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Labor Studies The new scholars will bring new research and courses that expand upon the program's current areas of expertise. UCLA Labor Studies welcomes new scholars September 27, 2024	Labor Studies Remembering the legacy of Reverend James Lawson Jr. September 20, 2024	Labor Studies UCLA Labor Summer Research Program 2024 Cohort. Photo by: UCLA Labor Studies UCLA Labor Summer Research Program 2024 Unveils Insights on Balancing Work and Education August 28, 2024
Labor Studies Students of LS136M “Working Families and Educational Inequalities in Urban Schools” taught know-your-worker-rights lessons to middle and high school students. / Jazmin Rivera Labor Studies Undergraduate Students Become Leaders in the Classroom August 20, 2024	Labor Studies Saba Waheed, Kate Bronfenbrenner, May Kyi Laura Blum-Smith and Roxana Tynan (left to right) spoke on "The Future of Strategic Labor Research" panel. / Reed Hutchinson UCLA Strategic Labor Research Conference unites a diverse coalition of researchers and activists August 9, 2024	Labor Studies Students presented an array of research at the SOHA conference held from May 31 to June 3. /Photo by Virginia Espino Labor Studies students bring ‘memory, resistance, and radical futures’ research to oral history conference July 29, 2024
Labor Studies UCLA Labor Summer Research Program 2022 Team. Photo by: UCLA Labor Studies “Remapping Realities: Balancing School, Work, Financial Pressures, and Well-Being” July 8, 2024	Labor Studies UTLA President Cecily Myart-Cruz delivered the keynote address at UCLA’s Covel Commons. UTLA’s Cecily Myart-Cruz to labor studies class of 2024: ‘The movement is now placed at your feet’ June 24, 2024	Labor Studies Labor Studies Commencement Speaker Spotlight: Sherrod Session June 11, 2024
Labor Studies Aragon is one of two selected Labor Studies Commencement speakers and will address the class of 2024 next Saturday, June 15. / Photo provided by Micaela Aragon Labor Studies Commencement Speaker Spotlight: Micaela Aragon June 7, 2024	Labor Studies Students presented an array of labor studies research at the Labor@UCLA Research Showcase held on May 24. The event formed part of UCLA's Undergraduate Research Week. /Composite by Marcos Ruiz Rojas Labor@UCLA Research Showcase 2024 May 30, 2024	Labor Studies Labor studies graduates reflect on their undergraduate experience and hopes for the future May 30, 2024
Labor Studies Project Director for Labor and Community Partnerships Kent Wong speaking at the community rally held at UCLA’s Ackerman Union on April 24. Photo by: UCLA Labor Studies UCLA Labor Studies co-hosts UFW labor rally for farmworkers May 17, 2024	Director Messages, Statements Message from IRLE Director and Labor Studies Chair on the recent shocking, deeply unsettling events May 2, 2024	Black Workers, Interview, Racial Equity Freedom Fellow Cade Johnson Community Advocacy and Learning: Cade Johnson’s Journey with the Freedom Fellowship April 29, 2024
Statements Message from Labor Studies Chair on Student Demonstrations April 25, 2024	Global Solidarity, Interview, Interviews with Mexican Labor Leaders Members of the original independent union committee at the Mex Mode maquiladora. Two veteran maquiladora women organizers offer their vision for a new era of labor solidarity March 20, 2024	Global Solidarity Los Angeles, CA. February 10, 2024. Unions and worker groups from the US, Mexico and Canada in a conference to discuss ways to support each other. Conference participants marched and rallied at the Mexican consulate to support strikers at the Mexican Audi plant. Photo by: David Bacon UCLA Labor Center hosts tri-national summit promoting worker solidarity in response to USMCA March 11, 2024
Global Solidarity, Interview, Interviews with Mexican Labor Leaders Benedicto Martinez and Robin Alexander march together in Mexico City, in a 2014 national protest on the 20th anniversary of the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The marchers protested the economic and political reforms by the Mexican government and the then-ruling Party of the Institutionalized Revolution, setting the stage for the privatizing oil and electrical industries, implementing corporate education reform and social benefit policies, and changing the country's labor law. The Strategic Cross-Border Alliance February 27, 2024	Labor Studies, Young Workers California Labor Commissioner’s Office hosts Youth Labor Rights Workshops at Moreno Valley High School February 12, 2024	Interview, Kindness Q&A: Victor Narro on Kindness in Los Angeles City Hall February 1, 2024

