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For media inquiries, please contact Labor Center Communications Director, Veena Hampapur at veenash@ucla.edu.
September 18, 2023
Spectrum News BN 9 -
El Monte sweatshop workers honored by Department of Labor
September 14, 2023
Los Angeles Times -
Arthritis from scrubbing, asthma from chemicals. California housekeepers want in on OSHA protections
September 13, 2023
The Guardian -
Calls for Starbucks boycott grow amid aggressive union-busting activities
September 9, 2023
Los Angeles Times -
As L.A. City Hall staffers consider unionizing, competing unions seek to woo them
September 2, 2023
Spectrum News 1 -
Messi changes hotel plans amid LA’s hotel worker strike
September 1, 2023
UCLA Newsroom -
Bringing the history of L.A. workers’ movements into the present – and future
August 31, 2023
La Opinión -
Gente de Los Ángeles: Robo de salarios, pobreza y desamparo: todo bajo un mismo techo
August 22, 2023
Fashionista -
Post-Grad Fashion Internships Are Becoming More Common. Is That A Good Thing?
August 18, 2023
The Washington Post -
How Los Angeles went from union foe to U.S. strike capital
August 17, 2023
Los Angeles Times -
Koreatown workers are fighting for unions. Why do essential workers still lack basic protections?
August 16, 2023
Capital and Main -
Tales of a Second Generation Hourly Worker
August 14, 2023
KQED -
Santa Clara County Pushes Food Businesses to Pay Worker Wages — or Lose Permits
August 11, 2023
Los Angeles Times -
The picket line is their classroom: Inside UC’s labor union boot camp for student activists
August 11, 2023
Los Angeles Times -
Corporate greed, low unemployment, housing crisis: That’s the recipe for hot labor summer
August 11, 2023
MarketWatch -
What striking city workers have in common with striking Hollywood actors — and what they don’t
August 10, 2023
Daily Bruin -
Panel discusses future of the UC’s decision to hire students without legal status
August 8, 2023
CalMatters -
‘Staggering solidarity’: How California’s summer strikes broke down wealth, class barriers
July 31, 2023
Los Angeles Times -
Many immigrant workers face a grim future without retirement benefits. A California bill could help
July 26, 2023
The Guardian -
‘It feels like it’s strike summer’: US unions flex muscles across industries
July 25, 2023
NBC News -
UPS reaches deal with Teamsters union to avoid strike
July 24, 2023
PBS NewsHour -
UPS and unionized workers resume negotiations a week before strike deadline
July 24, 2023
KCRW -
KCRW’s Chery Glaser interviews Kent Wong regarding “hot labor summer.”
July 24, 2023
Spectrum News 1 -
UPS workers prepare for possible strike
July 19, 2023
KNX News -
Is this the Summer of strikes? Labor fights back against management
July 14, 2023
LAist -
A Closer Look At The Strategy Behind SoCal Hotel Workers Waves Of Strikes
July 12, 2023
La Jornada -
Centro Laboral de Los Ángeles amplía a México su colaboración
July 11, 2023
Latino Rebels -
Hotel Workers in LA Hold Strike, Demand Living Wage
July 3, 2023
LAist -
LA’s Rent Crisis Pushes Workers To The Picket Line
June 13, 2023
La Jornada -
Migrantes, los protagonistas de un nuevo mundo trasnacional
