UC Merced Community and Labor Center

NEW MAJOR REPORT: Farmworker Health in California: Health in a Time of Contagion, Drought, and Climate Change. One of the largest academic studies ever conducted on the health and well-being of farmworkers in the country. Conducted in 6 languages. Report: bit.ly/40oIAjX

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/files/…

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! #UCMCLC #WorkplaceReadinessWeek

Thank you to the candidates, CalMatters, and especially the hundreds who attended. With the highest share of residents under 18, the Central Valley is the future of our state. Your presence sent a clear message: this region must matter to whoever is in the Governor’s office.

Acompáñenos en un importante seminario web sobre los retos que enfrentan constantemente las mujeres trabajadoras en los campo agrícola. 3 de abril de 2026 10:00 am a 11:30 am Por Zoom. 🔗Regístrese aquí: ucmerced.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Join us for an importan webinar 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/regist…

¡Acompáñenos en el Foro en el Valle Central para Candidatos a Gobernador 2026! Este foro de candidatos, no partidista, brindará a los asistentes la oportunidad de conocer las posturas de los candidatos a la gobernación de California sobre temas relevantes para el Valle Central.

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.

🔗🔗🔗Read the full report: clc.ucmerced.edu/sites/g/files/…

NEW REPORT | The @ucmerced CLC released a first-of-its-kind national analysis, finding that state-level im migration enforcement escalations are associated with downturns in the number of persons reporting having worked in the private sector. #immigrantworkers

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! Stay tuned for more opportunities… #WorkerRights

#ICYMI This past week We hosted the Rural Prosperity Roundtable: Building a Healthy Future for California’s Rural Communities at UC Merced, alongside Senator Anna Caballero and NORC. Thanks to all attendees for being part of this important conversation. #RuralHealth #Childcare

@latimes 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: latimes.com/california/sto…

According to new UCM CLC analysis: Escalations in federal immigration enforcement have impacted California’s private sector jobs. 🔗Read the full story: fresnobee.com/news/local/art… #Immigration

📣 📣 Now accepting applications for the Futuros Campesinos Grant! For more information scan the QR code or visit clc.ucmerced.edu/grants-opportu… 📣 📣

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

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: bizjournals.com/sacramento/new…

Today, we released the South Central Valley Community Needs Assessment—the largest study of its kind on one of the most disinvested regions in the nation. Its findings on labor, community, and the environment call for urgent policy action to address long-standing neglect.

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 of gardens, farms, and worker cooperatives. 🚜🌱 #SustainableFarming

Big thanks to all who joined the first UC screening of #AmericanAgitators — honoring Fred Ross Sr. and the fight for workers' rights! Appreciate our panel: Director Raymond Telles, UFW’s Armando Elenes & #Fightfor15’s Guadalupe Palma.