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Labor Studies UCLA Labor Summer Research Program 2022 Team. Photo by: UCLA Labor Studies “Remapping Realities: Balancing School, Work, Financial Pressures, and Well-Being” July 8, 2024	Labor Studies UTLA President Cecily Myart-Cruz delivered the keynote address at UCLA’s Covel Commons. UTLA’s Cecily Myart-Cruz to labor studies class of 2024: ‘The movement is now placed at your feet’ June 24, 2024	Labor Studies Labor Studies Commencement Speaker Spotlight: Sherrod Session June 11, 2024
Labor Studies Aragon is one of two selected Labor Studies Commencement speakers and will address the class of 2024 next Saturday, June 15. / Photo provided by Micaela Aragon Labor Studies Commencement Speaker Spotlight: Micaela Aragon June 7, 2024	Labor Studies Students presented an array of labor studies research at the Labor@UCLA Research Showcase held on May 24. The event formed part of UCLA's Undergraduate Research Week. /Composite by Marcos Ruiz Rojas Labor@UCLA Research Showcase 2024 May 30, 2024	Labor Studies Labor studies graduates reflect on their undergraduate experience and hopes for the future May 30, 2024
Labor Studies Project Director for Labor and Community Partnerships Kent Wong speaking at the community rally held at UCLA’s Ackerman Union on April 24. Photo by: UCLA Labor Studies UCLA Labor Studies co-hosts UFW labor rally for farmworkers May 17, 2024	Director Messages, Statements Message from IRLE Director and Labor Studies Chair on the recent shocking, deeply unsettling events May 2, 2024	Black Workers, Interview, Racial Equity Freedom Fellow Cade Johnson Community Advocacy and Learning: Cade Johnson’s Journey with the Freedom Fellowship April 29, 2024
Statements Message from Labor Studies Chair on Student Demonstrations April 25, 2024	Global Solidarity, Interview, Interviews with Mexican Labor Leaders Members of the original independent union committee at the Mex Mode maquiladora. Two veteran maquiladora women organizers offer their vision for a new era of labor solidarity March 20, 2024	Global Solidarity Los Angeles, CA. February 10, 2024. Unions and worker groups from the US, Mexico and Canada in a conference to discuss ways to support each other. Conference participants marched and rallied at the Mexican consulate to support strikers at the Mexican Audi plant. Photo by: David Bacon UCLA Labor Center hosts tri-national summit promoting worker solidarity in response to USMCA March 11, 2024
Global Solidarity, Interview, Interviews with Mexican Labor Leaders Benedicto Martinez and Robin Alexander march together in Mexico City, in a 2014 national protest on the 20th anniversary of the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The marchers protested the economic and political reforms by the Mexican government and the then-ruling Party of the Institutionalized Revolution, setting the stage for the privatizing oil and electrical industries, implementing corporate education reform and social benefit policies, and changing the country's labor law. The Strategic Cross-Border Alliance February 27, 2024	Labor Studies, Young Workers California Labor Commissioner’s Office hosts Youth Labor Rights Workshops at Moreno Valley High School February 12, 2024	Interview, Kindness Q&A: Victor Narro on Kindness in Los Angeles City Hall February 1, 2024
Global Solidarity, Interview, Interviews with Mexican Labor Leaders Mexico City, Mexico. September 1, 2011. Humberto Montes de Oca is interviewed in Mexico City's main square, the Zocalo, on the day Mexican President Felipe Calderon gave his annual speech about the state of the country. The protest, called the Day of the Indignant, was organized by unions including the Mexican Electrical Workers (SME) because the Mexican government fired 44,000 electrical workers and dissolved the state-owned company they worked for, in an effort to smash their union. Humberto Montes de Oca is the international secretary of the SME. Photo by: David Bacon A New Life For Mexico’s Oldest Union January 30, 2024	The Future of Work, Working Class History The panel discussion titled: “America on Strike: Workers Take Center Stage”, was held Nov 6 at UCLA’s James West Alumni Center. Amid increased strike activity, IRLE labor experts discuss present and future of the labor movement November 20, 2023	Global Solidarity Delegation of CA labor leaders in front of Casa de la Universidad de California en México also known as “Casa de California.” UCLA Labor Center convenes California labor leaders in Mexico City November 16, 2023
Announcements, Institute News, Labor Studies LA Labor Leaders Advocate for Workers’ Rights in #HotLaborSummer Panel November 3, 2023	Announcements Saba Waheed's studies have informed local and state officials to improve working conditions for over a decade. Francisco García-Nava / UCLA Labor Center Saba Waheed, first woman of color to lead the UCLA Labor Center October 26, 2023	Announcements, Institute News, Labor Studies From left to right: Jollene Levid (United Teachers Los Angeles) and Susan Minato (Unite Here Local 11) are the inaugural fellows for the Labor Movement Fellows Program hosted by UCLA Labor Studies. UCLA Labor Studies launches new residency program for labor movement leaders October 19, 2023

