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Chris Zepeda-Millan

@profczm.bsky.social
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Profe @UCLA, Chair of Labor Studies, Political Scientist, Fac. Dir. of UCLA Strategic Research Lab, Teach/Write about Social Movements, Immigration, Race & Labor 🌵🌹

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Toby Higbie @thigbie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Another powerful gathering of union and community researchers led by @profczm.bsky.social and his team. Keynote speech by @flyingwithsara.bsky.social was inspirational!
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Conference Swag is 😮‍💨 #UCLAStrategicLaborResearchConference
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
2026 LABOR SUMMER organizing training happening across all UC campuses today with students from across the Community College, Cal State and UC systems‼️✊🏽🪧
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
🔥🔥🔥 3 more workshops just announced for this years UCLA Strategic Labor Research Conference!!!🔥🔥🔥 APPLY HERE irle.ucla.edu/research/ucl...
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
🚨These UCLA Strategic Labor Research Conference workshops are gonna be 🔥🔥🔥 Checkout the other 20 on our conf website, there’s still time to APPLY‼️👩🏽‍💻📊🪧📈✊🏽 irle.ucla.edu/research/ucl...
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
🚨These UCLA Strategic Labor Research Conference workshops are gonna be 🔥🔥🔥 Checkout the other 20 on our conf website, there’s still time to APPLY‼️👩🏽‍💻📊🪧📈✊🏽 irle.ucla.edu/research/ucl...
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
📣🚨Super excited that SARA NELSON @flyingwithsara.bsky.social will be this year’s UCLA STRATEGIC LABOR RESEARCH CONFERENCE’S Keynote Speaker‼️ Checkout our conf website for the latest workshops announced‼️ @californialabor.bsky.social @thelafed.bsky.social @uclairle.bsky.social @uclalabor.bsky.social
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
📣🚨Super excited that SARA NELSON @flyingwithsara.bsky.social will be this year’s UCLA STRATEGIC LABOR RESEARCH CONFERENCE’S Keynote Speaker‼️ Checkout our conf website for the latest workshops announced‼️ @californialabor.bsky.social @thelafed.bsky.social @uclairle.bsky.social @uclalabor.bsky.social
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
UFW mourns the passing of our brother Kent Wong. Please watch Kent speak in beautiful short video connecting his time with UFW to his view of the importance of solidary across labor and race and cultural backgrounds.  www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODkU...
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Kent Wong on Solidarity: action
YouTube video by W.K. Kellogg Foundation
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UFCW 324 @ufcw324.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
UFCW 324 remembers a true champion of workers’ rights and a giant in the fight for a more just world, Kent Wong. As the longtime director of the UCLA Labor Center, Kent nurtured new generations of labor leaders. Our hearts are heavy with this loss to the labor movement.
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UC Berkeley Labor Center @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
The UC Berkeley Labor Center mourns Kent Wong, our longtime colleague and friend. A passionate champion for workers—especially immigrants—and students, Kent dedicated his life to justice. Our hearts are with our colleagues at the UCLA Labor Center.
Photo of Kent Wong, smiling and looking into the camera, in front of a building with a Labor Center logo.
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Can’t even begin to express what this legend meant to the LA Labor & Immigrant Rights Movements, UCLA, and me… All I know is that there’s a Nonviolent Direct Action being organized in Heaven right now! Rest in power brother Kent! 🙏🏽💔✊🏽 #KentWong #Presente
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Checkout our UCLA Strategic Research Lab’s latest Bootcamp! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Finally some good news out of UCLA… Our program has been elevated to an official Department of Labor Studies, the first labor studies department in UC history! newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/ucla...
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UCLA IRLE @uclairle.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
📊A new report from the UCLA IRLE and UC Berkeley Labor Center (@ucblaborcenter.bsky.social) reveals data on union membership and organizing activity in California and the nation✊ KEY FINDINGS IN THREAD ⬇️ Read at bit.ly/SOTU-2024
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
🚨NEW REPORT‼️“State of the Unions: California Labor in 2024,” provides a snapshot of the state’s labor movement, including data on union density, member demographics and labor organizing activity in California and the nation.  irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/u...
