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Driving is More than a Casual Gig
Learn about the lived experiences and job conditions for LA drivers in the gig economy.

Driving is More than a Casual Gig
Learn about the lived experiences and job conditions for LA drivers in the gig economy.
Mandated Community Service in LA
Court-ordered community service functions as a system of unregulated and coercive labor.

Mandated Community Service in LA
Court-ordered community service functions as a system of unregulated and coercive labor.
New Major! Labor Studies
Labor Studies offers undergraduates an opportunity to learn about the workplace and the social, political, and economic forces that influence it.

New Major! Labor Studies
Labor Studies offers undergraduates an opportunity to learn about the workplace and the social, political, and economic forces that influence it.
Dream Resource Center
The Dream Resource Center has emerged as a national source for research, education, and policy on immigration issues.

Dream Resource Center
The Dream Resource Center has emerged as a national source for research, education, and policy on immigration issues.

Q&A: LSRIP Alumni Gloria Perez & Juan Muñoz

Labor Summer Research Internship Program alumni share their research experiences.

UCLA Releases First In-Depth Empirical Study of Court-Ordered Community Service

Community service exacerbates criminal justice debt through forced labor.

Ford Foundation Grants the Labor Center $750k for worker and immigrant initiatives

The grants will help youth from immigrant families and undocumented and low-wage workers

Publications

Work, Pay, or Go to Jail: Court-Ordered Community Service in Los Angeles, 2019

Learning Together! An Innovative Tutoring Program for Low-wage Janitor, Garment, and Domestic Worker Children, 2019

More Than a Gig: A Survey of Ride-Hailing Drivers in Los Angeles, 2018

Know Your Top Fair Housing Rights, 2018

Hour Crisis: Unstable Schedules in the Los Angeles Retail Sector, 2018

Struggles and Support: California’s Homecare Employers, 2017

Ready to Work, Uprooting Inequity: Black Workers in California, 2017

Ready to Work, Uprooting Inequity: Black Workers in Los Angeles County, 2017

In the News

January 15, 2020 Los Angeles Times - Trump makes wage-theft lawsuits harder — but not in California

January 9, 2020 Salon - Uber is trying to trick its drivers into skirting California’s new contractor law

January 6, 2020 The New Republic - Fast Fashion at the End of the World

December 18, 2019 Courthouse News Service - Freelancers Sue California Over Independent Contractor Crackdown

December 13, 2019 Los Angeles Times - Nine years after Guatemalan man’s shooting, LAPD officers get help to identify indigenous languages

The UCLA Labor Center believes that a public university belongs to the people and should advance quality education and employment for all. Every day we bring together workers, students, faculty, and policymakers to address the most critical issues facing working people today.

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Driving is More than a Casual Gig

Driving is More than a Casual Gig

Mandated Community Service in LA

Mandated Community Service in LA

New Major! Labor Studies