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UCLA Labor Center and LA County DEO Kick Off HRTP Fund
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Kent Wong, 69, labor and immigrant rights champion and former director
The UCLA Labor Center is deeply saddened to share that Kent Wong, our former director for more than 30 years, has passed away.
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High Stakes: The State of the California Cannabis Workforce
A new report shares important trends that confirm the potential of cannabis to contribute to California’s growth, well-being, and environmental change, as well as challenges that must be addressed head-on.
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Balancing Books & Bills: Understanding the Struggles of Workers and Learners in Los Angeles County
This study provides an interactive collection of data-driven insights, interviews, and firsthand stories illuminating systemic issues such as financial instability, inflexible schedules, and limited career alignment.
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Shaping the Next Generation: Trends Among Oxnard’s Young Adult Latina Workforce
A new research brief centers young adult Latinas (ages 18-34) to illuminate employment trends and propose recommendations that address their unique labor challenges.
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Our Alumni Beyond the Fellowship
As an integral part of the UCLA Labor Center’s schools-to-movement pathways, the Dream Summer, Labor Summer, and Freedom Fellowship programs cultivate the next generation of organizers by placing young leaders in unions, worker centers, and immigrant organizations in Los Angeles and beyond.
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Binational Voices, Shared Struggles: Advocating for Farmworker Rights
On June 6-7, 2025, the UCLA Labor Center gathered advocates, scholars, and organizers in Los Angeles to discuss the impacts of the H-2A guest worker program on the working conditions of farmworkers on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
60 Years of Worker Justice
Established in 1964, the UCLA Labor Center advances cutting-edge research, education, and service guided by our core values: economic equity, racial and immigrant justice, and worker power and solidarity.
A Public University Belongs to the People
Through our signature approaches and methodology that employ research justice, narrative storytelling, student and leader-to-movement pathways, and culturally and racially responsive evaluation, we partner with workers, unions, worker centers, students, and impacted communities to advance economic justice across California, the nation and globally.
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