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Organized by UCLA and UC Santa Barbara, our first annual, free UC Strategic Labor Conference will include workshops on applied skills for new and experienced union and labor movement researchers. Dynamic keynote speakers and a variety of exciting training sessions will help strengthen and add new skills to your research repertoires. Come join California’s union researchers in discussions about the future of labor research and organizing!
To receive conference updates email: LaborResearchConference
For general questions, email conference coordinators: Professor Chris Zepeda-Millán: czm@ucla.edu and Justin McBride: jgmcbride1@ucla.edu.
Application period is now CLOSED. Please consider applying to next year’s conference.
** For a more in-depth training experience focused on corporate research, there is no substitute for Professor Kate Bronfenbrenner’s renowned Strategic Corporate Research Summer School (June 18-23, 2023 at Cornell University), which we encourage all labor movement researchers to attend! **
July 14-16, 2023
See daily schedule below
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
337 Charles E Young Dr., Los Angeles, CA, 90095.
The Luskin School of Public Affairs is located in the Northeast part of campus and the nearest parking lot is Structure 3. Structure 3 has a limited number of Pay-by-Space spots that can be purchased by machine or on your phone in the parking lot for $15 a day.
Otherwise, you may purchase an all-day permit from any UCLA parking kiosk.
Please Note: Two buildings on the UCLA campus are named after the Luskin family. The Luskin School of Public Affairs is in the northeast corner of campus, near the intersection of Sunset & Hilgard. You can find an interactive map of the UCLA Campus here.
By Car
The Luskin School of Public Affairs is located in the Northeast part of campus and the nearest parking lot is Structure 3. Structure 3 has a limited number of Pay-by-Space spots. Otherwise, you may purchase an all-day permit from any UCLA parking kiosk.
Public Transportation
Entry-Level Track
Workshops marked with ENTRY-LEVEL TRACK are specially designed with content for strategic researchers with less than 2 years of professional experience. Researchers of all experience levels may benefit from the insights in these workshops and are welcome to attend.
Laptop workshops
Some workshops are labeled Laptop required. While no one will be turned away from any workshop, these facilitators have designated that attendees without an individual computer may not be able to fully participate in all aspects of the workshop.
Day 1- Friday, July 14
Day 1 – Friday July 14
10:00am-11:00am Registration
Hallway outside of 2355/2343
11:00am-12:00pm Keynote Speech: Kate Bronfenbrenner
Room 2355
Room 2343- Overflow room, if necessary
12:00pm-1:15pm Lunch
3rd Floor Patio
1:15pm-3:15pm (Workshop Round 1)
Room 2343
Supply Chain Strategies (Laptop required)
Room 2355
California Labor Policy Strategies
Room 4357
Researching Individuals (Laptop required)
Room 4371
Intro to Strategic Corporate Research (ENTRY-LEVEL TRACK)
3:15pm-3:30pm BREAK
Coffee available on the 3rd Floor Patio
3:30pm-5:30pm (Workshop Round 2)
Room 2343
Room 2355
Los Angeles Labor Policy Strategies
Room 4371
Basics of Sectoral Research (ENTRY-LEVEL TRACK, Laptop required)
Room 4357
Researching Government Budgets
5:30pm-8:30pm Dinner & Reception
3rd Floor Patio
Day 2- Saturday, July 15
9:00am-10:00am Registration
Hallway outside Rooms 2343 & 2355
Breakfast- 3rd Floor Patio
10:00am-12:00pm (Workshops Round 3)
Room 2343
Intro to Python (Laptop required)
Room 2355
Room 4357
Researching Money in California Politics (Laptop required)
Room 4371
Moving from Research to Campaigns – How to Overcome Obstacles
12:00pm-12:30pm Lunch
Room 2355
12:30pm-1:30pm Keynote Speech: Jane McAlevey
Room 2355
Room 2343 Overflow Room, if necessary
1:30pm-3:30pm (Workshops Round 4)
Room 2343
Webscraping as an Organizing Tool (with Python)
Room 2355
Room 4357
Room 4371
Corporate Power Research 101 (ENTRY LEVEL TRACK, Laptop required)
3:30pm-3:45pm BREAK
Coffee available on the 3rd Floor Patio
3:45pm-5:45pm (Workshops Round 5)
Room 2343
FOIA & Public Records Requests
Room 2355
Shareholder and Financial Strategies (Laptop required)
Room 4357
Staffing a Strike Panel Discussion
Room 4371
Accessing Census Labor Data (ENTRY LEVEL TRACK, Laptop required)
5:45pm-8:45pm Dinner & Reception
3rd Floor Patio
Day 3- Sunday, July 16
9:00am-10:00am Breakfast
3rd Floor Patio
10:00am-12:00pm (Workshops Round 6)
Room 2343
Organizing with Geographic Mapping
Room 2355
Room 4357
Strategic Campaign Planning (ENTRY LEVEL TRACK, Laptop required)
Room 4371
Researching Non-Profits (Laptop required)
12:00pm-12:30pm Lunch
Room 2355
12:30pm-2:00pm Panel Discussion: Future of Union Research
Room 2355
Room 2343- Overflow Room (if necessary)
Friday Keynote Speaker: Kate Bronfenbrenner is the Director of Labor Education Research and a Senior Lecturer at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and the Co-Director of the Worker Empowerment Research Project (WERN). Her primary research interests include union and employer strategies in organizing and bargaining in the global economy; labor, race and gender; the impact of labor law and trade policy on employment, wages, and unionization. Prior to joining the Cornell faculty in 1993, Bronfenbrenner was an Assistant Professor in Labor Studies at Penn State University and worked for many years as an organizer and union representative with the United Woodcutters Association in Mississippi and with SEIU in Boston, as well as a welfare rights organizer in Seattle, Washington.
