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UCLA IRLE @uclairle.bsky.social · 13d

We are thrilled to announce that UCLA Labor Studies is now officially a department!🎉

The UCLA Labor Studies Department is the first of its kind at the UC

Read more about this historic development here: irle.ucla.edu/2025/09/25/u...

RELEASE– Historic first: UCLA launches Labor Studies Department

UCLA Labor Studies undergraduate major and minor will expand as a new academic department

irle.ucla.edu

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UCLA IRLE @uclairle.bsky.social · 5h

IRLE expert, Kit Smemo, was recently published in @cunyslu.bsky.social's New Labor Forum with a piece analyzing the conservative think tank American Compass.

Read about the publication here: irle.ucla.edu/2025/10/08/e...

UCLA IRLE expert on the “conservative labor movement” and American Compass

Kristoffer Smemo, UCLA Labor Studies faculty, explores an American conservative “pro-worker” agenda

irle.ucla.edu

UCLA IRLE @uclairle.bsky.social · 5d

📰 IRLE's Weekend Labor Reads delivers a digest of labor news straight to your inbox.

Our top story brings the latest on how California is enforcing workers rights: www.latimes.com/california/s...

More news here: conta.cc/42jFsIT
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Newsom signs bill expanding California labor board oversight of employer disputes, union elections

Assembly Bill 288 gives the state authority to step in when the National Labor Relations Board can't or won't act.

www.latimes.com

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UCLA LOSH @uclalosh.bsky.social · 6d

Applications are now open for the 2026 Young Worker Leadership Academy (YWLA)! @uclalosh.bsky.social and UC Berkeley LOHP invite you and any young members from your community to apply to our 3-day leadership training hosted at UCLA.

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UCLA IRLE @uclairle.bsky.social · 12d

📰 IRLE's Weekend Labor Reads delivers a digest of labor news straight to your inbox.

Our top story brings the latest on how California is protecting immigrant families: www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

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California defies Trump, shields schools and clinics from ICE

The California governor signed five bills that Democrats say will protect the state’s large immigrant population from federal law enforcement overreach.

www.politico.com

UCLA IRLE @uclairle.bsky.social · 13d

RELEASE– Historic first: UCLA launches Labor Studies Department

UCLA Labor Studies undergraduate major and minor will expand as a new academic department

irle.ucla.edu

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UCLA IRLE @uclairle.bsky.social · 19d

📣 UCLA IRLE’s Summer Quarterly newsletter is out now

Read recently published research, stories, staff mentions in the news and more 🗞️

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UCLA IRLE @uclairle.bsky.social · 19d

This week, UCLA Labor Studies faculty, Kit Smemo, was published in @cunyslu.bsky.social's New Labor Forum: newlaborforum.cuny.edu/2025/09/15/b...

Read the our weekly labor news digest at: conta.cc/3I8QObU
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Building a Conservative Labor Movement: American Compass and the Right’s Pro-Worker Policy Agenda - New Labor Forum

What does it look like when the right attempts to articulate its own version of a “pro-worker” program? That is the question driving the American Compass think tank. Founded during the last year of Do...

newlaborforum.cuny.edu

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UCLA IRLE @uclairle.bsky.social · 19d

📰 IRLE's Weekend Labor Reads delivers a digest of labor news straight to your inbox.

Our top story brings the latest on how UC workers are fighting back against federal demands: www.latimes.com/california/s...

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UC employees, not waiting on leaders, sue Trump for 'financial coercion' over UCLA cuts

University of California employees on Tuesday sued President Trump over a $1.2-billion penalty against UCLA and federal demands for sweeping campus changes. They argued that the actions are unconstitu...

www.latimes.com

UCLA IRLE @uclairle.bsky.social · 26d

📰 IRLE's Weekend Labor Reads delivers a digest of labor news straight to your inbox.

Our top story recaps the Supreme Court's controversial ruling on roving patrols in LA: calmatters.org/justice/2025...

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Supreme Court allows immigration agents to resume indiscriminate sweeps in LA, siding with Trump

The Supreme Court lifted limits on immigration sweeps in Los Angeles, overturning a ruling that forbade agents from stopping people based on their appearance.

calmatters.org

UCLA IRLE @uclairle.bsky.social · Sep 5

📰 IRLE's Weekend Labor Reads delivers a digest of labor news straight to your inbox.

Our top story brings you the latest on how federal actions are harming workers: www.npr.org/2025/09/01/n...

More news here: conta.cc/46bDqM3
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How Trump is decimating federal employee unions one step at a time

President Trump has ended collective bargaining rights for more than 1 million federal workers. Unions have sued to block the move, but agencies are terminating contracts as litigation continues.

www.npr.org

UCLA IRLE @uclairle.bsky.social · Sep 4

Our "State of the Unions" report highlighted below ⬇️

LA Public Press @lapublicpress.bsky.social · Sep 3

Unions are shrinking nationwide — but not in California.

Organizing here is holding strong, showing what’s possible even as Trump 2.0 makes the fight harder.

Unions Are Shrinking Nationwide — But Not in California

Organizing here is holding strong, showing what’s possible even as Trump 2.0 makes the fight harder.

lapublicpress.org

UCLA IRLE @uclairle.bsky.social · Aug 29

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UCLA IRLE @uclairle.bsky.social · Aug 29

Chris Newman, @ndlon.bsky.social legal director and UCLA Labor Studies faculty, went on @democracynow.org this week to explain the new developments in Abrego Garcia case: www.democracynow.org/2025/8/25/ki...

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Abrego Garcia Detained Again, Faces Deportation to Uganda After 3 Days of Freedom

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who became a symbol of Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown when the administration illegally sent him to El Salvador earlier this year, is at risk of being deported again — this tim...

www.democracynow.org

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UCLA IRLE @uclairle.bsky.social · Aug 29

📰 IRLE's Weekend Labor Reads delivers a digest of labor news straight to your inbox.

Our top story brings new data on public support for unions: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

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Majorities of adults see decline of union membership as bad for the U.S. and working people

The share of U.S. workers who belonged to a union in 2024 stood at 9.9%, down from 1983 when 20.1% of American workers were union members.

www.pewresearch.org

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UCLA LOSH @uclalosh.bsky.social · Aug 28

Please join us for a FREE training for school-based staff responsible for employee safety and health, including HR, administration and/or maintenance and operations.

Register here: bit.ly/461l0NZ