In 2025, the Trump administration unleashed a series of anti-labor and anti-immigrant policies that dramatically impacted working families in the U.S. and in California. Coming soon from the UCLA Institute […]
Successful drives to form new unions may generate buzz and media attention, but the most meaningful change happens after that first battle is won—in employer negotiations. For many workers, forming […]
Date and Time: October 9, 2026, 10-11:30 PDT Location: Virtual RSVP Against the backdrop of unemployment and civil unrest in the early 1990s, California Republicans offered voters a simple, brutal […]
Date and Time: October 16, 2026, 10-11:30 am PDT Location: Virtual RSVP Part 2 of the “Meeting the Moment” series brings together three leaders at the forefront of labor and community responses […]
Date and Time: October 28, 2026, 4 pm Location: Bunche Hall 6275 Join the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE), UCLA Department of History and UCLA Department of […]
Date & Time: November 10, 2026, 4 pm Location: Royce Hall 306 Yiddish in the Land of Sunshine examines how a cohort of young Jewish radicals from Eastern Europe helped reshape […]
UCLA James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center
675 S. Park View Street, Los Angeles, CA
Date & Time: March 15-19, 2027; 9:00 am – 6:00 pm daily Location: UCLA Rev. James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center, Los Angeles, CA Join the UCLA Strategic Research Lab for […]
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 in […]