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Spectrum News 1 | 05/16/2025

Restaurants are facing a unique challenge when it comes to immigration crackdowns

According to a 2023 study by USA Facts, the percentage of immigrants in the restaurant industry in California is much higher at 33%. That’s one in three workers.

Random Lengths News | 05/15/2025

Tariff Tax Falls on Port Workers First

Donald Trump’s claim that he’d “Make America Great Again” is arguably the biggest of his big lies, which we’ll deal with in a future issue. But his disastrous tariff obsession and resulting trade war with China stands out as a dramatic refutation that’s hitting home first and foremost here at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, along with the rest of the regional logistics sector that’s built around them.

LAist | 05/01/2025

What is May Day? A brief history of LA’s labor rallies

International Workers' Day, also known as May Day, happens every year on May 1

UCLA Center for the Study of Women | 05/05/2025

The Time is Now: Reflections on Advancing a Feminist Labor Agenda at Thinking Gender 2025

“Ask yourself: For whom am I doing this research? For what purpose?” The room teemed with energy and activities. Saba Waheed, an experienced activist and scholar who has worked with the UCLA Labor Center for decades (and is its current director), shared how she came to develop a research justice framework to a room full of graduate students, a few faculty and some staff. Saba and Adriana Paz Ramirez, general secretary of the International Domestic Workers Federation, were the perfect co-facilitators for a workshop on “Research as Resistance” for the Thinking Gender conference. Adriana has led movements for the rights of farmworkers and domestic workers in North America, Latin America, and beyond. Reflecting the theme of gendered labors and transnational solidarities, we gathered to think about our own roles as researchers in advancing feminist agendas through labor justice.

In These Times | 04/29/2025

Announcing the Labor Organizers of the Year

In January, In These Times launched the inaugural “Labor Organizer of the Year” award to celebrate emerging leaders, and to showcase the diversity and tenacity of the modern labor movement. The prize provides a one-time, “no-strings-attached” cash award of $25,000, with an additional $25,000 for their respective organizations, campaigns or unions, with the generous support of Omidyar Network.

LA Podcast | 04/29/2025

Planes, Trains, and Automated People Movers | Episodes

Alissa and Mike are joined by guest co-host Oscar Zarate, director of external affairs at CHIRLA, to discuss how workers are mobilizing for immigrant rights on May Day. The Real ID deadline is on May 7, creating another barrier to travel in Trump’s America. And the first phase of LAX’s long-awaited rail connection has an opening date, while Inglewood’s pricey people mover gets revamped as a much better transit solution.

Portside | 04/27/2025

Collateral Damage: How Trump Is Hollowing Out the Black Middle Class

Whatever else Donald Trump intends with his assault on the federal workforce, labor unions and the National Labor Relations Board, one potential effect is clear: a devastating blow to Black Americans who for decades have used public-sector jobs to move up from subsistence living and toward the middle class.

Business Insider | 03/29/2025

DOGE, DEI Scrutiny Threaten Black Federal Workers’ Middle-Class Path

Black Americans describe how being a federal worker was their path to the middle class -- and the heartbreak of losing it

Spectrum News 1 | 04/18/2025

‘Tenía y tengo miedo de hacerlos porque no se sabe’: inmigrante indocumentada sobre declaración de impuestos

Durante veinte años, Carolina ha hecho lo que cree que es lo correcto: presentar su declaración de impuestos usando un Número de Identificación Personal del Contribuyente, el llamado ITIN.

Radio Bilingue | 04/09/2025

Universidades en la mira

Ante la pérdida de cientos de millones de dólares en subvenciones y contratos gubernamentales, la Universidad de Columbia cedió ante la administración Trump y aceptó una serie de cambios en su política. Respondiendo a presiones similares, la Universidad de California prohíbe el uso de “declaraciones de diversidad” en la contratación de profesores. Las universidades de todo el país también se están doblegando ante las presiones. ¿Qué ambiente se respira en la comunidad universitaria? ¿Cuál es el impacto de esta batalla política en la educación superior?

Telemundo 52 | 04/09/2025

Cómo afectan las tarifas a la población en general?

El profesor Victor Narro, de UCLA, explica como las tarifas impuestas por Estados Unidos están afectando no solo a otros países, sino también a la población estadounidense.

Inside Fullerton | 04/21/2025

Beneath the Polish: The Untold Stories of Vietnamese Nail Workers

From September through December, Ly—a manicurist with over 40 years of experience—packs her toothbrush, socks and undergarments to stay in her cousin’s spare room in West Virginia. Each day, she’s up at 8 a.m. and doesn’t get home until 9 p.m., with just enough time to eat and wash up before starting over. For 11 hours a day, she’s hunched over hands and feet, filing nails, massaging calves, painting designs and helping people feel beautiful. “Even though I used to work in California, I had to move to another state to make enough for both of my kids’ education,” she says.

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