UCLA Labor Center

Our Workforce Development team released a new study on High Road Training Partnerships- https://mailchi.mp/ucla/hrtp2021

#WorkforceDevelopmentWednesday

"The case concerned a unique state regulation allowing labor representatives to meet with farm workers at their workplaces for up to three hours a day for as many as 120 days a year."

"President Biden on Thursday signed a bill to recognize Juneteenth the celebration to commemorate the end of chattel slavery in the United States as a federal holiday."

"...women with child-care responsibilities are 32% less likely to report that they intend to leave their job if they have access to remote work, compared to women with child-care responsibilities who don’t have access to remote work. Additionally, the report found that 30% of all employees say they are less likely to look for another job in the next year if they’re able to work remotely."

We are LIVE for a new episode of Labor's Voice! The beginning of 2021 brought a historic victory in Georgia which flipped the U.S. Senate, and in quick succession, we witnessed insurrection, impeachment, and the Inauguration. On Monday, we celebrated the birth and legacy of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Join us for a conversation about the historic events we have witnessed in the first weeks of 2021. Tonight’s speakers are Reverend James Lawson, Jr.; Tefere Gebre, Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO; and Susan Minato, Co-President, UNITE HERE Local 11.

Join us and the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO tomorrow (2/18) at 7 PM PST on Facebook live for a new episode of Labor's Voice: The Struggle for Black Worker Justice. Click the event for more information.

#QOTD #BlackHistoryMonth

"In January, the unemployment rate was 8.5 percent for Black women, 8.8 percent for Latina women and 5.1 percent for White women. Even as a pandemic economy challenges women from all racial groups, these unemployment rates underscore important racial inequities."

"Before the pandemic, Gough 'would at least make anywhere from $1,000 to $1,400 a week' bartending and doing freelance film production work. 'Now with the job that I currently have where I’m making $7 an hour plus tip, I make (since nobody comes in) like $40 a day. And I work four days a week, so that’s $160 a week,' she says. 'It’s a very big difference in lifestyle changes that you have to adapt to as well, because you’re like ‘Well I have enough money for food, not for rent.’

#FlashbackFriday "Local 11 launches international boycott of the New Otani Hotel, the first non-union hotel built in downtown Los Angeles." (1993) https://bit.ly/3pbNRI4

"Amazon is bringing on a set of well-trained union suppression consultants in its high-profile fight to keep its massive warehouse workforce free of organized labor."

Our new report finds that #GigWorkers in California have been hit hard during the COVID-19 pandemic and worker ownership could help remedy this crisis in the #GigEconomy. Report link bit.ly/GIGworkers 80% of gig workers can’t meet household expenses and nearly half received no personal protective equipment (PPE) from gig companies during the pandemic. This crisis points to a need for structural change in the gig industry. The report contributes to the public debate surrounding Assembly Bill (AB)5 and Proposition 22, two contentious political issues that will shape the future of #GigWork in California. #Prop22 #AB5 #COVID19

"Several years ago, Cuevas was part of a coalition that met with companies bidding on the $2-billion Crenshaw/LAX light-rail line. 'You ask, How do we ensure Black workers are on a project?’ The first thing they say is, ‘Prop. 209 doesn’t allow us to speak specifically about the Black community.’

"For families living in or at the edge of poverty, the effects of the pandemic have been especially devastating...Meeting basic needs such as food and shelter has become a daily challenge; many are one eviction notice away from homelessness."

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"The county initiated more than 2,000 investigations into workplace COVID-19 complaints in the month of July, said Tia Koonse, legal and policy research manager at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and a key member of the program."

NEW REPORT from the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment!

We invite you to watch, Sewing Resilience, a film by Artivists Wil Prada and Pea Nuñez about the life of Santa Puac, a mother of three, garment worker, and worker-leader in the movement to end exploitation in the #GarmentIndustry of Los Angeles, the capital of U.S. garment production. Go to bit.ly/SewingResilience #FastFashion #WorkersRights

"While there’s a lot of demand for child care, there’s little government support for the workers and children for whom they care. The coronavirus has exposed and exacerbated the problem, but workers are seeking real change through organizing."

"'What’s clear is that gig workers are tired of being underpaid and urgently need increased income,' said Saba Waheed, report co-author and research director at the UCLA Labor Center."

#FlashbackFriday "Members of a local of the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) display their banner and cheer for the benefit of the photographer." (1981) https://bit.ly/33UXwLJ

"She cites a report released by the UCLA Labor Center which found that low-wage workers in L.A. lost $26.2 million in wage theft violations every week, the highest of any other major city in the country and the garment industry made up the largest sector of this study."

"The councils could help keep Los Angeles from backsliding on its progress in mitigating cases and racial disparities in the fall as more businesses are likely to reopen, said Tia Koonse, a researcher with the UCLA Labor Center and co-author of an assessment of the workplace council proposal."

"Women already accounted for the majority of jobs lost during the early days of pandemic. And every month since June, 'there’s been a pronounced slowing of job growth and labor participation for married women,' according to Michael Madowitz, an economist at the Center for American Progress."