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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We're looking forward to featuring a variety of local vendors at our Dream Summer 15th Anniversary event, "Con Amor a Los Angeles". ☕🎨 Don't miss out on this opportunity to celebrate immigrant joy with us on October 10th. Learn more and RSVP at: www.eventbrite.com/e/con-amor-a...
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The James Irvine Foundation @irvinefdn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@uclalabor.bsky.social also received a $2.6M grant to support worker rights organizations with research and policy analysis that strengthens protections for workers and supports organizing efforts. 3/6
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UCLA IRLE @uclairle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
For more on first contracts, join the IRLE and @uclalabor.bsky.social this Wednesday for an expert panel unpacking new research on ratification rates for California unions. RSVP here: ucla.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Over the summer, our AARJ team held a variety of workshops that uplifted the role of AAPI workers in building worker power over the course of U.S. history. By learning the struggles that came before us, our communities will be better prepared to advocate for their needs today.
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Join us Saturday, Oct. 10 from 1-6 PM for "Con Amor a Los Angeles", a vibrant community event celebrating the 15th anniversary of the UCLA Dream Summer fellowship and the joy of immigrant stories. Learn more and RSVP at: bit.ly/DSCONAMOR
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UCLA IRLE @uclairle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Join labor experts and organizers for an illuminating panel discussion on workers’ prolonged fights to secure a first union contract 💪📝 “State of the Unions Part II: The Fight for a First Union Contract” 🕐September 23, 12 - 1:30 pm PST 📍Virtual RSVP at irle.ucla.edu/webinar/
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UC Berkeley Labor Center @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
How are CA unions faring in the face of an unfriendly federal administration, a militarized deportation campaign, and a continuing cost-of-living crisis? Check out this new report from UCLA IRLE, with contributions from 7 UC labor centers (including us). laborcenter.berkeley.edu/state-of-the...
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State of the Unions: California Labor in 2025
A report from the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, including research from the UC Berkeley Labor Center. This edition of the “State of the Unions” report offers readers insight int...
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Earlier this month, our UCLA Labor Center Director @sabawa.bsky.social was a panelist at the @thelafed.bsky.social's convening and call to action for workers with temporary protected status (TPS), sharing updates, impacts, and resources to the community. 📸 @thelafed.bsky.social
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Project Director Victor Narro (@victornarro1.bsky.social) recently spoke to The New York Times about hotel workers and their precarious situation. Read the full article at: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/b...
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Hotel Workers Hoped the World Cup Would Boost Their Hours. It Didn’t.
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Today marks the 14th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), yet many recipients find themselves in a precarious position due to renewal delays. Read more at: thelalocal.org/immigration/...
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Last month, our Director Saba Waheed attended the Labor Research Action Network's conference in Atlanta, GA. Alongside fellow panelists, she discussed the vital role Labor Centers play in supporting worker organizing, labor education, and policy development.
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
In the second installment of the Autoqueen Trilogy, we revisit Mohana Sundari, a 39 year old auto rickshaw driver in India. Mohana challenges the limitations placed on women, finding ways to reclaim her power and build a future on her own terms. Listen now at reworkradio.org. 🎧
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Senior Research Analyst Lucero Herrera will be a panelist at tomorrow's State of Latinos in California, 2026: Pathways to Opportunity: Higher Education, Work, and Wage Equity for Latinos in California virtual webinar. 🗓️ Wednesday, May 20, 2026 ⌛ 11:00 a.m. PT 🔗 RSVP: ucla.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Pathways to Opportunity: Higher Education, Work, and Wage Equity for Latinos in California. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about j...
Latinos are central to California’s present and future workforce. They are younger, highly engaged in the labor market, and making important gains in higher education. Yet major disparities remain. L...
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Ana Luz González-Vásquez has been appointed deputy director of the UCLA Labor Center. Our new deputy director brings 20 years of research and workforce development experience. Read our announcement blog to learn more: bit.ly/LCNEWDD 🔗
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Ana Luz González-Vásquez appointed Deputy Director of the UCLA Labor Center
Dr. Ana Luz González-Vásquez has been appointed deputy director of the UCLA Labor Center, a unit of the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) that advances cutting-edge research…
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
If you haven't already, RSVP now for our 2nd workshop with photojournalist David Bacon. 📸 Learn what it means to build a worker-centered project from a master of the craft. Register at: bit.ly/LCP4TR2
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UCLA IRLE @uclairle.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Last month, the UCLA Labor Center (@uclalabor.bsky.social) celebrated reopening its historic building as a nexus of community, organizing and worker education. Read more about the UCLA Labor Center’s transformative community impact and exciting next era: irle.ucla.edu/2026/05/06/l...
