UCLA Coding Bootcamp for Union Research

The UCLA Strategic Research Lab’s Coding Bootcamp for Union Research will be held in Los Angeles from June 8th-12th at the UCLA James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center in the MacArthur Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. 

While the training is primarily aimed at career union and other social movement organization staff, a select group of undergraduates will be admitted to attend the bootcamp this year. Awardees will spend the week learning from career movement researchers at unions and other social justice organizations, with a focus on coding in python to accomplish basic tasks routinely faced by labor researchers like webscraping, fuzzy data matching, and interfacing with data API. Learn more about the event at irle.ucla.edu/event/ucla-coding-camp-for-union-research

Selected applicants will be admitted to the camp and receive up to a $1100 scholarship award to cover the $850 camp fee, as well as incidental expenses like a daily lunch stipend as well as traveling expenses to and from the bootcamp and other incidental costs.

In order to be eligible, applicants must meet the following criteria:

  • Be a declared Labor Studies major or minor
  • Be either a Junior or Senior in good standing
  • Have successfully completed Labor Studies 10 and/or Labor Studies 101
  • Provide a short (1-2 paragraph) statement of interest to attend the bootcamp
  • Provide a writing sample (any term paper or other written assignment exceeding 500 words is sufficient)
  • Provide the name of one Labor Studies faculty member who will vouch for your motivation to attend the bootcamp
  • Commit to attending all days of the research bootcamp (no exceptions will be made to this requirement)

To apply to the Bootcamp and to receive the scholarship, complete the general UCLA Undergraduate Award Application and then complete the supplemental questions for the Lucy and Harry Lang Labor Studies Award by Tuesday, May 26th, 2026. 

Applicants will be notified of their award by June 1st, 2026.
Please direct questions to Elizbeth Espinoza Arceo at espinoza@irle.ucla.edu.