Unfinished Business Los Angeles: History and Next Steps for California’s Paid Family Leave Law
In their new book, Unfinished Business, Eileen Appelbaumand Ruth Milkman document the history and impact of California's paid family leave program, the first of its kind in the United States, […]
Annual Conference: “Race, Labor, & the Law”
The UCLA Institute for Research and Employment presents it's 2014 conference on Race, Labor, & the Law. In coordination with the Critical Race Studies Program at the UCLA School of […]
Book Talk: “Getting Back to Full Employment: A Better Bargain for Working People”
While most people intuitively know that low unemployment is important to job seekers, they may not realize that high levels of employment actually would make an enormous difference in the […]
“The Last Stronghold”: Teachers’ Unions and Dynamics of Labor Movement Strategy
Following the recent economic recession, elected officials in many states used budget shortfalls as justification for anti-union legislation. Bills that would weaken or remove collective bargaining rights targeted public sector […]
“Mexico as an aerospace competitor? Lessons from the aerospace cluster in Querétaro”
For many years Mexico has been looking for a strategy to create economic growth and industrial development. The results have been less than positive, however, and at times the public […]
Book Talk: “Informal Labor, Formal Politics, and Dignified Discontent in India”
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 […]