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UCLA Labor Center welcomes the community home as it celebrates historic building reopening
Learn more about the UCLA Labor Center’s impactful research and educational initiatives advancing worker justice in the heart of Los Angeles
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Project Director Victor Narro ( @victornarro1.bsky.social) was interviewed by The Southlander to provide his on-the-ground perspective organizing “The Day without an Immigrant” campaign in May 2006. 🔥 Learn about the efforts leading up to the march, the federal context, and connections to today. 📢
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Twenty Years Since 'A Day Without a Mexican' and the Streets Still Speak
We spoke with Victor Narro, who was part of the May Day organizing efforts in 2006 when over a million people took over downtown LA to advocate for immigrant rights.
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
On Friday, our staff and students showed up and showed out for May Day. 👏 Year after year, it's an honor to be able to bring together both new and experienced advocates to further the cause for worker rights. 🔥
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Hey creatives in the movement! 👋 The UCLA Labor Center is partnering with photojournalist David Bacon to hold a series of participatory workshops designed just for you. Join us to engage with movement photography more critically and connect with others in this space. 📸 Register here: bit.ly/LCP4TR
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
May Day holds a storied legacy in Los Angeles and is fast approaching! Will you be joining the May Day march this Friday? 🤔
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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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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Project Director Victor Narro shared his experience with organizing/partaking in the historic 2006 march, where over 1 million marched for immigrant rights in Downtown L.A on March 25. Take a few minutes to learn more about this important memory in immigrant justice. www.kcrw.com/stories/when...
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Did you know that there are 9 Labor Centers across the UC System? 💡 Learn more about what these centers have been up to by reading our newly published impact brief. 🗒 bit.ly/UCLCIMPACT
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
This Women’s History Month, we invite you to listen to a story from India that often goes unheard. Meet Mohana Sundari, a woman who is part of a small but growing group of women driving auto rickshaws in Chennai. 🎙️ Please tune in at reworkradio.org or your preferred podcast platform.
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The UCLA Labor Center invites applicants for a Research Director position to lead and coordinate research at the Labor Center. Application link: bit.ly/LCRDAPP
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
If you are a survivor of sexual violence, please know that there are people and resources available to support you.
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UCLA IRLE @uclairle.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
📣 IRLE’s Winter 2026 quarterly newsletter is out now! Read here: conta.cc/4b6BdFk Catch up on the latest news from our units including the Labor Center (@uclalabor.bsky.social), Labor Studies and LOSH (@uclalosh.bsky.social) 🗞️ ☕
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Now's the time! 🎉 RSVP for our homecoming event, "Our Home, Our Movement: Celebrating a Historic Working-Class Landmark", as we gather to honor labor, community, and reentering our building. 🔗 BIT.LY/LCOHOM
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
New research findings from KIWA, the UCLA Labor Center, and AAPI Data shed light on the experiences of Ktown supermarket workers. Read the full report to learn more: bit.ly/LCOWUP
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
71% of Koreatown Supermarket workers are low-wage workers—and the vast majority struggle to make ends meet. Learn more about the stagnant wages and experiences of wage theft within KTown supermarkets in our latest report: bit.ly/LCOWUP 🔗
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
This piece covers our newly released research report, Overworked & Under Pressure: A Study of Supermarket Workers in Los Angeles and Orange County Koreatowns. Read it now to learn more about the often unseen experiences of these workers. 🛒🔍
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
📢 Published today: Read the latest report from the UCLA Labor Center, KIWA, and AAPI Data, “Overworked & Under Pressure: A Study of Supermarket Workers in Los Angeles and Orange County Koreatowns”. Full report: bit.ly/LCOWUP
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Catch the next screening of "A Better Way" at the Pan African Film Festival on February 21st. 🎥 The documentary follows Rev. James Lawson Jr., civil rights icon and the namesake of our MacArthur Park building. Screening Information available at: lnkd.in/gDHPAYdt 🔗
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
“It’s also been used as a political pawn. It’s used by the right wing to highlight what’s wrong with LA, it’s used by people like myself, to show the vibrancy, the diversity, and really the humanity of the city,” said Project Director Victor Narro. ( @victornarro1.bsky.social )
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LA wants to fence MacArthur Park. Locals don't think it will fix anything. | LA Local
A fence around MacArthur Park could make it easier to maintain, officials say. Some locals are on the fence about the whole plan.
