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
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Willa Needham2026-04-21 16:35:492026-04-21 16:55:29“That’s why we persist”: Hollywood Diversity Report celebrated at UCLA TFT panel
Ana 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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Willa Needham2026-03-11 10:46:432026-03-11 10:46:43UCLA’s Hollywood Diversity Report reshapes the industry conversation on representation
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Willa Needham2025-10-23 09:57:132025-10-23 09:57:13Meet UCLA IRLE’s 2025 Visiting Scholars
Left Photo: Damian Dovarganes / AP; Right Photo: Underwood Archives / Getty Images
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Willa Needham2025-10-22 09:08:412025-12-19 11:15:28Introducing “Labor Studies Now” speaker series
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Willa Needham2025-09-25 08:00:042025-09-25 13:02:01RELEASE– Historic first: UCLA launches Labor Studies Department
Activists from across the state support the UFW as they conduct outreach to workers about DALE in Bakersfield, CA. / Photo courtesy of Alejandra Quintero
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Willa Needham2025-08-28 10:50:362025-08-28 11:10:44Higher wages, heat safety and an equal voice: How workers won in 2024
Workers, unions and allies march at a rally in 2024. / Toby Higbie
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Willa Needham2025-08-26 10:33:412025-08-26 10:35:19California workers and unions made gains in 2024—but what’s next for labor under Trump?
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Willa Needham2025-08-25 09:00:432025-08-25 09:44:25RELEASE: California Unionization rates held steady despite nationwide decline
Group photo of conference attendees, organizers and facilitators at the 2025 UCLA Strategic Labor Research Conference
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Willa Needham2025-08-14 09:36:282025-09-10 16:53:52UCLA Strategic Labor Research Conference 2025 Highlights
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
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Willa Needham2025-03-19 09:52:152025-03-31 12:02:17Labor highlighted at 35th ‘Thinking Gender’ Conference
