Tuesday, April 26th 4pm PDT/ 7pm EDT Zoom Webinar Canada-China Focus Presents a webinar with Kent Wong, Director, UCLA Labor Center, founding president, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance. Solidarity exchanges between trade unions in China, Canada and US were put on hold by COVID. At the same time economic and geo-political conflicts between nations have […]
April 27, 2022 11am PDT On Campus and Virtual UCLA Bunche Hall 10383 This panel will analyze the long history between the Mexican Left and the Chicano Movement of the 60s and 70s. Speakers: Ing. Arturo Martínez Nateras, México, Author Joel Ochoa, Los Angeles, Retired Machinist Union organizer Chris Zepeda-Millán, Professor, UCLA Chicano Studies Toby […]
Join us for a No Sweat reUNION celebrating the past and future of organizing immigrant workers!
The May Day Coalition invites the entire community to celebrate with us a Los Angeles tradition, May Day, a day to honor workers and immigrants. This year’s theme is Essential and United for Justice. On May 1, 2022, we rally at 11 a.m. and march at 12 p.m. from the intersection of Olympic Blvd. and […]
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 […]