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
RSVP Now! Join us on February 18 at 10am to hear findings from our newest report, Overworked & Under Pressure: A Study of Supermarket Workers in Los Angeles and Orange County Koreatowns. bit.ly/4r0QBsp 🔗
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
It’s that time of year! The UCLA 2026 Labor Summer fellowship is now accepting applications. 👏 📣 Open to University of California (UC), California Community College (CCC), and California State University (CSU) students and recent grads 🔗 Apply now at: bit.ly/LS26FELLOW
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Toby Higbie @thigbie.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Powerful stories from organizers and researchers reflecting on the impact of 2025 fires on workers and communities. Economic and health impacts linger much longer than public attention. Need to prepare now for the future climate-related disasters that are sure to come
Speakers sitting at a long table in front of a banner that reads “UCLA Labor Center”
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Sentient @sentientmedia.org · 16/01/2026
“It’s like David versus Goliath,” Brian Justie, senior research analyst at @uclalabor.bsky.social, says of taking on the food industry. “How could you possibly battle this behemoth?”
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L.A.’s Meatpacking Industry Is a Lot Like the Rest of the Country. Experts Say Here’s How to Make it Safer.
Better work training and pay structure could improve labor conditions.
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
The 2026 national Dream Summer fellowship application is now open (and we're celebrating our 15 year anniversary)! 🤩🌤 🌟 Apply now at: bit.ly/DS26FELLOW
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
We invite you to read our 2025 Annual Snapshot to learn more about the various ways our community has persevered to advance worker and immigrant justice. 🔗 bit.ly/LC25CCR
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2025 Annual Snapshot: Cultivating Community Resilience
In this historic year for not just our organization, but workers across the globe, we could not be more proud of sharing our annual accomplishments with you: the community of labor partners who make t...
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
“A recurring refrain that kept coming to mind as we were doing the research,” Brian Justie, a lead researcher on the report, tells Sentient, “was something that one of the workers said to us…‘speed over safety.’” But there are ways to make the industry safer, Justie says.
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
📢 Join us in-person on January 15th, 2026 to hear from experts on how the 2025 fires impacted the workers involved in recovery efforts. 📍 UCLA James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center 🔗 RSVP now at bit.ly/4jx09IR
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
“The ICE raids are everywhere,” says LC Project Director Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social, ​“so there’s already that fear. The employers tap into that fear to keep them in a situation where they become afraid to complain about working conditions. So then you see a higher level of violations.”
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Visible and Invisible: How ICE Is Terrorizing Chicago’s Working Class
Fear, panic, hiding for days—this is the experience of families under assault by the Trump Administration
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Join the UCLA Labor Center's Nonviolence Education Project on December 10th for an in-person panel featuring student activists and immigrant rights leaders. 🗓 December 10 from 5:30 to 8:00pm
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
On Tuesday, labor advocates and community members joined UCLA Labor Center director Saba Waheed in a conversation with former US Secretary of Labor Julie Su. 🔥 This timely discussion marks the first public talk held at the newly renovated James Lawson Worker Justice Center.
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Wage theft is rampant in the meatpacking industry. New research findings from the UCLA Labor Center shed light on the experiences of meatpacking and food processing workers in LA county. 📊 Full report: bit.ly/LAMPFP
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Don't miss out! Register now to join UCLA Labor Center Director Saba Waheed @sabawa.bsky.social for a conversation with former U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su. 💬 📍Where: 675 S Park View St, Los Angeles, CA 90057 ⏰ When: November 18 from 4-6pm 🔗 bit.ly/JSULAB
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
There has been an alarming increase in child labor within the meatpacking industry. ⚠️ Learn more about this industry’s vulnerable workforce in a new report from the UCLA Labor Center: bit.ly/LAMPFP
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
📢 New report from the UCLA Labor Center: “Harm to Table: Vulnerability and Exploitation in Los Angeles County Meatpacking and Food Processing” examines the conditions of the industry and offers practical recommendations to support workers. Read the findings: bit.ly/LAMPFP 🔗
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Harm to Table: Vulnerability and Exploitation in Los Angeles County Meatpacking and Food Processing
Over the course of the 20th century, the combination of enormous consumer demand and an abundant supply of low-wage and immigrant workers made Los Angeles County a regional hotspot and powerhouse for…
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
On Oct. 14, the Los Angeles Unified School District unanimously approved the workplace readiness resolution. The resolution introduces a framework to educate high school students about their workplace rights, addressing a critical knowledge gap to support young workers.
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