom (link provided upon registration)\nTO RSVP\, CLICK HERE!
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/career-foundations-series-resume-cover-letter-101/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260121T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260121T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135014
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SUMMARY:Drop-In Hour with Our Labor Studies SAO
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an informal meet-and-greet with our Student Affairs Officer. Whether you’re new to Labor Studies or a returning major or minor\, this is a great opportunity to connect\, ask questions\, and enjoy coffee\, bagels and fruit while learning more about program opportunities. \nDate: January 21st\, 2026 \nTime: 11 am – 12 pm \nLocation: Bunche Hall 9246
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/drop-in-hour-with-our-labor-studies-sao/
LOCATION:Bunche Hall 9246
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260129T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260129T133000
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SUMMARY:Labor Studies Now - The U.S. Labor Movement in the 2020's: Achievements and Challenges
DESCRIPTION:Ruth Milkman is one of the world’s foremost sociologists of labor and labor movements\, having written extensively on various topics related to work and organized labor in the United States\, past and present. Her most recent books are Immigrant Labor and the New Precariat (Polity\, 2020) and On Gender\, Labor and Inequality (Illinois\, 2016). \nShe was the 2016 President of the American Sociological Association and director of the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment from 2001 to 2008\, when she was on the faculty in the Department of Sociology. She is currently Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center and at the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies\, where she chairs the Labor Studies Department. \nDate: January 29 \, 2026\nTime: 12 – 1:30 pm\nLocation: Haines Hall 130\nRVSP HERE!
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/labor-studies-now-the-u-s-labor-movement-in-the-2020s-achievements-and-challenges/
LOCATION:Haines Hall 130
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260218T110000
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SUMMARY:Immigrant Rights & Community Care Teach-In
DESCRIPTION:Join Labor Studies for an Immigration Know Your Rights Teach-In focused on supporting immigrant students and communities during a rapidly changing political time. \nThis teach-in will provide a Know Your Rights overview\, share recent developments in local and state policy\, and offer updates on immigrant justice efforts in California\, including the ICE Out of California coalition. Participants will have space to ask questions and explore how students\, faculty\, and staff can show up in meaningful ways. \nDate: February 18\nTime: 11:00 AM–12:30 PM\nLocation: Zoom \nRSVP HERE!
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/immigrant-rights-community-care-teach-in/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260225T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260225T130000
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SUMMARY:Cancelled - Ace Your Interview Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Ace Your Interview is an interactive workshop co-hosted by the UCLA Labor Studies Department and the UCLA Career Center designed to help Labor Studies students feel confident and prepared for their next interview. Participants will learn how to effectively communicate their skills and experiences\, answer common interview questions\, and make a strong impression on employers. \nWhether you’re interviewing for internships\, jobs\, or graduate programs\, this workshop will offer practical tips and strategies to help you stand out. \n💵 All attendees will be entered into a raffle for a $25 gift card. Please note that the gift card will be distributed a few weeks after the event. \nDate: February 25th\nTime: 12 – 1 PM\nLocation: UCLA Career Center Studio \nRSVP HERE!
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/ace-your-interview-workshop/
LOCATION:UCLA Career Center Studio
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260305T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260305T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135014
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SUMMARY:Labor Studies Now - Frame Backfire: The Trouble with Civil Rights Appeals in the Contemporary United States
DESCRIPTION:Frame Backfire: The Trouble with Civil Rights Appeals in the Contemporary United States \nWhile many scholars and activists consider civil rights to be a powerful\, effective way to frame diverse causes in the United States\, little is known about the contemporary resonance of civil rights appeals. In this talk\, I will argue that civil rights can be understood in three non-mutually exclusive ways: as a “master” frame that appeals to core American ideals\, as a reference to the U.S. Civil Rights Movement\, and as racialized messaging. Drawing on survey experiments conducted at two different points in time\, I will show that respondents express highly positive views of civil rights and broad agreement that civil rights are about equal rights. Yet\, framing a person’s contemporary problems—including unequal treatment at work—as civil rights violations reduces support for government intervention.  Civil rights framing is counterproductive across diverse issues\, beneficiaries\, and audiences. These findings complicate dominant assumptions about frame resonance\, cannot be adequately explained through a racialized backlash account\, and carry implications for collective memory scholars and activists. In closing\, I will reflect on why the public responds negatively to civil rights appeals despite positive sentiment toward the abstract idea. \nSpeaker biography: Kim Voss is professor of sociology at the University of California\, Berkeley\, specializing in the study of labor\, social movements\, inequality\, and higher education.  In addition to publishing in academic journals in sociology\, political science\, and demography\, she has written or edited six books\, including Rallying for Immigrant Rights (2011\, with I. Bloemraad)\, Hard Work: Remaking the American Labor Movement (2006\, with R. Fantasia)\, Inequality by Design: Cracking the Bell Curve Myth (1996\, with five Berkeley colleagues)\, and The Making of American Exceptionalism: The Knights of Labor and Class Formation in the Nineteenth Century (1993). She is currently working on a book about immigration and social movements. \nDate: March 5 \, 2026\nTime: 12 – 1:30 pm\nLocation: Rolfe Hall 2125\nRSVP HERE!
