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ABC News | 03/21/2025

Foreign adversaries, private sector, state governments may swoop in to recruit fired federal workers, experts say

Thousands of federal workers nationwide have been forced out of their jobs by the Trump administration as Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency's says it aims to improve the government and cut down waste.

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs | 03/17/2025

UCLA Grants Deepen Ties to the L.A. Community

The UCLA Labor Center, a founding member of the Los Angeles Worker Center Network, seeks to document best practices around multi-racial, multi-industry, multi-language organizing in support of labor standards, immigrant rights and anti-discrimination enforcement. In this project, researchers and worker centers will determine the best methods — such as popular education, storytelling, academic journals and social media — to document successful and replicable L.A. worker campaigns since 2009. They will also implement legal clinics and provide technical assistance to local agencies enforcing fair labor laws.

Daily Bruin | 03/11/2025

Beyond the Statute: Barriers to health care access for undocumented individuals must be demolished

Undocumented people living in the United States are denied their basic right to health care each and every day, with only a few states choosing to expand coverage to this community.

The Orange County Register | 03/11/2025

Orange County legislator pushes to restore independent contractor status for manicurists

LA Public Press | 03/10/2025

She’s worked at Subway for 10+ years. Now she’s suing for $50K+ in wages

Advocates say Trump’s immigration crackdown will put foreign-born workers like Eva Rodriguez at greater risk — and that knowing their rights is the best defense.

Random Lengths News | 03/06/2025

An Injury To All

“An injury to one is an injury to all” was the Wobblies’ slogan a century ago, as they worked to build one big union for all workers in all industries, regardless of the divisions bosses routinely used against them — ethnicity, race and religion. Today, the Trump/Musk regime is trying to injure 2.3 million workers — illegally and unconstitutionally firing tens of thousands outright and trying to traumatize the rest into quitting or falling in line with Trump’s lawless reshaping of government. Their hope is to portray government workers as demonized others, as not really workers at all.

Every Child Thrives | 02/24/2025

Building a Future Together: Kent Wong’s Vision for Immigrant Justice in America

Immigrants have long been the backbone of America, shaping its economy, infrastructure, and culture. Yet their stories are often buried beneath layers of prejudice. For Kent Wong, a labor attorney and dedicated advocate for immigrant rights, this reality serves as both a reminder and a call to action as immigrant communities face unprecedented threats to their safety and livelihood.

CALÓ News | 03/04/2025

She worked at Subway for over a decade. Now she’s suing for nearly $54,000 in stolen wages

Advocates say Trump’s immigration crackdown will put foreign-born workers like Eva Rodriguez at greater risk — and that knowing their rights is the best defense.

UCLA Newsroom | 02/18/2025

Thinking Gender 2025: Read, Watch, Listen

Re:Work elevates stories of work and activism to humanize economic and racial justice issues. Each episode highlights the life story of a worker or activist, centering people of the global majority through interviews, music, and archival tape. Produced by Veena Hampapur and Saba Waheed, Re:Work also trains community producers and students in multimedia storytelling.

LA Times | 02/14/2025

Worker rights? Racial bias? A law change for manicurists prompts debate, confusion

Since the beginning of the year, licensed manicurists and nail salon owners in Orange County and across the state have been confused about whether a change in state law allows the business practice of renting a booth to continue or not.

KQED | 02/06/2025

Keeping ICE Out of Classrooms: How California Leaders Are Stepping Up Efforts

On a recent Saturday morning at Willow Cove Elementary School in the East Bay city of Pittsburg, two sisters, originally from Honduras, were waiting their turn to sit down with a lawyer at a free immigration clinic.

Scholars Circle | 02/09/2025

Scholars’ Circle – Immigrants to US and how they are treated by its Laws and Executive power of US Presidents – February 9, 2025

Then, the Trump Administration’s approach to immigration, the raids, mass deportations, concentration camps, and shipping people to Guantanamo Bay, may all be illegal. What is the relationship between law and national values and identity, and what legal changes has President Trump proposed? How are communities responding to ICE?

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