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
L.A. volunteers who document ICE raids are being arrested. How to do it safely www.latimes.com/california/s...
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L.A. volunteers who document ICE raids are being arrested. How to do it safely
L.A. County residents have been documenting immigration enforcement since early June. A recent arrest of a volunteer highlights the risk of this work.
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
💥📣2025 UCLA STRATEGIC LABOR RESEARCH CONFERENCE Keynote Panel on “Advanced Data Science for Labor Research” is 🔥💻 🔥💻 🔥💻 🔥💻 🔥💻 🔥💻 🔥
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Awesome Opening Keynote by Marshall Ganz at this year’s UCLA STRATEGIC LABOR RESEARCH CONFERENCE‼️
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
“They’re fighting what they perceive as fascism and militarism taking over their city and their state” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Los Angeles, city of immigrant protests: why it’s no surprise LA rose up against Trump
For decades, LA has been at the center of the civil rights and immigrants’ rights movements – and Trump’s raids appear to be mobilizing a new generation
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Trump/ICE is arresting 660 immigrants a day, a rate that would take them 50 years to deport all 12M undoc immigrants (and that’s assuming no new ones come). This isn’t about “fixing the immigration system,” it’s about terrorizing Latinx communities.
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
ONLY 6 MORE DAYS TO APPLY to the 2025 UCLA Strategic Labor Research Conference‼️ 🔥Over 20 Workshops🔥 like the ones below designed specifically by and for Movement Researchers🤓💻📈📊📉🗺️🏦🕵🏻‍♀️🪧✊🏽
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
ONLY 6 MORE DAYS TO APPLY to the 2025 UCLA Strategic Labor Research Conference‼️ 🔥Over 20 Workshops🔥 like the ones below designed specifically by and for Movement Researchers🤓💻📈📊📉🗺️🏦🕵🏻‍♀️🪧✊🏽
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
☄️APPLY by May 16‼️Three more dynamic workshops confirmed for this year’s UCLA STRATEGIC LABOR RESEARCH CONFERENCE‼️📈📊🧑🏽‍🏫🧑🏻‍💻🪧✊🏽
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
📣🚨2 More Weeks to APPLY to this years SLRC‼️ Come learn about ✊🏽Power Analysis & 👩🏿‍💻🪧 Researching Union Busters‼️ 🚨
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
🔥🔥Awesome Plenary Panel just announce for this year’s UCLA STRATEGIC LABOR RESEARCH CONFERENCE‼️🔥🔥🧑🏻‍💻📊📉📈
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
🚨Over 20 dynamic applied skills workshops at this year’s 🔥UCLA STRATEGIC LABOR RESEARCH CONFERENCE🔥Checkout the two below and others on our website. There’s still time to APPLY‼️📊🪧✊🏽 irle.ucla.edu/research/ucl...
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
🚨🔔 Excited to announce that the one and only MARSHALL GANZ will be this year’s SLRC’s Keynote Speaker‼️🔥 irle.ucla.edu/research/ucl...
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
🚨🔔 Excited to announce that the one and only MARSHALL GANZ will be this year’s SLRC’s Keynote Speaker‼️🔥 irle.ucla.edu/research/ucl...
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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
California legislators announced several bills to protect the state’s immigrants being targeted by President Trump’s aggressive new policies, including federal enforcement raids at schools, hospitals and religious buildings. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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California lawmakers take steps to shield immigrants from Trump policies
The Democratic-led Latino caucus announced a dozen bills as legislative priorities, over half looking to protect the state's immigrants from Trump-era immigration polices.
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Tabling at #UALE2025
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
🚨APPLY NOW to the 2025 UCLA Strategic Labor Research Conference‼️ For the first time, this year we’ll be opening up the conference to researchers beyond CA and accepting applicants from across the country 📊🕵🏾‍♀️🧑🏻‍💻📈🪧✊🏽 irle.ucla.edu/research/ucl...
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
🚨APPLY NOW to the 2025 UCLA Strategic Labor Research Conference‼️ For the first time, this year we’ll be opening up the conference to researchers beyond CA and accepting applicants from across the country 📊🕵🏾‍♀️🧑🏻‍💻📈🪧✊🏽 irle.ucla.edu/research/ucl...
