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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	Labor Studies May Day in Los Angeles April 30, 2025
Economic Justice, Memory Work, Working Class History UCLA IRLE staff, students and faculty at May Day 2024 march in Los Angeles What is May Day? April 28, 2025	Institute News Group photo after keynote panel at 2025 Thinking Gender conference. L to R: Saba Waheed, Yesenia DeCasaus, Lorena Lopez Masoumi, Adriana Paz Ramírez, Jennifer Chun, Da In Choi and Katherine Marino Labor highlighted at 35th ‘Thinking Gender’ Conference March 19, 2025	Memory Work, Working Class History Bryn Mawr’s Summer School for Women Workers in Industry. Image from National Photo Company, Library of Congress c. 1921. The Herstory of the IRLE March 3, 2025

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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	Labor Studies May Day in Los Angeles April 30, 2025
Economic Justice, Memory Work, Working Class History UCLA IRLE staff, students and faculty at May Day 2024 march in Los Angeles What is May Day? April 28, 2025	Institute News Group photo after keynote panel at 2025 Thinking Gender conference. L to R: Saba Waheed, Yesenia DeCasaus, Lorena Lopez Masoumi, Adriana Paz Ramírez, Jennifer Chun, Da In Choi and Katherine Marino Labor highlighted at 35th ‘Thinking Gender’ Conference March 19, 2025