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Random Lengths News | 08/28/2025

Foundations of Labor Law Threatened

“Prior to passage of the National Labor Relations Act, known as the ‘Wagner Act,’ in 1935, there was no legal framework to protect the right to organize, govern union elections and require employers to bargain in good faith,” said Victor Narro, project director at the UCLA Labor Center. Many referred to that previous time as “the law of the jungle,” he noted.

KALW | 08/26/2025

Trump’s order is “most aggressive act of union busting in US history”

On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing the state of the labor movement under the Trump administration. The federal workforce has been hit hard. More than a million federal workers have lost their collective bargaining and union protections. Labor historian Joseph MCartin says it's the largest and most aggressive single act of union busting in US history.

LA Times | 08/23/2025

Study: Immigration to US down for first time in 50 years

"Looking ahead in the future, we're going to have to rely on immigrant workers to fulfill a lot of the jobs in this country," said Victor Narro, project director at UCLA Labor Center. "Like it or not, the demographics are going to be changing in this country. It's already changing, but it's going to be more pronounced in the future, especially with the decline in native-born workers."

KPFK | 08/22/2025

Victor Narro on KPFK Radio - Sojourner Truth.

LA Times | 08/19/2025

Exigen a Home Depot prohibir acceso a “la migra” sin orden judicial

En entrevistas anteriores, Víctor Narro, director de proyectos y profesor de estudios laborales en el UCLA Labor Center, señaló que los jornaleros forman una fuerza laboral fundamental para la economía por trabajar en rubros variados.

Diya TV | 08/15/2025

UFW union fight shadows Wasco Nursery closure

Victor Narro, a UCLA labor studies professor, said the move deserves scrutiny. “The question is, ‘What’s the reason they’re doing it?’” Narro said. “Is it really to avoid unionization, or is it a sound financial decision?”

LA Times | 08/13/2025

California’s richest agricultural family is shuttering a farm the UFW sought to unionize

Victor Narro, a labor studies professor at UCLA, said the closure and donation to UC Davis should be scrutinized. “The question is, ‘What’s the reason they’re doing it?’” he said. “Is it really, in the end, to avoid unionization of the workforce? Or is it really that they’re making a sound financial decision?"

EdSource | 08/07/2025

Court: UC must revisit policy barring undocumented students from jobs

“This ruling is a huge victory for all students, for equity, and for opportunity. Immigrant youth led this fight when many thought it couldn’t be done — showing the power of grassroots organizing. We will keep pushing and organizing until UC does the right thing,” Ju Hong, director of the UCLA Dream Resource Center, said in a statement.

La Sentinel | 08/07/2025

SoCal Black Workers Hub Presents 2nd Annual Black August Celebration, Aug. 13

She also hopes the event encourages attendees to engage in Black healing and wellness with the Earthlodge Center for Transformation and to support the “School to Movement” pipeline led by CARE At Work, a program of the UCLA Labor Center.

LAist | 08/06/2025

Dozens of SoCal car washes have been raided by ICE. Why aren’t employers the focus?

There are more car washes in California than any other state in the country, according to U.S. Census data. Koonse said the widespread, visible nature of the car wash industry could be one of the reasons it has quickly become a target. “It's a beloved industry in L.A., it's an iconic industry in L.A.,” she said. “I wonder if that isn't one of the reasons why it's, you know, low-hanging fruit for ICE and DHS right now, just from a cruelty perspective.”

NewsBreak | 08/02/2025

63% of California cannabis workers say they’ve faced wage theft

A recent report from the UCLA Labor Center has cast a revealing light on the conditions facing cannabis workers in California’s sprawling, rapidly growing industry. Titled High Stakes – The State of the California Cannabis Workforce, the May 2025 publication outlines a sector marked by low pay, high turnover, and frequent violations of labor law—particularly in wage and hour protections.

Lawyers and Settlements | 08/01/2025

UCLA REPORT DETAILS CALIFORNIA LABOR CODE VIOLATIONS IN CANNABIS INDUSTRY

In May 2025, the UCLA Labor Center issued its report “High Stakes – The State of the California Cannabis Workforce.” The report is a gold mine of information about working conditions in the California cannabis industry – especially the shocking frequency of wage and hour violations.

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