The Labor Studies Interdepartmental Program offers UCLA undergraduates an opportunity to learn about the workplace and the social, political, and economic forces that influence it. To learn more about our program, we invite you to attend our UCLA Bruin Bound Labor Studies Events for 2022. Click here to download a PDF of our event calendar with […]
Join us on Thursday, May 12 at 10am-1:30pm PDT for a webinar event on labor and the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America. This event will be in Spanish with simultaneous English interpretation. Panel 1: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM - Gig Workers in Latin America in Times of Global Pandemic Speakers: Saúl Gómez, #NiUnRepartidorMenos en […]
How do you get involved in the labor movement as a student? Join us for a conversation about organizing at the grassroots level with labor studies majors Bryanna (Bry) Gonzalez and Jazmin Rivera from the Student Labor Advocacy Project (SLAP) at UCLA. Guest Speakers: Bryanna (Bry) Gonzalez is a 4th year Labor Studies major with […]
August 17, 2022 10:00AM–1:55PM PT Online This summer, student researchers collected surveys and interviews about how working students navigate barriers and opportunities in fulfilling their educational, career and work goals. We will review the research together, discuss key issues impacting workers and learners, and share strategies and solutions to support students who work and workers […]
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 […]
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 […]
