Chun presents findings of Against Abandonment: Repertoires of Solidarity in South Korean Protest / UCLA Labor StudiesChun presents findings of Against Abandonment: Repertoires of Solidarity in South Korean Protest / UCLA Labor Studies

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Students, faculty and staff participating in the UCLA Labor Studies 2026 May Day contingent pose for a group photo outside of the UCLA James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center in MacArthur Park / UCLA Labor StudiesStudents, faculty and staff participating in the UCLA Labor Studies 2026 May Day contingent pose for a group photo outside of the UCLA James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center in MacArthur Park / UCLA Labor Studies

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Community members and staff gathered at the James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center main room during the reopening celebration on April 23, 2026 / UCLA Labor CenterCommunity members and staff gathered at the James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center main room during the reopening celebration on April 23, 2026 / UCLA Labor Center

UCLA Labor Center welcomes the community home as it celebrates historic building reopening

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Celebrating the Hollywood Diversity Report Panel with UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt, Entertainment and Media Research Initiative (EMRI) Director Ana-Christina Ramón, Professor Sanjay Sood and Steven Canals (TFT MFA '15).Speakers at the "Celebrating the Hollywood Diversity Report 2026" panel: (L to R) Darnell Hunt, UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost; Ana-Christina Ramón, Director, UCLA Entertainment and Media Research Initiative (EMRI); Dean Celine Parreñas Shimizu, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT); Steven Canals, writer, co-creator and executive producer of Pose; and Professor Sanjay Sood, UCLA Anderson School of Management / UCLA TFT

“That’s why we persist”: Hollywood Diversity Report celebrated at UCLA TFT panel

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Ana Christina Ramón smiles in a headshotAna Christina Ramón, director of the UCLA Entertainment and Media Research Initiative (EMRI) at the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE)

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About 30 UFW members and allies pose as a group in Bakersfield, CA. They wear bright red t-shirts and hold flags with the UFW logo, a stylized black eagle with its wings shaped like an inverted Aztec pyramid.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

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March in Los Angeles 2024Workers, 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?

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