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UC Merced Community and Labor Center

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The UC Merced Community and Labor Center conducts research and education on issues of community, labor and the environment.

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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Workers rights—weekends, minimum wages, paid leave, social security, and so on—exist today because WORKERS organized, fought, and even died for them. This Labor Day, protect and honor those workers show your support for the rights of immigrants, workers & unions everywhere. #LaborDay
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Congrats to our 2026 Labor Summer Internship Graduates! A special shout out to our 2026 Intern Host Sites for mentoring and guiding the next generation of labor leaders.
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Congratulations to our Faculty Director, Dr. Edward Flores, for being honored by the Pacific Sociological Association’s Distinguished Contribution of Sociological Praxis Award! Read more: news.ucmerced.edu/news/2026/uc...
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
We’re officially halfway through Labor Summer! The UC Merced Community and Labor Center interns have been working alongside workers and leaders at their Central Valley host organizations, learning, organizing, and building worker power!
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Labor Summer 2026 has officially kicked off! ☀️✨ Now in its 9th year, this UC-wide program welcomed 14 UC Merced interns for a week-long intensive orientation, equipping them to partner with organizations across the Central Valley. #laborsummer26 #ucmclc
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
NEW REPORT | The Merced High-Speed Rail Survey examines community preferences on one of the state's largest climate investment programs - High Speed Rail. This is the first representative survey of residents impacted by the High-Speed Rail. 🔗Full report: clc.ucmerced.edu/sites/g/file...
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Workplace Readiness Week - The Road to International Workers’ Day starts next week, April 27–May 1! End the week in solidarity by joining fellow Bobcats and community members at the May Day 2026 rally in Fresno - Bus transportation available!
Monday: April 27, Your Place in the Labor Movement 12-1PM & 5-6PM COB2-290 - Tuesday April 28, Know Your Rights at Work  12-1PM & 5-6PM COB2-390 - Wednesday April 29, Pathways to Purpose 12:30-1:30 & 5-6PM Admin 245 - Thursday April 30 Social and Poster Making Hosted by Immigrant R.O.O.T.S 3-6PM - Friday - May 1 International Workers Day May Day 2026 - End Workplace Readiness Week with a hands-on learning experience! Join the bus trip to the May Day 2026 Rally in Fresno to see advocacy, organizing, and leadership in action!
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Join some of the leading farmworker organizations for a training and presentations on the continuing challenges women in agriculture and farmwork face. Friday, April 3, 2026 10:00 am to 11:30 am Via-Zoom 🔗Register here: ucmerced.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Join us for the 2026 Central Valley Gubernatorial Forum! This educational, non-partisan candidate forum aims to provide Central Valley residents and workers with an opportunity to learn more about the gubernatorial candidates on issues important to the Central Valley.
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Full house today as we kick off the Central Valley Worker Rights Training Series-designed to assist CBOs support workers in asserting and accessing their rights. Today’s Wage Theft Training is led by our partners @legalaidatwork.bsky.social! Stay tuned for more opportunities… #WorkerRights
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
#ICYMI This past week, we hosted the Rural Prosperity Roundtable: Building a Healthy Future for California’s Rural Communities at University of California, Merced, alongside Senator Caballero and NORC. Thanks to all attendees for being part of this important conversation. #RuralHealth #Childcare
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
@latimes.com recently covered our new research brief showing a sharp decline in California private-sector jobs after federal immigration enforcement intensified in 2025—impacting both non-citizen and U.S. citizen workers. #CaliforniaEconomy #JobsData 🔗 Full Story: www.latimes.com/california/s...
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
@latimes recently covered our new research brief showing a sharp decline in California private-sector jobs after federal immigration enforcement intensified in 2025—impacting both non-citizen and U.S. citizen workers. #CaliforniaEconomy #JobsData 🔗 Full Story: www.latimes.com/california/s...
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
According to new UCM CLC analysis: Escalations in federal immigration enforcement have impacted California’s private sector jobs. 🔗Read the full @fresnobee.com article: www.fresnobee.com/news/local/a... #Immigration
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
📣 📣 Now accepting applications for the Futuros Campesinos Grant! For more information scan the QR code or visit clc.ucmerced.edu/grants-opportunities 📣 📣
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
That’s a wrap for 2025 Rural Organizing Academy (ROA)! Thanks to the organizers who came to learn and connect with other organizers building worker and community power across the Central Valley and state. See you back soon for ROA 2026! #WorkerPower #RuralOrganizers #RuralOrganizingAcademy
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
New op-ed identifies the economic harms of the mass deportation initiative and the lack of immigration reform, and makes the case for business leaders to advance broad-based coalitions with worker and immigrant rights groups. Read the full story: www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/n...
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Thank you to our Valley SEED partners who participated in the Central Valley Community Gardens and Farms Tour - which offered valuable insights into sustainable gardening, farming practices, and the development or expansion of gardens, farms, and worker cooperatives. 🚜🌱 #SustainableFarming
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Big thanks to everyone who joined us for the first-ever UC screening of #AmericanAgitators — honoring Fred Ross Sr. and the fight for workers' rights in the Central Valley and beyond! Grateful to our panelists: Director Raymond Telles, UFW's Armando Elenes & #Fightfor15 Guadalupe Palma.
L-R: Guadalupe Palma, Director Raymon Telles, UFW Secretary-Treasurer Armando Elenes and Moderator, Professor & CLC Faculty Director -Edward Flores.
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Leading scholars warn that the US is on the path to authoritarianism--targeting immigrants, workers & unions in unprecedented ways, while aided by inexplicable Supreme Court rulings. This Labor Day, show your support for the rights of immigrants, workers & unions everywhere. #LaborDay
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
🚨 CA is under an excessive heat warning. Stay cool, stay hydrated, stay safe. According to our Farmworker Health Study - Nearly half (43%) of farmworkers reported their employer never provided a heat illness prevention plan as mandated under CA state law
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Congratulations to our 2025 UC Merced Labor Summer Internship Cohort ! A special thank you to our Host Sites for mentoring and guiding the next generation of labor leaders. Together, we will continue to build worker power in California’s Central Valley! #LABORSUMMER #UCMCLC
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
“Layoffs, store closures and offloading organized worksites are all part of the anti-unionism playbook,” said Ana Padilla, Executive Director of UC Merced Community and Labor Center. An important read by @melissagomez.bsky.social with the LA Times
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California's richest agricultural family is shuttering a farm the UFW sought to unionize
Wonderful says the nursery in Wasco, Calif., was losing money. Some question whether the company is laying off hundreds of workers to send a message to others.
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UC Merced Community and Labor Center @ucmercedclc.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
We found an alarming decline in private sector employment following recent escalations in federal immigration enforcement. CA noncitizens working in the private sector declined by 7.2%. CA citizens reporting private sector work declined by 2.2% over the same period. @levisu
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