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Labor Studies The new scholars will bring new research and courses that expand upon the program's current areas of expertise. UCLA Labor Studies welcomes new scholars September 27, 2024	Labor Studies Remembering the legacy of Reverend James Lawson Jr. September 20, 2024
Labor Studies UCLA Labor Summer Research Program 2024 Cohort. Photo by: UCLA Labor Studies UCLA Labor Summer Research Program 2024 Unveils Insights on Balancing Work and Education August 28, 2024	Labor Studies Students of LS136M “Working Families and Educational Inequalities in Urban Schools” taught know-your-worker-rights lessons to middle and high school students. / Jazmin Rivera Labor Studies Undergraduate Students Become Leaders in the Classroom August 20, 2024
Labor Studies Saba Waheed, Kate Bronfenbrenner, May Kyi Laura Blum-Smith and Roxana Tynan (left to right) spoke on "The Future of Strategic Labor Research" panel. / Reed Hutchinson UCLA Strategic Labor Research Conference unites a diverse coalition of researchers and activists August 9, 2024	Labor Studies Students presented an array of research at the SOHA conference held from May 31 to June 3. /Photo by Virginia Espino Labor Studies students bring ‘memory, resistance, and radical futures’ research to oral history conference July 29, 2024
Labor Studies UCLA Labor Summer Research Program 2022 Team. Photo by: UCLA Labor Studies “Remapping Realities: Balancing School, Work, Financial Pressures, and Well-Being” July 8, 2024	Labor Studies UTLA President Cecily Myart-Cruz delivered the keynote address at UCLA’s Covel Commons. UTLA’s Cecily Myart-Cruz to labor studies class of 2024: ‘The movement is now placed at your feet’ June 24, 2024
Labor Studies Labor Studies Commencement Speaker Spotlight: Sherrod Session June 11, 2024	Labor Studies Aragon is one of two selected Labor Studies Commencement speakers and will address the class of 2024 next Saturday, June 15. / Photo provided by Micaela Aragon Labor Studies Commencement Speaker Spotlight: Micaela Aragon June 7, 2024
Labor Studies Students presented an array of labor studies research at the Labor@UCLA Research Showcase held on May 24. The event formed part of UCLA's Undergraduate Research Week. /Composite by Marcos Ruiz Rojas Labor@UCLA Research Showcase 2024 May 30, 2024	Labor Studies Labor studies graduates reflect on their undergraduate experience and hopes for the future May 30, 2024
Labor Studies Project Director for Labor and Community Partnerships Kent Wong speaking at the community rally held at UCLA’s Ackerman Union on April 24. Photo by: UCLA Labor Studies UCLA Labor Studies co-hosts UFW labor rally for farmworkers May 17, 2024	Director Messages, Statements Message from IRLE Director and Labor Studies Chair on the recent shocking, deeply unsettling events May 2, 2024
Black Workers, Interview, Racial Equity Freedom Fellow Cade Johnson Community Advocacy and Learning: Cade Johnson’s Journey with the Freedom Fellowship April 29, 2024	Statements Message from Labor Studies Chair on Student Demonstrations April 25, 2024
Global Solidarity, Interview, Interviews with Mexican Labor Leaders Members of the original independent union committee at the Mex Mode maquiladora. Two veteran maquiladora women organizers offer their vision for a new era of labor solidarity March 20, 2024	Global Solidarity Los Angeles, CA. February 10, 2024. Unions and worker groups from the US, Mexico and Canada in a conference to discuss ways to support each other. Conference participants marched and rallied at the Mexican consulate to support strikers at the Mexican Audi plant. Photo by: David Bacon UCLA Labor Center hosts tri-national summit promoting worker solidarity in response to USMCA March 11, 2024
Global Solidarity, Interview, Interviews with Mexican Labor Leaders Benedicto Martinez and Robin Alexander march together in Mexico City, in a 2014 national protest on the 20th anniversary of the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The marchers protested the economic and political reforms by the Mexican government and the then-ruling Party of the Institutionalized Revolution, setting the stage for the privatizing oil and electrical industries, implementing corporate education reform and social benefit policies, and changing the country's labor law. The Strategic Cross-Border Alliance February 27, 2024	Labor Studies, Young Workers California Labor Commissioner’s Office hosts Youth Labor Rights Workshops at Moreno Valley High School February 12, 2024