Saturday Keynote Speaker: Jane McAlevey is an organizer, negotiator, and scholar. She spent the first half of her organizing life working in the community organizing and environmental justice movements, and the second half in the union movement. She has led power structure analyses and strategic planning trainings for a wide range of union and community organizations, and has had extensive involvement in globalization and global environmental issues. Jane holds a PhD from the City University of New York (CUNY) and is the author of three books, the most recent being Rules to Win By: Power and Participation in Union Negotiations (2023).
Sunday Keynote Panel: “The Future of Strategic Research in the Labor Movement”
Panel will feature: Nelson Lichtenstein, Professor, Department of History, University of California Santa Barbara; Arthur Saenz, Research Director, SEIU United Service Workers West ; Francis Engler, Research & Political Director, UNITE HERE Local 11; Julie Farb, Director of Growth Strategies for the Economic Power and Growth Hub at the AFL-CIO.
Full description coming soon.
This is used as a side note for anyone that is working on this page. This note will not show up anywhere on this page. Please DO NOT DELETE!!!
-Trinh via SSCERT WebTeam
Organized by UCLA and UC Santa Barbara, our first annual, free UC Strategic Labor Conference will include workshops on applied skills for new and experienced union and labor movement researchers. Dynamic keynote speakers and a variety of exciting training sessions will help strengthen and add new skills to your research repertoires. Come join California’s union researchers in discussions about the future of labor research and organizing!
To receive conference updates email: LaborResearchConference
For general questions, email conference coordinators: Professor Chris Zepeda-Millán: czm@ucla.edu and Justin McBride: jgmcbride1@ucla.edu.
Application period is now CLOSED. Please consider applying to next year’s conference.
** For a more in-depth training experience focused on corporate research, there is no substitute for Professor Kate Bronfenbrenner’s renowned Strategic Corporate Research Summer School (June 18-23, 2023 at Cornell University), which we encourage all labor movement researchers to attend! **
July 14-16, 2023
See daily schedule below
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
337 Charles E Young Dr., Los Angeles, CA, 90095.
The Luskin School of Public Affairs is located in the Northeast part of campus and the nearest parking lot is Structure 3. Structure 3 has a limited number of Pay-by-Space spots that can be purchased by machine or on your phone in the parking lot for $15 a day.
Otherwise, you may purchase an all-day permit from any UCLA parking kiosk.
Please Note: Two buildings on the UCLA campus are named after the Luskin family. The Luskin School of Public Affairs is in the northeast corner of campus, near the intersection of Sunset & Hilgard. You can find an interactive map of the UCLA Campus here.
By Car
The Luskin School of Public Affairs is located in the Northeast part of campus and the nearest parking lot is Structure 3. Structure 3 has a limited number of Pay-by-Space spots. Otherwise, you may purchase an all-day permit from any UCLA parking kiosk.
Public Transportation
Entry-Level Track
Workshops marked with ENTRY-LEVEL TRACK are specially designed with content for strategic researchers with less than 2 years of professional experience. Researchers of all experience levels may benefit from the insights in these workshops and are welcome to attend.
Laptop workshops
Some workshops are labeled Laptop required. While no one will be turned away from any workshop, these facilitators have designated that attendees without an individual computer may not be able to fully participate in all aspects of the workshop.
