For 60 years, the UCLA Labor Center, housed within the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE), has advanced quality employment and education for all. With a history of fostering collaborations between students, faculty, workers, and community partners, our research justice, leadership development, and narrative change promotes worker justice, racial and economic equity, global solidarity, and immigrant rights.
Services Provided
Research, programming, leadership development, policy research, and narrative-change storytelling.
Who We Serve
Low-wage workers, researchers, students, faculty, labor unions, worker centers, policymakers, and community members.
Mission and Goals
The UCLA Labor Center brings together workers, students, faculty, and policymakers to address the most critical issues facing working people today. Our research, education, and policy work lifts industry standards, creates jobs that are good for communities, and strengthens immigrant rights, especially for students and youth.