IRLE Colloquia Series presents: In Conversation with Grace Davie, Mapping Corporate Power: Activist-Researchers and Labor Coalitions in the 1970's U.S. When working people in the U.S. sought union representation in the 1970s they faced fierce resistance from businesses willing to increase their use of bare-knuckle anti-union tactics. In response, and in the context of rising […]
IRLE Colloquia Series presents: In conversation with Inés Durán Matute on their new book, Indigenous Peoples and the Geographies of Power. Mezcala’s narratives of Neoliberal Governance. Tracing key trends of the global-regional-local interface of power, Inés Durán Matute through the case of the indigenous community of Mezcala (Mexico) demonstrates how global political economic processes shape […]
We believe that community finds a way to persist despite physical distances – so join us for our Labor Studies Zoom Hangouts! Ask faculty & staff questions, connect with peers, or just hang out in our informal and casual Zoom sessions! Open to NEW and CURRENT students! Theme: Join the Labor Studies Team and IRLE researcher/criminal […]
Labor Studies Information Session + Student Mixer. Learn about the Labor Studies Major & Minor and meet your faculty, staff, alumni, and fellow students! Register HERE.
Join UCLA Labor Studies for a Special Online Screening of @WAGINGCHANGE and Live Q&A Session! Waging Change shines a spotlight on the challenges faced by restaurant workers trying to feed themselves and their families off tips by intertwining stories of individuals, such as Nataki Rhodes of Chicago, Andrea Velasquez of Detroit and Wardell Harvey of New Orleans with […]
We believe that community finds a way to persist despite physical distances – so join us for our Labor Studies Zoom Hangouts! Ask faculty & staff questions, connect with peers, or just hang out in our informal and casual Zoom sessions! Open to NEW and CURRENT students! Theme: Bring some competitive spirit for our game […]
Are you working while you’re in school? You’re not alone. Over half of undergraduate students in Los Angeles County are also employed. The UCLA Labor Center, UCLA Labor Studies, and USAC at UCLA are excited to bring our UCLA community of workers and learners together through a new virtual meeting space. Come, and participate in […]
As much as we would like to celebrate together, to ensure the safety of our guests, we will be hosting a virtual celebration. During this critical year, the work of the Labor Center—to promote worker rights, recruit a new generation of young leaders into the labor movement, and support labor and community alliances—is more important […]
We believe that community finds a way to persist despite physical distances – so join us for our Labor Studies Zoom Hangouts! Ask faculty & staff questions, connect with peers, or just hang out in our informal and casual Zoom sessions! Open to NEW and CURRENT students! Theme: Join our Labor Studies community as we […]
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, many countries around the world have classified food and grocery delivery workers as “essential workers.” While the pandemic has exacerbated the violation of workers’ safety and rights by platform companies, transnational activist networks across Europe, Latin America, Asia and the U.S. have strengthened existing alliances as workers frame their exposure to […]