Day 1- Friday, July 14
Day 1 – Friday July 14
10:00am-11:00am Registration
Hallway outside of 2355/2343
11:00am-12:00pm Keynote Speech: Kate Bronfenbrenner
Room 2355
Room 2343- Overflow room, if necessary
12:00pm-1:15pm Lunch
3rd Floor Patio
1:15pm-3:15pm (Workshop Round 1)
Room 2343
Supply Chain Strategies (Laptop required)
Room 2355
California Labor Policy Strategies
Room 4357
Researching Individuals (Laptop required)
Room 4371
Intro to Strategic Corporate Research (ENTRY-LEVEL TRACK)
3:15pm-3:30pm BREAK
Coffee available on the 3rd Floor Patio
3:30pm-5:30pm (Workshop Round 2)
Room 2343
Room 2355
Los Angeles Labor Policy Strategies
Room 4371
Basics of Sectoral Research (ENTRY-LEVEL TRACK, Laptop required)
Room 4357
Researching Government Budgets
5:30pm-8:30pm Dinner & Reception
3rd Floor Patio
Day 2- Saturday, July 15
9:00am-10:00am Registration
Hallway outside Rooms 2343 & 2355
Breakfast- 3rd Floor Patio
10:00am-12:00pm (Workshops Round 3)
Room 2343
Intro to Python (Laptop required)
Room 2355
Room 4357
Researching Money in California Politics (Laptop required)
Room 4371
Moving from Research to Campaigns – How to Overcome Obstacles
12:00pm-12:30pm Lunch
Room 2355
12:30pm-1:30pm Keynote Speech: Jane McAlevey
Room 2355
Room 2343 Overflow Room, if necessary
1:30pm-3:30pm (Workshops Round 4)
Room 2343
Webscraping as an Organizing Tool (with Python)
Room 2355
Room 4357
Room 4371
Corporate Power Research 101 (ENTRY LEVEL TRACK, Laptop required)
3:30pm-3:45pm BREAK
Coffee available on the 3rd Floor Patio
3:45pm-5:45pm (Workshops Round 5)
Room 2343
FOIA & Public Records Requests
Room 2355
Shareholder and Financial Strategies (Laptiop required)
Room 4357
Staffing a Strike Panel Discussion
Room 4371
Accessing Census Labor Data (ENTRY LEVEL TRACK, Laptop required)
5:45pm-8:45pm Dinner & Reception
3rd Floor Patio
Day 3- Sunday, July 16
9:00am-10:00am Breakfast
3rd Floor Patio
10:00am-12:00pm (Workshops Round 6)
Room 2343
Organizing with Geographic Mapping
Room 2355
Room 4357
Strategic Campaign Planning (ENTRY LEVEL TRACK, Laptop required)
Room 4371
Researching Non-Profits (Laptop required)
12:00pm-12:30pm Lunch
Room 2355
12:30pm-2:00pm Panel Discussion: Future of Union Research
Room 2355
Room 2343- Overflow Room (if necessary)
Friday Keynote Speaker: Kate Bronfenbrenner is the Director of Labor Education Research and a Senior Lecturer at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and the Co-Director of the Worker Empowerment Research Project (WERN). Her primary research interests include union and employer strategies in organizing and bargaining in the global economy; labor, race and gender; the impact of labor law and trade policy on employment, wages, and unionization. Prior to joining the Cornell faculty in 1993, Bronfenbrenner was an Assistant Professor in Labor Studies at Penn State University and worked for many years as an organizer and union representative with the United Woodcutters Association in Mississippi and with SEIU in Boston, as well as a welfare rights organizer in Seattle, Washington.
Saturday Keynote Speaker: Jane McAlevey is an organizer, negotiator, and scholar. She spent the first half of her organizing life working in the community organizing and environmental justice movements, and the second half in the union movement. She has led power structure analyses and strategic planning trainings for a wide range of union and community organizations, and has had extensive involvement in globalization and global environmental issues. Jane holds a PhD from the City University of New York (CUNY) and is the author of three books, the most recent being Rules to Win By: Power and Participation in Union Negotiations (2023).
Sunday Keynote Panel: “The Future of Strategic Research in the Labor Movement”
Panel will feature: Nelson Lichtenstein, Professor, Department of History, University of California Santa Barbara; Arthur Saenz, Research Director, SEIU United Service Workers West ; Francis Engler, Research & Political Director, UNITE HERE Local 11; Julie Farb, Director of Growth Strategies for the Economic Power and Growth Hub at the AFL-CIO.
Full description coming soon.
