About
The Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) is a multidisciplinary research center dedicated to advancing labor research and education for workplace justice. Through the work of its units; the UCLA Labor Center, the Labor Occupational Safety and Health program (LOSH) and Human Resources Roundtable (HARRT); its academic program, the UCLA Labor Studies Department; and its research initiatives, the Institute forms wide-ranging economic equity agendas that carry UCLA into the Los Angeles community and beyond.
The UCLA Labor Center creates innovative programs that offer a range of educational, research, and public service activities within the university and in the broader community, especially among low-wage and immigrant workers. The Labor Center is a vital resource for research, education, and policy development to help create jobs that are good for workers and their communities, to improve the quality of existing jobs in the low-wage economy, and to strengthen the process of immigrant integration, especially among students and youth. Learn more.
LOSH collaborates with workers, unions, community organizations, employers, academics, students, governmental representatives, and health professionals to improve health and safety conditions for workers in Southern California. Initiatives include health and safety training, education for low-income, minority, and immigrant workers, public advocacy, and participation in industry-wide research relating to policy issues in California. Learn more.
The UCLA Department of Labor Studies offers a major and minor program that empowers UCLA undergraduates to learn about the workplace and the social, political, and economic forces that influence it. Through a unique community internship program and summer research capstone, students directly engage with labor organizations and workers, applying what they learn in real time. Learn more.
HARRT at UCLA is an organization of senior human resources executives from leading corporate, non-profit and public organizations that is dedicated to the advancement of human resources management through a partnership with prominent academics and thought leaders. Learn more.
The Entertainment and Media Research Initiative (EMRI) at the UCLA Institute for Research and Labor and Employment (IRLE) explores equity and access issues affecting entertainment industry workers and tracks the viewing habits of increasingly diverse audiences. Learn more.
UCLA Strategic Research Lab
Through workshops, conferences, research, data analytics training camps, and social events, the UCLA Strategic Research Lab (SRL) is a capacity-building training hub and network for researchers from labor and community-based organizations. As a research unit of a public university, the SRL seeks to train strategic researchers for the common good. Learn more.
Memory Work Research Initiative
The Memory Work Research Initiative at the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) engages community partners, scholars and students in a thoughtful process of collecting, preserving, and sharing the rich history of social justice organizing in Southern California. Learn more.
