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December 13, 2020 LAist - California’s Domestic Workers Face Low Wages, Poor Working Conditions
December 11, 2020 American Independent Institute - Workers sue North Carolina to keep them safe from COVID on the job
October 19, 2020 The Sacramento Bee - ‘How long can this last?’: California gig workers struggle to pay bills during COVID-19
September 14, 2020 CalMatters - Bill’s defeat keeps undocumented garment workers in meager wages
September 5, 2020 The Mercury News - Coronavirus shutdowns are hitting Bay Area Vietnamese-owned nail salons hard
September 1, 2020 NBC News - Vietnamese nail salon workers, the backbone of the industry, face a triple COVID-19 toll after being left behind in reopening
July 9, 2020 Issues in Science and Technology - Inside the Gig Economy
December 5, 2018 Marketplace - As the nail salon industry booms, its workers pay the price
December 3, 2018 The Nation - Is the Nail-Salon Industry Any Better for Workers Now?
June 1, 2018 Pasadena Star-News - Drivers for Uber, Lyft struggle to make ends meet, UCLA survey says
June 1, 2018 Inc. - Uber and Lyft Drivers Are in a World of Trouble if This New Study Is Right
May 30, 2018 Epoch Times - 要不要全职 洛杉矶电召车司机有分歧
May 30, 2018 La Opinión - Uber y Lyft: un negocio ya no tan rentable
May 30, 2018 The Independent - Many Uber and Lyft drivers now rely on the work as their primary income source, report finds
May 30, 2018 LA Times - Most Uber and Lyft drivers in L.A. work full time and still struggle to make ends meet, study says
May 22, 2018 IBC - Time to Increase BAME Representation in Broadcast
May 10, 2018 LA Social Science - Ready to Work, Uprooting Inequity: Black Workers in Los Angeles and California
May 4, 2018 The Christian Science Monitor - Who’s an employee? California ruling updates debate for the gig economy.
May 3, 2018 WBUR - California Ruling Could Change The Game For ‘Gig Workers’ And Employers
April 27, 2018 UCLA Newsroom - UCLA Students Host Working-Class Families to Forge Connections to Campus
April 25, 2018 Univision - Trabajadores de California Piden Mayor Protección y Seguridad en Sus Empleos
April 23, 2018 Daily Bruin - Children from Working-Class Families Invited to UCLA to See Opportunities
April 5, 2018 Daily Bruin - Campus Event Celebrates, Aims to Inspire People to Continue MLK’s Legacy
March 15, 2018 CBS Los Angeles - Majority of LA Retail Workers Struggle with Shifting Schedules, Insufficient Hours, UCLA Study Finds
March 15, 2018 La Opinión - Trabajadores de Tiendas Comerciales de L.A. en la Incertidumbre
March 14, 2018 Univision - Horarios de Trabajo Inestables, Un Fenómeno Que Afecta a Miles de Empleados en Los Ángeles
March 14, 2018 ABC 7 - UCLA Study Finds Problems with Unpredictable Hours of Retail Workers
March 14, 2018 KPCC - Most LA Retail Employees Don’t Have a Predictable Work Schedule, Study Finds
March 14, 2018 Los Angeles Times - Erratic Schedules a Part of Life for L.A. Retail Workers
March 7, 2018 Society for Human Resource Management - California Strengthens Wage-Theft Laws
March 6, 2018 UW News - Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies to Hold ‘Re-imagining Solidarity’ Conference March 10
February 25, 2018 The Orange County Register - Janus v. AFSCME is a Threat to All Workers
February 18, 2018 Politico - Behind the Minimum Wage Fight, a Sweeping Failure to Enforce the Law
February 6, 2018 KCET - Which L.A. Employers Are Accused of Stealing Paychecks?
February 5, 2018 The Nation - Millennials are Keeping Unions Alive
January 29, 2018 openDemocracy - Dispelling Myths: Why Domestic Employer-Worker Solidarity Is Not So Far-Fetched
January 2, 2018 Univision - Trabajadores Indocumentados Se Quejan Por Amenazas de Sus Empleadores
November 21, 2017 Home Health Care News - San Francisco Pilot Program Tackles Home Care Affordability
November 20, 2017 KQED - For Undocumented Workers, an Uphill Journey After the Fires
October 18, 2017 The Argonaut - Filling a Transit Gap: Westside-based Catchr App Lets Users Hail Shared Rides From Virtual Bus Stops
October 11, 2017 Streets Blog LA - Speculators Discover Westlake: Will the “Lake on Wilshire” Complete the Takeover of Central Los Angeles?
