Since the 1980s, the world's governments have decreased state welfare and thus increased the number of unprotected “informal” or “precarious” workers. As a result, more and more workers do not […]
"Labour" is a term that is ceasing to have salience as the descriptor of a class, movement, scholarly or professional domain or field of public policy. Consequently, it becomes increasingly […]
Labor Women is a portrait of three immigrant daughters who are part of a new generation transforming the U.S. labor movement. Quynh Nguyen is a trilingual organizer mobilizing meatpackers in […]
The steady immigration of black populations from Africa and the Caribbean over the past few decades has fundamentally changed the racial, ethnic, and political landscape in the United States. But […]
“I realize that I am a soldier of production whose duties are as important in this war as those of the man behind the gun.” So began the pledge that […]
In this talk, LeFlouria will provide an in-depth examination of the lived and laboring experiences of imprisoned African-American women in the post-Civil War South, and describe how black female convict […]
Urbanization has been a cornerstone of China's modernization project and an important driver of economic growth. As a result, over 50 percent of China’s billion people are now living in […]
Join us as we present the UCLA Institute for Research and Employment's 2015 conference on Labor, Entertainment, & Sports: An Intersectional and Interdisciplinary Inquiry. The conference will take place at […]
Commencement speech presented by Victor Narro, Project Director at the UCLA Downtown Labor Center
