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. In its over 50 years, the center has secured victories for immigrant students, advanced progressive economic policy, and inspired a new generation of labor and community leaders.

MAJOR PROJECTS

• The Dream Resource Center advances the leadership of students to promote equal access to higher education and pathways to citizenship.

• The Global Solidarity Project collaborates with labor leaders, scholars, and activists to address common worker issues in the United States, Mexico, and the Pacific Rim.

• The Los Angeles Black Worker Center addresses the Black job crisis by developing grassroots leadership to improve access to employment.

• The Re:Work Institute for Worker Justice partners with worker centers and unions to improve conditions in low-wage industries and strengthen the enforcement of existing workplace laws.

• The UCLA Labor and Workplace Studies Minor trains students to tackle real-world community and workplace issues through interdisciplinary courses, leadership training, and internship opportunities.

UCLA LABOR CENTER 50 YEARS OF WORKER JUSTICE

CAMPUS

PO Box 95147810945 Le Conte Ave Ste 1103Los Angeles CA 90095-1478310-794-5983

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DOWNTOWN

UCLA Downtown Labor Center675 S Park View StLos Angeles CA 90057213-480-4155

TIMELINE1964

Statewide joint labor-university committee establishes the Labor Center in the UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations (IIR)

1978

The IIR founds Labor Occupational Safety and Health (LOSH), the Labor Center’s sister program

1991

Community Scholars Program launches

1994

Labor Studies concentration begins at UCLA

2000

California state legislature expands labor research and education throughout the UC system

2001

Summer research internship programs begin

Labor Center initiates the first African American, API, and LGBTQ union leadership schools

2002

Downtown Labor Center opens its doors in immigrant, working-class MacArthur Park

First organized US labor delegation travels to China to meet with labor scholars and leaders

2010

Labor Center founds the LA Black Worker Center

2011

First Dream Summer internship program places 102 immigrant students in labor and community organizations

2012

UCLA student research and community partnerships result in the first three union car washes in the country

PUBLICATIONS

Beyond Green Jobs: Building Lasting Opportunities in Energy Efficiency (2012). Daniel Villao, Uyen Le, Hugo Sarmiento, and Stefanie Ritoper. Los Angeles: UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education.

Undocumented and Unafraid: Tam Tran, Cinthya Felix, and the Immigrant Youth Movement (2012). Kent Wong, Janna Shadduck-Hernández, Fabiola Inzunza, Julie Monroe, Victor Narro, and Abel Valenzuela Jr (Eds). Los Angeles: UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education.

Just Neighbors? Research on African American and Latino Relations in the United States (2011). Edward Telles, Mark Sawyer, and Gaspar Rivera-Salgado (Eds). New York: Russell Sage Foundation Press.

Working for Justice: The L.A. Model of Organizing and Advocacy (2010). Ruth Milkman, Joshua Bloom, and Victor Narro. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

Miguel Contreras: Legacy of a Labor Leader (2009). Kent Wong and Michael Viola. Los Angeles: UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education.

Organizing on Separate Shores: Vietnamese and Vietnamese American Union Organizers (2009). Kent Wong and An Le. Los Angeles: UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education.

Women’s Work: Los Angeles Homecare Workers Revitalize the Labor Movement (2009). Lola Smallwood Cuevas, Kent Wong, and Linda Delp. Los Angeles: UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education.

Underground Undergrads: UCLA Undocumented Immigrant Students Speak Out (2008). Los Angeles: UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education.

Indigenous Mexican Migrants in United States (2004). Jonathan Fox and Gaspar Rivera-Salgado (Eds). San Diego: Center for Comparative Immigration Studies.

Voices for Justice: Asian Pacific American Organizers and the New Labor Movement (2001). Kent Wong. Los Angeles: UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education.

Voices from the Front Lines: Organizing Immigrant Workers in Los Angeles (2000). Ruth Milkman and Kent Wong. Los Angeles: UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education.