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Cannabis Wire | 05/29/2025

The cannabis industry is rife with working conditions that range from problematic to hazardous, according to a first-of-its-kind report published by the UCLA Labor Center on Wednesday.

ECO Union | 05/19/2025

Laying Low: colleges and universities remain a safe space for immigrant students

Driven across the border with the help of a family friend through a legal port of entry along the United States-Mexico border, an El Camino College student who was 6 months old at the time was able to bypass immigration officials.

Canabis Business Times | 05/29/2025

UCLA Report Reveals Unsafe Working Conditions, Wage Theft in California Cannabis Industry

[PRESS RELEASE] – LOS ANGELES, May 28, 2025 — Researchers from the UCLA Labor Center and the grassroots research hub Cannabis Worker Collab released the first-ever comprehensive report on California’s cannabis workforce. Titled High Stakes: The State of the California Cannabis Workforce, the report is based on more than 1,111 surveys, 50-plus interviews, and seven interactive data sessions. It offers an unprecedented look at one of California’s most dynamic and diverse emerging industries and reveals alarming workplace conditions, pervasive wage theft, and the urgent need for stronger labor protections.

VitalLaw | 05/29/2025

REPORTS—UCLA Labor Center issues report on California cannabis industry conditions, (May 29, 2025)

This week, the UCLA Labor Center, along with the Cannabis Worker Collab, issued its first comprehensive report on California’s cannabis workforce, entitled “High Stakes: The State of the California Cannabis Workforce.” The report is based on more than 1,111 surveys, 50-plus interviews, and seven interactive data sessions. According to the Center, the report “offers an unprecedented look at one of California’s most dynamic and diverse emerging industries and reveals alarming workplace conditions, pervasive wage theft, and the urgent need for stronger labor protections.”

Fresnoland | 05/23/2025

Why is Fresno struggling to hire city residents for construction jobs?

In its first two years, the City of Fresno’s project labor agreement with the local building trades council didn’t hit the targets for how many city residents were supposed to be hired onto the construction jobs.

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.

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