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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.

Report

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.

Reopening Event

UCLA Labor Center James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center Reopening

Please mark your calendar for Thursday, October 2, 2025 and reserve your ticket(s) to join us in celebrating the UCLA Labor Center’s James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center reopening.

News

Workplace Readiness in Action

Students at Jefferson High School learned their workplace rights and were paid a visit by AB800 bill author, Assemblywoman Liz Ortega—the California law that requires all CA 11th and 12th graders to learn about their workplace rights.

2024 Annual Snapshot

Advancing a Worker-First Agenda

In partnership with unions, workers, students, faculty, and policymakers, the UCLA Labor Center changed working people’s lives.

Statement
Immigration Raids in Los Angeles: Solidarity Statement & Resource List

Read a statement from the UCLA Labor Center on the immigration raids in Los Angeles, including a list of community resources for support and other helpful guides.

Press Release
LA County High Road Training Partnership

The Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) is launching a new High Road Training Partnerships (HRTP) Fund, a grant program, with over $17 million available to fund innovative, high-quality workforce training models delivered by worker-centered organizations and employers.

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.

About Us
A Public University Belongs to the People
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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