UCLA Labor Studies Professor Leisy Abrego (R) joins Jennifer Cárcamo (L), director of "Eternos Indocumentados" for a Q&A session
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Willa Needham2025-12-12 09:34:212025-12-12 09:35:13UCLA Labor Studies alum centers refugee narratives in powerful documentary





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UCLA Labor Studies Professor Leisy Abrego (R) joins Jennifer Cárcamo (L), director of "Eternos Indocumentados" for a Q&A session
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Willa Needham2025-12-12 09:34:212025-12-12 09:35:13UCLA Labor Studies alum centers refugee narratives in powerful documentary
Photo courtesy of Jennifer A. Cárcamo.
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Marcos Ruiz2025-12-12 09:34:032025-12-12 09:42:42Alumni Q&A: Spotlight on Dr. Jennifer Cárcamo
On November 7, UCLA Labor Studies students attended a field trip to the Port of Los Angeles
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Willa Needham2025-11-18 08:42:302025-11-18 08:42:30Behind the scenes at the Port of Los Angeles with UCLA Labor Studies
UCLA IRLE and UCLA Library staff pose with David Huerta in UCLA Library Special Collections
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Willa Needham2025-10-30 09:02:162025-10-30 09:22:18L.A. labor leaders link the past and future during visit to UCLA campus- New Trump Policy Could Make Thousands Of Immigrants Vulnerable To Losing Their Jobs, Huffpost, Victor Narro, UCLA Labor Center project director, October 30, 2025
- A play about the revolt of human workers — not machines — gave us the word ‘robot’, NPR, Tobias Higbie, UCLA IRLE Director, September 12, 2025
- Labor Day 2025: In CA, job market is shaky but unions are strong, KCRW, Ft. Tobias Higbie, UCLA IRLE Director, August 30, 2025
- California unions held their ground last year but face big tests in 2025, Los Angeles Times, Ft. Tobias Higbie, UCLA IRLE Director, August 25, 2025
- Many unions were once wary of immigrants. Now they march alongside them., Marketplace | NPR, Ft. Tobias Higbie, UCLA IRLE Director, June 12, 2025
- How Labor Unions Came to Define the L.A. Immigration Protests, The New York Times, Ft. Victor Narro, project director at UCLA Labor Center, June 11, 2025
- Los Angeles, city of immigrant protests: why it’s no surprise LA rose up against Trump, The Guardian, Ft. Victor Narro, project director at UCLA Labor Center and Chris Zepeda-Millán, UCLA Labor Studies Chair, June 11, 2025
- LA Protests Signal Public’s Readiness to Rebel Against Anti-Immigrant Fascism, Truthout, by Chris Newman, UCLA Labor Studies faculty, June 9, 2025
- The Mexican Flag Becomes a Potent L.A. Protest Symbol, The New York Times, Ft. Chris Zepeda-Millán, UCLA Labor Studies Chair, June 8, 2025








