UCLA IRLE staff, students and faculty at May Day 2024 march in Los Angeles / UCLA IRLEWhat is May Day?
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
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
On May 1, 2006, hundreds of thousands marched in Los Angeles in support of immigrant rights. Called by many “A Day without an Immigrant,” the May Day protests were the culmination of months of planning in response to a punitive immigration bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 4437), Los Angeles, CA. Photo courtesy of Creative Commons. IRLE Voices: The Historic Power of May Day in Los Angeles
Getty ImagesLabor in the Age of Finance: Pension, Politics, and Corporations from Deindustrialization to Dodd-Frank