UCLA Labor Center

The Labor Center is a research and extension department at the University of California Los Angeles focused on organized labor and labor rights.[2][3] It was created in 1964 as the Center for Labor Research and Education and is a unit of the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment.[4]

UCLA Labor Center
Established1964 (1964)
Parent institution
UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, University of California, Los Angeles
BudgetUSD 4 million a year, as of 2005.[1]
DirectorKent Wong
Administrative staff
37 (2014)
Location
Los Angeles
,
California
,
United States
Websitewww.labor.ucla.edu

History

As organized labor in the U.S. reached its height of influence after the Second World War, the University of California Los Angeles and the University of Berkeley, California created industrial relations programs under the initiative of Governor Earl Warren. The Institutes were tasked with outreach to both employers and trade unions, but by the 1960s Labor felt itself the junior partner in the arrangement. An agreement between the California AFL-CIO and the University of California led in 1964 to the founding of Centers for Labor Research and Education at UCLA and UC Berkeley focusing on issues such as job displacement, the needs of white collar unions, reducing hours of work, and the problems of unemployment. In 2002, the Labor Center opened a downtown location overlooking MacArthur Park in a building that was formerly a union hall.[5] The Downtown Labor Center has supported groups such as the National Day Labor Organization Network, the California Construction Academy, and the Los Angeles Black Worker Center. The Labor Center is also home to the Dream Resource Center, an action research center focusing on issues of immigrant integration, particularly related to undocumented youth. Labor Center research has led to county and state actions to mitigate wage theft. [6]

Publications
  • Bernhardt, Annette; et al. (2009). Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers: Violations of employment and Labor Laws in America's Cities.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Bacon, David (2012). Building a Culture of Cross-Border Solidarity. Los Angeles: UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Herrera Lima, Fernando, ed. (2012). Juntas de Conciliacion y Arbitraje en Mexico. Los Angeles: UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Bernhardt, Annette; et al. (2010). Wage Theft and Workplace Violations in Los Angeles: the Failure of Employment and Labor Law for Low-Wage Workers.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Smallwood Cuevas, Lola; Wong, Kent; Delp, Linda (2009). Women's Work: Los Angeles Homecare Workers Revitalize the Labor Movement. UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Milkman, Ruth; Bloom, Joshua; Narro, Victor (2010). Working for Justice: The L.A. Model of Organizing and Advocacy. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

References
  1. Proctor, Charles (January 17, 2005). "Labor center fights threat of erasure". Daily Bruin.
  2. Taketa, Kristen (September 4, 2012). "UCLA Downtown Labor Center celebrates 10th anniversary". Daily Bruin.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Dreier, Peter (August 17, 2009). ""Labor Pains at UCLA"". Huffington Post.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education (2014). "History" (Web.). Retrieved December 8, 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  5. UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education (2014). "Origins, Downtown Labor Center" (Web.). Retrieved December 8, 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  6. "L.A. Councilmen push for ordinance to crack down on wage theft,". Los Angeles Times. June 24, 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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