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LAist | 10/23/2025

The loss of Kent Wong and the future of labor and immigrant rights in California

When Kent Wong died Oct. 8, labor and immigrant rights leaders across the country mourned the loss of a giant. For decades, Wong’s calm presence and iron will spurred significant advances in protections for immigrants and workers, especially those who were undocumented.

Yahoo News | 10/22/2025

Immigration advocate Kent Wong dies at 69

Kent Wong, the longtime director of UCLA Labor Center and prominent advocate for immigrant and worker rights, died Oct. 8 at a Los Angeles hospital due to cardiopulmonary failure with complications from endocarditis.

Daily Bruin | 10/21/2025

Opinion: It’s OK to be on the mend instead of the grind – stay home if you’re sick

Lucero Herrera, a senior research analyst at the UCLA Labor Center, said she found that 71% of students attending Los Angeles County public institutions have reported going to work while sick because of financial pressure.

CALO News | 10/10/2025

The immigrant and labor community mourn the passing of long-time activist and educator Kent Wong

Kent Wong, educator, professor and long-time advocate for the labor and social movements died on Oct. 8. He was 69.

LA Times | 10/10/2025

Kent Wong, a champion of nonviolent resistance in the L.A. labor movement, dies at 69

The incursion of armed federal immigration agents in his beloved hometown of Los Angeles shocked Kent Wong. The labor leader and educator spent the summer vigorously organizing training sessions for more than a thousand workers and union organizers to peacefully protest the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrant communities. It was work he had done for much of his life, but which he said had taken on more urgency now.

UCLA Newsroom | 10/10/2025

In memoriam: Kent Wong, 69, labor and immigrant rights champion and former director of UCLA Labor Center

An esteemed community leader, Wong was renowned across Los Angeles and the nation for his labor and immigrant rights advocacy. As director of the UCLA Labor Center for 32 years — and more recently, its project director of labor and community partnerships — Wong cemented the center as a groundbreaking hub for research and leadership development programs that serve workers and immigrants.

ABC News | 09/29/2025

25th Annual Guelaguetza celebrates Oaxacan tradition and culture at Fresno City College

''Oaxaca, where many people come from, just in that state there are 16 different languages. Among the top three are Mixtec, Zapotec and Triqui and all of them are represented in Fresno," said Gaspar Rivera-Salgado.

Last | 09/26/2025

Car wash workers join forces with bikini-clad strippers to raise money for people hurt by ICE raids

“Car washers are on the front line of everything from the cruelty of this administration to the complete violation of basic human rights to the fact that we're legalizing racial profiling and building a mass incarceration state,” Waheed said.

LA Times | 09/20/2025

Don’t hold your breath, but as raids stifle economy, Trump proves case for immigration reform

Victor Narro, project director at the UCLA Labor Center, isn’t optimistic, given political realities. But he’s been advocating for immigration reform for decades and said “we need to continue the fight because there will be a time of reckoning” in which the U.S. will “have to rely on immigrant workers to assure economic survival.”

Daily Bruin | 09/15/2025

Between Belief and Burden

Victor Narro, who teaches Labor Studies 177: "Spirituality, Mindfulness, Self-Care, and Social Justice," said he encourages students to explore their relationships with religion and spirituality in the journey towards mental wellness.

LA Times | 09/12/2025

‘No vamos a tener miedo’: más de 150 contingentes participarán en desfile mexicano de Los Ángeles

“En los inmigrantes blancos hay un sentido de pertenencia, de seguir sus raíces”, dijo Rivera Salgado, profesor de estudios laborales y director del Centro de Estudios Mexicanos de la Universidad de California en Los Ángeles (UCLA).

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.

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