Labor Studies UCLA Labor Summer Research Program 2022 Team. Photo by: UCLA Labor Studies “Remapping Realities: Balancing School, Work, Financial Pressures, and Well-Being” July 8, 2024	Labor Studies UTLA President Cecily Myart-Cruz delivered the keynote address at UCLA’s Covel Commons. UTLA’s Cecily Myart-Cruz to labor studies class of 2024: ‘The movement is now placed at your feet’ June 24, 2024
Labor Studies Labor Studies Commencement Speaker Spotlight: Sherrod Session June 11, 2024	Labor Studies Aragon is one of two selected Labor Studies Commencement speakers and will address the class of 2024 next Saturday, June 15. / Photo provided by Micaela Aragon Labor Studies Commencement Speaker Spotlight: Micaela Aragon June 7, 2024
Labor Studies Students presented an array of labor studies research at the Labor@UCLA Research Showcase held on May 24. The event formed part of UCLA's Undergraduate Research Week. /Composite by Marcos Ruiz Rojas Labor@UCLA Research Showcase 2024 May 30, 2024	Labor Studies Labor studies graduates reflect on their undergraduate experience and hopes for the future May 30, 2024
Labor Studies Project Director for Labor and Community Partnerships Kent Wong speaking at the community rally held at UCLA’s Ackerman Union on April 24. Photo by: UCLA Labor Studies UCLA Labor Studies co-hosts UFW labor rally for farmworkers May 17, 2024	Director Messages, Statements Message from IRLE Director and Labor Studies Chair on the recent shocking, deeply unsettling events May 2, 2024
Black Workers, Interview, Racial Equity Freedom Fellow Cade Johnson Community Advocacy and Learning: Cade Johnson’s Journey with the Freedom Fellowship April 29, 2024	Statements Message from Labor Studies Chair on Student Demonstrations April 25, 2024
Global Solidarity, Interview, Interviews with Mexican Labor Leaders Members of the original independent union committee at the Mex Mode maquiladora. Two veteran maquiladora women organizers offer their vision for a new era of labor solidarity March 20, 2024	Global Solidarity Los Angeles, CA. February 10, 2024. Unions and worker groups from the US, Mexico and Canada in a conference to discuss ways to support each other. Conference participants marched and rallied at the Mexican consulate to support strikers at the Mexican Audi plant. Photo by: David Bacon UCLA Labor Center hosts tri-national summit promoting worker solidarity in response to USMCA March 11, 2024
Global Solidarity, Interview, Interviews with Mexican Labor Leaders Benedicto Martinez and Robin Alexander march together in Mexico City, in a 2014 national protest on the 20th anniversary of the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The marchers protested the economic and political reforms by the Mexican government and the then-ruling Party of the Institutionalized Revolution, setting the stage for the privatizing oil and electrical industries, implementing corporate education reform and social benefit policies, and changing the country's labor law. The Strategic Cross-Border Alliance February 27, 2024	Labor Studies, Young Workers California Labor Commissioner’s Office hosts Youth Labor Rights Workshops at Moreno Valley High School February 12, 2024
Interview, Kindness Q&A: Victor Narro on Kindness in Los Angeles City Hall February 1, 2024	Global Solidarity, Interview, Interviews with Mexican Labor Leaders Mexico City, Mexico. September 1, 2011. Humberto Montes de Oca is interviewed in Mexico City's main square, the Zocalo, on the day Mexican President Felipe Calderon gave his annual speech about the state of the country. The protest, called the Day of the Indignant, was organized by unions including the Mexican Electrical Workers (SME) because the Mexican government fired 44,000 electrical workers and dissolved the state-owned company they worked for, in an effort to smash their union. Humberto Montes de Oca is the international secretary of the SME. Photo by: David Bacon A New Life For Mexico’s Oldest Union January 30, 2024
The Future of Work, Working Class History The panel discussion titled: “America on Strike: Workers Take Center Stage”, was held Nov 6 at UCLA’s James West Alumni Center. Amid increased strike activity, IRLE labor experts discuss present and future of the labor movement November 20, 2023	Global Solidarity Delegation of CA labor leaders in front of Casa de la Universidad de California en México also known as “Casa de California.” UCLA Labor Center convenes California labor leaders in Mexico City November 16, 2023
Announcements, Institute News, Labor Studies LA Labor Leaders Advocate for Workers’ Rights in #HotLaborSummer Panel November 3, 2023	Announcements Saba Waheed's studies have informed local and state officials to improve working conditions for over a decade. Francisco García-Nava / UCLA Labor Center Saba Waheed, first woman of color to lead the UCLA Labor Center October 26, 2023