Scholarship Tutoring Program
Students will tutor low-wage immigrant parents and their children in the Los Angeles area.
Archives: In the Headlines
AARJ Hosts Know Your Rights Trainings to Protect and Empower Immigrant Communities
By: Sumin Kim, AARJ Work-Study Student With the goal of uniting students, community leaders, advocates, and allies in the fight against immigrant deportations, the UCLA Labor Center’s Asian American Racial … Continued
Immigration Raids in Los Angeles: Solidarity Statement & Resource List
Dear UCLA Labor Center community, Across Los Angeles, immigrant communities are facing escalating threats and uncertainty. In recent days, workplace raids conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other … Continued
Labor Educators Rally Against Rising Child Labor
UCLA Labor Center hosts Workshop Highlighting the National Fight for Young Workers’ Rights By: Jack Kearns, UCLA Labor Center Policy Advocate On April 7, 2025, the UCLA Labor Center, in … Continued
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 By: Jazmin Rivera For 12th-grade students at Thomas Jefferson … Continued
The Power of Mentoring Asian Pacific American Healthcare Workers
By: Emmelle Israel, graduate student researcher for AARJ On October 17, 2024 the UCLA Labor Center’s Asian American Racial Justice (AARJ) program hosted a panel of Asian Pacific Islander Desi … Continued
Q&A with Kruskaya Hidalgo Cordero: Podcasting as Solidarity and the Platform Economy
Our Re:Work podcast recently released a two-part series in partnership with Código Doméstico. Código Doméstico in the Flesh is a podcast produced by researcher and labor organizer, Kruskaya Hidalgo Cordero. … Continued
LA County DEO Announces the High Road Training Partnership Fund, a $17 Million Grant Program for Job Training Programs and Partners
The UCLA Labor Center’s POWER in Workforce Development team will provide technical assistance to applicants and grantees and lead the High Road Training Partnership program’s evaluation to strengthen future workforce … Continued
Building Cross-Border Labor Research: UCLA Labor Center Hosts Labor Center’s Meeting in Mexico City
On Nov. 16, 2024, the UCLA Labor Center hosted a convening in Mexico City to explore binational research and collaboration opportunities with the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), the Universidad Autónoma … Continued
Q&A with Jazmin Rivera of the Young Worker Initiative
We spoke to Jazmin Rivera, Community Education Specialist for the UCLA Labor Center, about the importance of research justice. Jazmin Rivera, Community Education Specialist at the UCLA Labor Center, sat … Continued
Q&A with Emely Rauda of the Nonviolence Education Project
We spoke with Emely Rauda, Community Education Specialist, about her work leading the Lawson/Huerta Nonviolence Education Project. Emely Rauda, Community Education Specialist at the UCLA Labor Center, sat down to … Continued
