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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.

UCLA will expand its worker justice programs thanks to a new annual state budget increase

The 2022-23 spending plan allocates $13 million to labor centers in the University of California system

POWER in WD Brings Worker Centers into Conversations about Workforce Development

Webinar connected workforce development, grassroots worker power, and racial and economic justice

UCLA Labor Center & APALA to Launch Racial Justice Workshop Summer Series

Series includes webinars on racial justice, organizing, reproductive rights, political power, and immigrant rights.

Publications

Working Under COVID-19: Experiences of Nail Salon Workers in California, New York, Pennsylvania & New Jersey, 2022

Lives & Livelihoods: California’s Private Homecare Industry in Crisis, 2022

Essential Stories: Black Worker COVID-19 Economic Health Impact Survey, 2022

Resource Accessibility Across the University of California Campuses Through Undocumented Students’ Experiences, 2022

New Directions in Racial and Economic Justice: How California’s Worker Centers Are Bringing Worker Power into Workforce Development, 2022

Fast-Food Frontline: COVID-19 and Working Conditions in Los Angeles, 2022

Reopening During COVID-19: The Experience of Nail Salon Workers and Owners in California, 2021

Dismantling Disparity: Breaking Barriers to Employment, 2021

In the News

August 8, 2022 La Jornada - Rivera-Salgado: la reforma laboral sacudió añejo letargo en México

August 4, 2022 Los Angeles Sentinel - Black Worker Hub Informs Southern California’s Black Job Crisis: Stories and Data to Power the Movement

August 3, 2022 Black Voice News - Black Job Crisis: For Black Workers’ Wellness at the Workplace as Necessary as Getting a Job

August 1, 2022 The San Diego Union-Tribune - Opinion: California needs laws to curb wage theft, which happens more often than you may think

July 28, 2022 AAJA Voices - Exploited Esthetics: How Asian American Beauty Workers are Organizing

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