Academic Resources

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University of California Labor Centers

For years, the UCLA and UC Berkeley Labor Centers have advanced innovative labor research, teaching, and public service programs. Initiatives are underway to launch centers at Merced, Irvine, and other University of California campuses.

UCLA Labor Center (Los Angeles Worker Center Network member)

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UC Berkeley Labor Center

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UC Merced Community and Labor Center

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UC Riverside — Inland Empire Labor and Community Center (IELCC)

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UC Irvine Labor Center

Other Resources

Below is a growing list of resources pertaining to Los Angeles Worker Center Network members and the rest of the worker center movement.

Garment Worker Center — Reports, Surveys, and Studies

Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance — Reports

Restaurant Opportunities Center United — Publications

University of Illinois Chicago Worker Center Resource Library

Warehouse Worker Resource Center — Key Research and Reports

Selected Reports

New Directions in Racial and Economic Justice: How California’s Worker Centers Are Bringing Worker Power into Workforce Development (2022)

Kevin L. Lee, Magaly Lopez, Ana Luz Gonzalez-Vasquez | UCLA Labor Center

The Worker Center Ecosystem In California: Organizing To Transform Low-Wage Industries (2019)

Nik Theodore, Beth Gutelius, Ana Luz Gonzalez | LIFT

The California Worker Ecosystem Landscape Analysis, Key Findings (2019)

Andrea Prebys-Williams | Tides Foundation

Worker Centers: Organizing Communities at the Edge of the Dream (2005)

Janice Fine | Economic Policy Institute