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The Autonomous University of Queretaro recently opened a labor center that will adopt its UCLA counterpart’s approach to research and community engagement.

A UCLA report looks at why Latinas left their jobs in large numbers during the pandemic and strategies for bringing them back into the workforce.

The 2022-23 spending plan allocates $13 million to labor centers in the University of California system.

With a UCLA degree in labor studies, she has her sights set on improving conditions for garment workers.

According to the latest UCLA Anderson Forecast, the war in Ukraine, COVID lockdowns in China and inflation will continue to stymie growth.

UCLA’s leader said that to promote job growth and social mobility, traditional four-year higher education and credentialing and certificate programs should play key roles.

When states increased their minimum hourly wage by $1, divorce rates declined by 7% to 15% among those earning low wages.

In a new report, UCLA researchers recommend extending eviction protections for all, until unemployment figures reach pre-pandemic levels.

UCLA labor studies faculty discuss the history and key lessons we can learn from the labor champion.

Research produced by those in the California Environmental Legislation and Policy Clinic has influenced proposed legislation.

Professors continued helping us better understand our world with their research, students kept excelling and UCLA showed how it helps make Los Angeles a world-class city.

The building, which is named the UCLA James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center, will house labor research, teaching and service for decades to come.

Civil and labor rights icon and 20-year labor studies faculty member to be linked with UCLA in perpetuity at a ceremony on Dec. 11.

A survey co-published by UCLA reveals the impact of COVID-19 and the struggles some faced in accessing recovery funds.

The downtown L.A.–based center provides students, energy and research to dozens of unions in Los Angeles.

A UCLA study also found that Black and Latino union workers had higher wages than their counterparts in non-union jobs.

The trend reflects another consequence of climate change, according to a UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs study.

New California budget also sets aside $15 million for renovations.

The trend “could cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars,” said report co-author Kassandra Hernández.

Discussion among UCLA faculty, leadership and alumni emphasized education, advocacy, allyship.

Scorza will participate in the UC Alumni Career Network’s April 19 event on navigating racism in career advancement.

UCLA-led study examined conditions faced by construction and domestic workers in six countries.

GPS data reveal how gender roles and ecology influence men’s and women’s movement through the landscape in which they live.

The Worker Equity Initiative will explore how government agencies and their partners help workers thrive in quality careers.

The seven grants from the California Bureau of Cannabis Control will support research on health, policy and labor issues.