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
“Part of SNCC’s brilliance was their power structure analysis. Ella Baker, Bob Moses and other leaders knew that to build and exercise power, you needed to focus on the corporations and local power players that politicians take their marching orders from.” inthesetimes.com/article/trum...
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For Labor, Caution Is Fatal
The riskiest course is to stay the course.
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
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How a “Plan 2028” Could Bring Labor and Social Movements Together
Mass strikes? Escalating disruptions? The call for unified action on May 2028 presents real opportunity if we start now.
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
📣SAVE THE DATE🚨 for our 3rd annual Strategic Labor Research Conference‼️ For the first time, this year’s conference will be open to applicants NATIONWIDE🔥🪧✊🏽 irle.ucla.edu/research/ucl...
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
apnews.com/article/coll... DHS “ends TSA collective bargaining agreement, in effort to dismantle union protections.”
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Homeland Security ends TSA collective bargaining agreement, in effort to dismantle union protections
A union representing Transportation Security Administration workers calls the Department of Homeland Security's decision to end the collective bargaining agreement with them an “unprovoked attack.”
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
📣SAVE THE DATE🚨 for our 3rd annual Strategic Labor Research Conference‼️ For the first time, this year’s conference will be open to applicants NATIONWIDE🔥🪧✊🏽 irle.ucla.edu/research/ucl...
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 21/02/2025
🚨 The White House is expected to issue an executive order TODAY to dismantle the United States Postal Service. Call Speaker Mike Johnson and tell him to say HELL NO to this order, and to support letter carriers and postal workers. 📲 202-224-3121
Fight like hell! Support your letter carriers. MAKE THE CALL: Tell Speaker Johnson to put a stop to this. HELL NO to dismantling the postal service. 202-224-3121.
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
🚨APPLY NOW‼️UCLA Strategic Research Lab’s “Python Coding Camp for Union Researchers” irle.ucla.edu/event/ucla-c...
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
🚨APPLY NOW‼️UCLA Strategic Research Lab’s “Python Coding Camp for Union Researchers” irle.ucla.edu/event/ucla-c...
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UCLA LOSH @uclalosh.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Keeping yourself safe at work is your right! Workers have special protections during emergency conditions, such as the devastating wildfire events that have recently impacted Los Angeles. Have questions on health and safety in the workplace? Reach out to us!
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Economic Policy Institute @epi.org · 03/02/2025
Given the brazen attacks on labor rights and the current federal administration, extending unemployment insurance to striking workers is a low-cost policy that is good for workers AND state economies 🌇 www.epi.org/publication/...
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Unemployment insurance for striking workers: A low-cost policy that’s good for workers and state economies
Lawmakers across the country are increasingly recognizing that making striking workers eligible for unemployment insurance (UI) is good for workers and good economics.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Burning ash stung her throat and her nose. Blustering winds spread ashes onto the field, obscuring her vision with smoke. But Griselda Ellez, who picks leeks in CA’s Ventura Co., said she had no option but to continue working ... www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
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Farmworkers went unmasked during L.A. fires. That’s not supposed to happen.
California is one of three states with regulations protecting workers from wildfire smoke and heat.
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LittleSis @mapthepower.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Since 2009, the LittleSis power research database has served as a tool for investigating networks of influence. We invite you to join us on Thursday, February 13th at 11am PT/2pm ET Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Chris Zepeda-Millan @profczm.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
apnews.com/article/leon... Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in killing of FBI agents
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Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in killing of FBI agents
President Joe Biden has commuted the sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents and is serving life in prison.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Si la migra te detiene, ¡recuerda esta canción! No tienes que firmar ni decir nada. Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio, y tienes derecho a un abogado. ¡Mantén la calma y recuerda tus derechos! #conozcasusderechos #knowyourrights #immigration
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Gabriel Winant @gabrielwinant.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Really incredible to ban TikTok to try to pander emptily to anti-Chinese politics and to suppress pro-Palestinian views, only to get outflanked by Trump. The Democrats are doing incredible
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