Events

Join the UCLA Center for the Study of Women|Barbra Streisand Center for their 35th annual graduate research “Thinking Gender” conference. The event will feature engaging student presentations and a keynote address by labor rights organizer Adriana Paz Ramirez (International Domestic Workers Federation). The UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment is a proud cosponsor of this year’s conference....

The UCLA Labor Studies program and Department of History will co-host a Labor Studies Book Talk with Eric Blanc, assistant professor of labor studies at Rutgers University. He is the author of We are the Union (UC Press, 2025) and will be joined by Alex Caputo-Pearl, UCLA Labor Movement Fellow and former UTLA president, and...

Join us for a Labor Studies Book Talk with Cedric de Leon, professor of Sociology and Labor Studies at UMass Amherst, as he discusses his latest book, Freedom Train:Black Politics & the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity. This special event is in collaboration with the UCLA History Department and Sociology Department.  Drawing on a rich...

Join the UCLA Labor Studies program for a Spring Quarter Week 7 Career Development Presentation focused on “Creating & Optimizing Your LinkedIn Account.” This virtual workshop will be hosted and presented by the UCLA Career Center and will take place on Wednesday, May 14, from 11:00am–12:00pm via Zoom. (The Zoom link will be emailed to registered participants one day before...

UCLA Labor Studies Faculty and Staff are excited to invite you to our third annual Labor@UCLA Research Showcase, taking place on Friday, May 23, 2025, from 12:00–2:00 PM. This event is part of Undergraduate Research Week—UCLA’s largest undergraduate conference—celebrating student research and creative work across campus. Now in its tenth year, Undergraduate Research Week will...

Join us for an informal meet-and-greet with Gloria Chan, Labor Studies Student Affairs Officer (SAO)! Whether you’re curious about the Labor Studies major or minor, missed new student orientation, or are a returning student wanting to catch up on what’s new, this is the perfect opportunity to connect. Drop by to: Learn about program requirements and...

Discover all that Labor Studies at UCLA has to offer. At this event, you’ll have the chance to: Meet our incoming Chair, Professor Jennifer Chun Learn about the Labor Studies Major and Minor requirements Explore our courses, programs, internships, and student opportunities Connect with Labor Studies faculty and staff who are here to support your academic journey Network with prominent labor...

Labor Studies 10 Talk Social Movement Unionism and Immigrant Worker Organizingwith SEIU-USWW and CLEAN Join us for an engaging discussion on how worker centers and unions are collaborating to advance immigrant worker organizing and the growing movement of social movement unionism. Featuring: David Huerta, President, SEIU-USWW and SEIU California State Council Flor Rodriguez, Executive Director,...

During the 2025-26 academic year, the newly formed Labor Studies Department will convene a series of public dialogues and research workshops on the theme, “Labor Studies Now.” Conversations will bring together faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, community leaders, and members of the public at-large to discuss urgent issues facing workers when it comes to social...

Join us for a discussion of Eternos Indocumentados: Central American Refugees in the United States (2018), followed by a Q&A with Director Jennifer Cárcamo and Professor Leisy Abrego (UCLA Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies). In July 2014, mainstream US media became flooded with images of what they termed “unaccompanied Central American children.” Most of these children—many coming with their...