September 4, 2017 The Marketplace - The latest fight for employee rights: work schedule predictabiliy
August 23, 2017 The Guardian - Sexual harassment and the sharing economy: the dark side of working for strangers
August 14, 2017 NPR - Work Can Be Stressful, Dangerous, And Sometimes Great
August 10, 2017 Los Angeles Sentinel - Los Angeles’ Millennial Legislator Celebrates Community Civic Engagement, 30th Birthday
August 10, 2017 Los Angeles Sentinel - LA Sheriffs Civilian Oversight Committee Holds Town Hall on Immigration
July 26, 2017 Attn: - ‘Made in America’: How Sweat Shops Exploit Immigrants to Make Your Cheap Clothes
July 14, 2017 Dissent - Belabored Podcast #131: A Crisis of Care, with June Barrett and Saba Waheed
July 12, 2017 Desert Sun - Four Indio landscapers are among thousands of Californians still trying to collect back wages
June 27, 2017 LA Weekly - 20 Ways to Fix Los Angeles
June 2, 2017 Truthout - With Medicaid and Health Care Under Attack, Home Care for the Aging Faces Crisis
May 25, 2017 High Country News - How low-wage immigrant workers are reviving unions
May 23, 2017 Daily News - Fear of fed’s tough immigration stance could be slowing LA’s wage theft complaints
May 23, 2017 Los Angeles Daily News - Fear of feds’ tough immigration stance could be slowing LA’s wage-theft complaints
May 22, 2017 Asian Journal - New Study: Home care employers underfunded, lack resources
May 19, 2017 The Sacramento Bee - How millions of minimum wage workers are getting stiffed
May 9, 2017 KCBX - Bill aims to allow local governments to investigate discrimination complaints
May 2, 2017 Racked - Brands Are a Lot More Responsible for Terrible Factory Conditions Than They Want You to Think
April 2, 2017 Huffpost - A Community Terrorized: Immigration Crackdown Could Destroy The Social Fabric Of The U.S.
March 27, 2017 The Chronicle - New Report Calls for the Elevation of Black Women’s Leadership in Progressive Organizing and Social Justice Movements
March 23, 2017 UCLA News Room - UCLA Labor Center to train garment, domestic workers to advocate for children’s education
March 21, 2017 LA Times - Black workers face a ‘jobs crisis,’ report says
March 6, 2017 People's World - Songs, poems, speeches and sewing honor 100 years of L.A. garment work
February 15, 2017 EMS1.COM - Why it’s time for an EMS Workers Bill of Rights
February 9, 2017 Medical Xpress - Wages low, injuries high for emergency medical workers, study says
February 8, 2017 East County Today - Assemblymember Rodriguez Introduces EMS Workers Bill of Rights
February 7, 2017 EMS1.COM - Calif. official introduces EMS Workers Bill of Rights
February 7, 2017 EMS World - Study: Calif. EMS Providers Struggle with Low Pay, Poor Working Conditions
January 18, 2017 Science Blogs - I’m 100% Certain That This is Why My Body is Messed Up
December 22, 2016 Safety+Health - Los Angeles garment industry ‘deeply unsafe and unhealthy’: report
December 15, 2016 EGP News - Young Service Workers Can’t Get Enough Hours
December 14, 2016 Echo Park Patch - Young Workers in LA County Get the Shaft, Study Concludes
December 13, 2016 LAWestMedia.com - Nearly all 18-29-year-old service workers in LA can’t get enough work hours
December 13, 2016 Press Telegram - Young workers aren’t getting enough hours on the job, prompting calls for action
December 13, 2016 My News LA - UCLA researchers: Young service workers can’t get enough hours
December 13, 2016 Hoy - Casi todos los jóvenes angelinos padecen horarios irregulares en sus trabajos
December 12, 2016 CBS Los Angeles - Activists Call For Legalization Of Street Vending In Los Angeles
December 12, 2016 LA Weekly - L.A. Fashion District a Fire Trap for Garment Workers, Study Finds
December 9, 2016 LAist - L.A.’s Garment Workers Face Horrific Workplace Conditions, According To New Report
December 8, 2016 KCRW - All Things Considered (1:33:40)
December 8, 2016 Univision - Ratas, calor y polvo, así son las condiciones de trabajo en los talleres textiles de Los Ángeles
December 8, 2016 Univision - Fábricas de ropa en Los Ángeles serían peligrosas para trabajar
December 8, 2016 KABC - Dirty Threads, Dangerous Factories
December 8, 2016 LA West Media - Report Says L.A. Garment Industry Is “Dirty, Dangerous, Unhealthy” For Workers
December 8, 2016 Hoy - La “moda” los está enfermando y les está quitando la vista
December 6, 2016 Popular Resistance - Immigrant Youth in the Silicon Valley: Together We Rise
November 30, 2016 Portside - Immigrant Youth in the Silicon Valley: Together We Rise
November 30, 2016 The Mercury News - Report: Silicon Valley’s undocumented youth face economic, educational barriers
August 31, 2016 KCRW - Why don’t California farm workers or domestic workers get overtime pay?
