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CA Assembly Higher Education Committee Passes AB 2586 to Provide Job Opportunities to Undocumented Students in Public Colleges and Universities

February 15, 2024

New UCLA Report: Corporate Ballot Initiative Would Open Workers Up to Wage Theft, Abuse

February 15, 2024

Assemblymember David Alvarez Introduces Assembly Bill 2586 to Open Employment Opportunities to Undocumented Students on UC, CSU and Community College Campuses

January 29, 2024

UCLA Labor Center Publishes New Report on Automation and the Future of Dockwork at the San Pedro Bay Port Complex

The mixed-methods study finds that automation is not a viable solution for increasing cargo-handling efficiency.

November 16, 2023

Opportunity for All Campaign Continues as UC Regents Fail to Meet Self-Imposed Deadline for Announcing Plan to Implement Equitable Employment Opportunities for Undocumented Students

October 24, 2023

UCLA Labor Center, KIWA Publish New Report on Increasingly Precarious Labor & Housing Conditions of Restaurant Workers in Koreatown

Using government data and an analysis of 338 worker surveys and 12 worker interviews, the report finds that the majority-immigrant workforce of Koreatown—a vibrant Los Angeles neighborhood known for its bustling restaurants and nightlife—experiences low wages, unfair labor practices, significant poverty levels, and housing insecurity.

New Report: Inland Empire’s First Black Worker Center Addresses Black Job Crisis with IE Works Partnership

New Generation of Essential Water Workers Graduate from Transformative Apprenticeship Program

UC Announces its Support of Removing Hiring Restrictions for Undocumented Students

Undocumented Student Leaders Secure First Victory in Opportunity for All Campaign

UCLA Labor Center Celebrates Sen. Smallwood-Cuevas for her New Senatorial Role and Longtime Contributions to the Labor Center

Before winning her election in November, Senator Smallwood-Cuevas spent 15 years working for the UCLA Labor Center, where she directed the Center for the Advancement of Racial Equity (CARE) at Work and co-founded the Los Angeles Black Worker Center, the nation’s first Black Worker Center.

February 9, 2023

UCLA Labor Center Report Finds that Uber & Lyft are Pocketing a Larger Share of Passenger Fares for NYC Trips

Analyzing approximately 50 million trips during four separate months between 2019 and 2022, the report also found that Uber & Lyft took the highest commissions during the worst of the pandemic and that passenger fares have gone up significantly more than driver pay.

December 12, 2022

UCLA Labor Center, Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund Unveil New Report on California Janitor Working Conditions

Study shows across almost all measures of job quality and economic well-being, private-sector female janitors are significantly worse off than their male counterparts.

October 19, 2022

Undocumented UC Student Organizers, Professors from UCLA CILP & Labor Center Launch Groundbreaking Campaign for Equal Access to Job Opportunities

Opportunity For All identifies legal solution “hidden in plain sight” that would allow UCs to hire undocumented students today

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