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/labor-studies-now-frame-backfire-the-trouble-with-civil-rights-appeals-in-the-contemporary-united-states/
LOCATION:Rolfe Hall 2125
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260316
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260321
DTSTAMP:20260403T135014
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SUMMARY:UCLA Industry Power Research Bootcamp
DESCRIPTION:Industry Power Research Bootcamp\nConvened by the UCLA Strategic Research Lab\nJoin the labor and other social movement researchers from around the country to learn the best ways to approach industry-based research and apply your findings to build industry-wide power. \nAs the NLRB continues to come under attack\, unions and other labor groups that organize are increasingly looking at industries\, not companies. To succeed\, we need to understand how industries work and what powers and limitations come with a sectoral approach to campaigning. \nIn this five-day training\, you will learn the basics of how to research an industry and explain your findings to members and other staff. We will bring expert campaigners to discuss key aspects of sectoral research\, including: \n\nBounding your industry and understanding the product\nHow to think about supply chains\nSpatial concentration and its effects on bosses and workers\nIntersections between your industry and government regulators and policymakers\nConsiderations behind sectoral standards campaigns\n\nThe camp is designed for any movement researchers\, strategic campaigners\, activists\, or organizers wanting to better understand how to think about sector-wide strategies. \nThe 2026 Industry Research Power Bootcamp applications window has closed. Stay tuned for information about future camps offered by the UCLA Strategic Research Lab and our annual Strategic Labor Research Conference! \n\nAbout The UCLA Strategic Research Lab:\nThe UCLA Strategic Research Lab is a capacity-building training hub and network for researchers from labor and community-based organizations. As a research unit of a public university\, the SRL seeks to train strategic researchers for the common good. Besides the Coding Camp for Union Research\, the Strategic Research Lab also holds its annual Strategic Labor Research Conference\, one of the largest annual convenings of labor and movement researchers in the nation.  \nSign up for email updates for other Strategic Research Lab events and trainings here. 
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/ucla-industry-power-bootcamp/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260608
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260613
DTSTAMP:20260403T135014
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SUMMARY:UCLA Coding Bootcamp for Union Research
DESCRIPTION:The UCLA Strategic Research Lab will hold a five-day intensive training in using the power of Python coding to simplify tasks for union research. The camp will be held from June 8-12\, 2026\, and applications will open in late February.  \nApplications for Coding Bootcamp are now live! \nThe Coding Bootcamp is an intense and challenging experience! Come ready to jump feet first into a weeklong journey towards simplifying your work\, discovering new data sources\, and automating your most routine research tasks! \nKey Training Topics:\n\nPython fundamentals\nDynamically moving and combining multiple files\nFuzzy matching different data sets\nUse APIs to bulk download data\, such as open government data\nScraping websites to collect data\, such as:\n\nproperty listings\,\ncompany information\,\ngovernment data\,\npdfs\, and\ndata sets that cannot be downloaded directly\n\n\nCleaning\, merging\, and deduplicating data  such as worker lists\, property records\, or company information\nUsing text patterns to extract data\n\nWho should apply \nThis course is designed for union or movement researchers that often encounter large amounts of data in the course of their work. The skills taught in this course will allow students to collect\, process\, and analyze data more efficiently and accurately. \nThis course does not cover topics such as databases (i.e. SQL)\, advanced data analysis (i.e. statistics and data modeling)\, machine learning\, or extracting text from PDFs–these are advanced topics that cannot be covered in the time we have\, but students will have a solid Python foundation and can work on self-teaching these topics after the course. \nPrior coding experience is not required to attend this course. However\, all accepted students must participate in a short\, self-paced python pre-course. We will also cover Python fundamentals together in class.  \n\nAdvice From the 2025 Coding Bootcamp Cohort:\n“You should definitely attend this program if you’re thinking about it! This program really helps make coding feel so much more accessible no matter how much experience you have coming in. I have learned so many different ways to use coding to make my work so much more efficient and comprehensive.” \n“It is like drinking out of a firehouse. That’s just the way this sort of thing works. Keeping a good attitude and accepting that you will be challenged is extremely crucial to being successful.” \n“I have learned so much and feel so much more capable in the work I do.” \n\nEvent Details:\n\nDates: June 8-12\, 2026\nTime: Monday-Friday\, 8am-6pm\nLocation: UCLA James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center\, Los Angeles\nCost: $850 (includes training materials & refreshments)\nMeals: Not included\, but local dining options are available\n\n\nThe Instructor: Mellissa Chang\n \nMellissa Chang (she/hers) is freelance campaign researcher and data engineer. She conducts data-informed campaign research and builds data tools for labor unions and non-profits. Prior to this\, she was a research coordinator at the Private Equity Stakeholder Project\, where she tracked and analyzed eviction data and acquisitions to support tenant organizing campaigns around the country. During the pandemic\, she closely tracked covid relief spending\, identifying parent recipients and matching recipients to a database of federal regulatory violations\, earning her the DC Femme Tech Award in 2021. Before entering the non-profit sphere\, she worked as an airports campaign researcher at 32BJ. Mellissa holds a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. In her spare time\, she builds automated mass transit systems in Minecraft. \n  \nApplication details \nThis application includes a short diagnostic test. The results of this test are only used to help design the course and are NOT factored into your application assessment. \nThis course is rigorous and fast-paced. By applying to this course\, you pledge to remain focused and engaged\, and to ask for help when needed. \nApplications close on March 21\, 2026. Accepted candidates will be notified shortly after this deadline. Space is limited. \n\n\n\nEmail srl@irle.ucla.edu for more information or if you have any questions. \n\nAbout The UCLA Strategic Research Lab:\nThe UCLA Strategic Research Lab is a capacity-building training hub and network for researchers from labor and community-based organizations. As a research unit of a public university\, the SRL seeks to train strategic researchers for the common good. Besides the Coding Camp for Union Research\, the Strategic Research Lab also holds its annual Strategic Labor Research Conference\, one of the largest annual convenings of labor and movement researchers in the nation.  \nSign up for email updates for other Strategic Research Lab events and trainings here.  \n 
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/ucla-coding-camp-for-union-research/
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