August 1, 2016 KCRW - Burned: Wage Theft
August 1, 2016 Los Angeles Eater - Wage Theft and Employee Abuses Continue to Plague LA’s Restaurant Scene
July 27, 2016 Politico - A historic moment at the DNC
May 4, 2016 The Guardian - One in six domestic work employers fails to pay minimum wage in California
April 6, 2016 UCLA Newsroom - Q&A: UCLA’s Kent Wong on the life and legacy of a longtime civil rights activist
March 7, 2016 Los Angeles Business Journal - Caregiver Firm to Change Status
February 23, 2016 El Nuevo Sol - Soy trabajadora malabarista: Tengo dos trabajos para ir a la universidad
February 12, 2016 Voice Waves Long Beach - UCLA Labor Center premieres I Am a #YOUNGWORKER
February 15, 2016 Al Jazeera America - Young people work to survive, not play
February 12, 2016 KPCC - At a jobs fair, teenagers and young adults want to work for more than just pocket money
November 23, 2015 Lexington Herald - Challenge: Enforcing City’s New Minimum Wage Hike
November 19, 2015 Agencia EFE - Jóvenes trabajadores en Los Ángeles lo hacen por necesidad, dice estudio
November 19, 2015 The North Dallas Gazette - Study Shows Millenials Work to Live, Not to Play
November 19, 2015 La Opinion - Estudio: Jovenes Angelinos Trabajan para sobrevivir, no para divertirse
November 18, 2015 Fox News Latino - Jóvenes trabajadores en Los Ángeles lo hacen por necesidad, dice estudio
November 18, 2015 Annenberg TV News - New Study Sheds Light on Young Workers’ Experiences
December 18, 2015 UCLA Newsroom - UCLA Students Document Experiences of LA’s Young Workers
November 18, 2015 Daily Bruin - UCLA Labor Center, SolArt document struggles of young workers in LA
October 29, 2015 KCET Departures - Speaking Out on Labor Inequality and Misperceptions of Young Workers
October 29, 2015 KCET Departures - Young Workers, Low Wage Worker: UCLA Study Finds that Millenials are Among Lowest Paid in LA County
September 21, 2015 89.3 KPCC - Labor Dept Forces Agoura Hills Company to Pay Back Wages for Overtime Violations
September 11, 2015 The Los Angeles Times - California Lawmakers Approve Legislation to Combat Wage Theft
September 8, 2015 KCRW - The Fight for Lost Pay After Years of Wage Theft
September 7, 2015 89.3 KPCC - With Minimum Wage on the Rise, Labor Leaders Focus on Wage Theft
July 17, 2015 Phys.Org - UCLA Students Detail L.A. Garment Workers’ Child Care Issues
June 23, 2015 UCLA Newsroom - UCLA Labor Center Picks Up National Award For Radio Show
October 23, 2014 UCLA Newsroom - Janitors Learn to Dream Big at UCLA and Advocate for Their Children In School
October 10, 2014 UCLA Newsroom - UCLA Students Learn to Tell Stories of Low Wage Workers on Radio Show

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