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Labor Studies Ruth Milkman, labor sociologist, gives lecture on the state of the labor movement in the 2020s “Generation Union”: The people and strategies powering the labor movement in the 2020s February 6, 2026	LOSH The LOSH team and partners from LA County Department of Public Health’s Office of Worker Health and Safety conduct outreach to workers cleaning up toxic ash and debris after the 2025 fire in Altadena. / UCLA LOSH LOSH supports workers in the aftermath of the 2025 Los Angeles fires February 3, 2026	Labor Studies UCLA Labor Studies Professor Leisy Abrego (R) joins Jennifer Cárcamo (L), director of "Eternos Indocumentados" for a Q&A session UCLA Labor Studies alum centers refugee narratives in powerful documentary December 12, 2025
Labor Studies Photo courtesy of Jennifer A. Cárcamo. Alumni Q&A: Spotlight on Dr. Jennifer Cárcamo December 12, 2025	Labor Studies On November 7, UCLA Labor Studies students attended a field trip to the Port of Los Angeles Behind the scenes at the Port of Los Angeles with UCLA Labor Studies November 18, 2025	Labor Studies UCLA IRLE and UCLA Library staff pose with David Huerta in UCLA Library Special Collections L.A. labor leaders link the past and future during visit to UCLA campus October 30, 2025
Announcements, Institute News, Staff Spotlight Meet UCLA IRLE’s 2025 Visiting Scholars October 23, 2025	Announcements, Institute News, Labor Studies Left Photo: Damian Dovarganes / AP; Right Photo: Underwood Archives / Getty Images Introducing “Labor Studies Now” speaker series October 22, 2025	UCLA IRLE mourns the loss of Kent Wong October 13, 2025
IRLE Experts, Labor Studies UCLA IRLE expert on the “conservative labor movement” and American Compass October 8, 2025	Labor Studies Photo of Jennifer Jihye Chun, edited graphic by UCLA Labor Studies. Q&A with Jennifer Chun: Leading UCLA Labor Studies into a New Era September 29, 2025	Institute News, Labor Studies, Press Release RELEASE– Historic first: UCLA launches Labor Studies Department September 25, 2025
Institute News Activists from across the state support the UFW as they conduct outreach to workers about DALE in Bakersfield, CA. / Photo courtesy of Alejandra Quintero Higher wages, heat safety and an equal voice: How workers won in 2024 August 28, 2025	Labor Studies UCLA Labor Summer Research Program 2025 Cohort. Photo by: UCLA Labor Studies UCLA Labor Summer Research Program 2025 Explores Organizing, AI, and Federal Policy Impacts August 27, 2025	Institute News Workers, unions and allies march at a rally in 2024. / Toby Higbie California workers and unions made gains in 2024—but what’s next for labor under Trump? August 26, 2025
Institute News, Press Release RELEASE: California Unionization rates held steady despite nationwide decline August 25, 2025	Institute News, Strategic Research Group photo of conference attendees, organizers and facilitators at the 2025 UCLA Strategic Labor Research Conference UCLA Strategic Labor Research Conference 2025 Highlights August 14, 2025	Labor Studies Group photo of the UCLA Labor Studies class of 2025 / John Gaglione “They cannot steal your joy”: Celebration, community and resilience at UCLA Labor Studies 2025 commencement ceremony June 18, 2025
Labor Studies Introducing Carolina Sarabia Garcia, UCLA Labor Studies 2025 commencement speaker June 12, 2025	Labor Studies Introducing Mia Tracy, UCLA Labor Studies 2025 commencement speaker June 12, 2025	Labor Studies Eric Blanc, Alex Caputo-Pearl, and Mel Deorsola in conversation during UCLA Labor Studies’ book talk held April 29th. Worker-to-Worker Organizing: Revitalizing the Labor Movement May 6, 2025

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Labor Studies Ruth Milkman, labor sociologist, gives lecture on the state of the labor movement in the 2020s “Generation Union”: The people and strategies powering the labor movement in the 2020s February 6, 2026	LOSH The LOSH team and partners from LA County Department of Public Health’s Office of Worker Health and Safety conduct outreach to workers cleaning up toxic ash and debris after the 2025 fire in Altadena. / UCLA LOSH LOSH supports workers in the aftermath of the 2025 Los Angeles fires February 3, 2026
Labor Studies UCLA Labor Studies Professor Leisy Abrego (R) joins Jennifer Cárcamo (L), director of "Eternos Indocumentados" for a Q&A session UCLA Labor Studies alum centers refugee narratives in powerful documentary December 12, 2025	Labor Studies Photo courtesy of Jennifer A. Cárcamo. Alumni Q&A: Spotlight on Dr. Jennifer Cárcamo December 12, 2025
Labor Studies On November 7, UCLA Labor Studies students attended a field trip to the Port of Los Angeles Behind the scenes at the Port of Los Angeles with UCLA Labor Studies November 18, 2025	Labor Studies UCLA IRLE and UCLA Library staff pose with David Huerta in UCLA Library Special Collections L.A. labor leaders link the past and future during visit to UCLA campus October 30, 2025
Announcements, Institute News, Staff Spotlight Meet UCLA IRLE’s 2025 Visiting Scholars October 23, 2025	Announcements, Institute News, Labor Studies Left Photo: Damian Dovarganes / AP; Right Photo: Underwood Archives / Getty Images Introducing “Labor Studies Now” speaker series October 22, 2025
UCLA IRLE mourns the loss of Kent Wong October 13, 2025	IRLE Experts, Labor Studies UCLA IRLE expert on the “conservative labor movement” and American Compass October 8, 2025
Labor Studies Photo of Jennifer Jihye Chun, edited graphic by UCLA Labor Studies. Q&A with Jennifer Chun: Leading UCLA Labor Studies into a New Era September 29, 2025	Institute News, Labor Studies, Press Release RELEASE– Historic first: UCLA launches Labor Studies Department September 25, 2025
Institute News Activists from across the state support the UFW as they conduct outreach to workers about DALE in Bakersfield, CA. / Photo courtesy of Alejandra Quintero Higher wages, heat safety and an equal voice: How workers won in 2024 August 28, 2025	Labor Studies UCLA Labor Summer Research Program 2025 Cohort. Photo by: UCLA Labor Studies UCLA Labor Summer Research Program 2025 Explores Organizing, AI, and Federal Policy Impacts August 27, 2025
Institute News Workers, unions and allies march at a rally in 2024. / Toby Higbie California workers and unions made gains in 2024—but what’s next for labor under Trump? August 26, 2025	Institute News, Press Release RELEASE: California Unionization rates held steady despite nationwide decline August 25, 2025
Institute News, Strategic Research Group photo of conference attendees, organizers and facilitators at the 2025 UCLA Strategic Labor Research Conference UCLA Strategic Labor Research Conference 2025 Highlights August 14, 2025	Labor Studies Group photo of the UCLA Labor Studies class of 2025 / John Gaglione “They cannot steal your joy”: Celebration, community and resilience at UCLA Labor Studies 2025 commencement ceremony June 18, 2025
Labor Studies Introducing Carolina Sarabia Garcia, UCLA Labor Studies 2025 commencement speaker June 12, 2025	Labor Studies Introducing Mia Tracy, UCLA Labor Studies 2025 commencement speaker June 12, 2025