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We thank all of the attendees, presenters, @UCLALaborSd alum and the community of labor and social justice partners that made our second annual UCLA Strategic Labor Research Conference a success! 🧐 📊📉 📚 🔍 @NarroVictor @profczm @TobiasHigbie @UCLACollege @GrimKim

Apply Now: Python Coding Camp for Union Research! 🚀 📅 July 7–11, 2025 | 📍 Los Angeles | 💻 No coding experience needed! 📩 More info & apply: bit.ly/SRL-codecamp

As we continue celebrating Promotora Month in California, we want to highlight the history of the promotora movement. Promotoras, also known as Community Health Workers, have conducted the essential work of connecting traditionally underserved communities to health and safety

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L.A. is the wage theft capital, according to Yvonne Garcia Medrano of @BetTzedek. Whose wages are being stolen? Find out in this excerpt - and then watch the full film at youtu.be/mKiEpdSjLpM. #WNHispanicWorkers #HispanicHeritageMonth @Univision @LuminaFound

🍎This back-to-school season we’re sharing a 2020 recording of Labor Studies 101 from our @uclairle archives! @TobiasHigbie chats with Kent Wong about the L.A. labor movement's unique history, its connections with nonviolent philosophy, & so much more. 🎧 linktr.ee/UCLAReWork

Share your memories to be featured in Rev. Lawson Day commemorations by Sept. 13 Here: bit.ly/Lawson-Mem

This Labor Day, the UCLA Labor Center is thrilled to announce the release of our 2024 Annual Snapshot. We invite you to learn more about the progress we’ve made toward advancing a worker-first agenda by reading all about our achievements this year. bit.ly/AAWFA2024 🔗

70% of Americans approve of unions! That’s one of the highest points in 60 YEARS! Together, we are strong 🫱🏾‍🫲🏿 #UnionsForAll @Gallup

📣IRLE’s quarterly newsletter for Summer 2024 is out now!🏖️📚 Catch up on recently published stories, content from our units, and staff mentions in the news 🗞️ Read the full newsletter here— bit.ly/IRLEQuarterly  And don't forget to subscribe! — bit.ly/IRLEsign_up

Over the weekend, UCLA Labor Studies hosted the second annual UCLA Strategic Labor Research Conference!📊🔍 The event featured a powerful keynote address by @GrimKim, interactive skills-building sessions and inspiring panels 🔗Read more at bit.ly/SLRC-2024

Child Labor On The Rise ❗ The UCLA Labor Center and the California Federation of Teachers are hosting a webinar to discuss the rise in child labor and what educators can do in response. Register now at: bit.ly/cftchildlabor 💻

SAVE THE DATE! 💎 The UCLA Labor Center is celebrating our 60th anniversary on September 26, 2024 at the Sheraton Grand Los Angeles Hotel. Purchase your ticket at: buff.ly/3yv1XyU

Project 2025 contains hardly anything to lift workers, but is full of recommendations to boost corporate profits & weaken unions It calls for eliminating OT pay for millions of workers & abolishing public-sector unions, including teachers' & police unions theguardian.com/profile/steven…

Thank you to everyone who attended this year’s conference. See you all next year! 🤝

@forrespect @GeorgetownKILWP We’re live with the final discussion of the #UCLaborResearchConference: "The Future of Strategic Labor Research"! Saba Waheed (@sabawaa) is moderating, with insights from @KBronfenbrenner, @roxtynan, @maykyi, and Laura Blum-Smith.

We’re kicking off the second #UCLaborResearchConference this weekend at UCLA! Big thanks to @profczm and the amazing UCLA Labor Studies team for making it all happen. 💪 🧵 Stay tuned for updates and highlights!