Media
Media Coverage
2009
- UC Labor Centers Targeted for Cuts by Schwarzenegger, UC Riverside Highlander, November 11, 2009
- Protecting Day Laborers, The San Fernando Valley Sun, October 28, 2009
- Hit Forward: The Internet's Next 40 Years, UCLA Magazine, October 27, 2009
- Alarcon Backs Wage Guarantees for Day Workers, The Los Angeles Times, October 27, 2009
- Worker safety appeals board rulings raise question, The Los Angeles Times, October 21, 2009
- UCSB Hosts Teach-In, Santa Barbara Independent, October 19, 2009
- Sweatshop Conditions in US Cities, Pravda, October 15, 2009
- AAUP Defends Colleges' Labor Centers Against Conservative Attacks, The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 12, 2009
- Top Plaintiff Lawyers May Face Discipline In Banana Case, Daily Journal, October 10, 2009
- DOL getting tougher on labor violations, Business Brief, October 9, 2009
- Sweatshop Conditions in US Cities, Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel, October 9, 2009
- Landmark Threats to Academic Freedom: the Case of Labor Education, American Association of University Professors, October 8, 2009
- A Cause for Concern for Upper Cumberland Employers?, Cookeville Times, October 8, 2009
- Working-conditions study presents compliance tune-up opportunity, Business Management Daily, October 5, 2009
- DOL hires 250 cops to hunt labor violations, HRMorning.com, September 18, 2009
- Report: Restoring Balance to the'Gloves-off Economy', AFL-CIO Blog, September 10, 2009
- Down and Out, Washington Post, September 8, 2009
- Union Membership Grows in Southern California Despite Recession, Study Finds, The Los Angeles Times, September 7, 2009
- Recession? What Recession? Unionization up on State, Local Levels, Study Finds, UCLA Newsroom, September 7, 2009
- Recession? What Recession? Unionization up on State, Local Levels, E! Science News, September 7, 2009
- Want to Love Your Neighbor? Pay Fair Wages, Religion Dispatcher, September 7, 2009
- Can Labor Unions Make a Comeback? Examiner.com, September 7, 2009
- More Workers Joining Unions, Contra Costa Times, September 7, 2009
- Union Membership Climbs in California, San Francisco Chronicle, September 7, 2009
- Economy Taking Bites out of Labor, Daily News Los Angeles, September 6, 2009
- Economy Taking Bites out of Labor, Contra Costa Times, September 6, 2009
- An Unpleasant Report on the Nation's Labor Force, Syracuse.com, September 6, 2009
- Organized Labor Looks to Younger Workers for Renewal, USA Today, September 4, 2009
- This Labor Day, it's Time for a Little Wage Rage, New York Daily News, September 3, 2009
- Workers in America, Cheated, The New York Times, September 2, 2009
- Low-Wage Workers Are Often Cheated, Study Says, The New York Times, September 1, 2009
- Leve descenso en tasa de desempleo, La Raza, July 18, 2009
- One small step for a man, one giant leap for lunch trucks, LAeastside.com, June 12, 2009
- Without funds, UCLA Labor Center might close; Daily Bruin, June 8, 2009
- Se aleja el empleo de los jóvenes, La Opinión, May 31, 2009
- Fresno County vote key for 2 unions; Fresno Bee, May 30, 2009
- Abel Valenzuela: down at the car wash (as a scholar), UCLA.edu, June 22, 2009
- California unemployment rises to record 11.5% in May; The Los Angeles Times, June 20, 2009
- He carves career from studying lives of immigrant workers; UCLA Today, June 9, 2009
- L.A. jobless rate dips; LABiz Observed, May 22, 2009
- UCLA Labor Center Director Kent Wong on the Employee Free Choice Act, apaforprogress.org, March 20, 2009
- UCLA Labor Center Director Kent Wong on the Employee Free Choice Act; APA for Progress, March 20,2009
- Labor Secretary Hilda Solis pumps up crowd at workers conference; The Los Angeles Times, March 18, 2009
- Making every stimulus dollar work; Salon.com, March 2, 2009
- Governor dismisses worker needs by slashing UC Labor Program; Daily Bruin, February 27, 2009
- As Talks Restart, SAG's Future Hangs in the Balance, The Wrap, February 17, 2009
- No One China in Africa, UCLA International Institute, January 23, 2009
2008
- The Labor Smackdown Begins, East Bay Express, December 10, 2008
- UC restores $4 million to rescue labor studies programs, UCLA Today, December 5, 2008
- Yudof Grants Funds to UC Labor Programs Following State Cuts, The Daily Californian, December 2, 2008
- UC restores labor program governor tried to cut, San Francisco Chronicle, November 29, 2008
- Labor Unions Now Recruiting Immigrant Workers, National Public Radio, November 4, 2008
- UC faculty criticize Schwarzenegger's veto of labor research funding, The California Aggie, October 24,2008
- Why Over 400 Distinguished California Professors Want Schwarzenegger’s Veto of University of California Labor Studies Reversed Next Year, The California Progress Report, October 17, 2008
- Advocates of Labor Program Decry Governor's Line-Item Veto of Funding, The Daily Californian, October 16, 2008
- 400 UC professors and staffers object to Schwarzenegger veto, The Los Angeles Times, October 16
- 400 CALIFORNIA PROFESSORS PROTEST GOVERNOR´S VETO OF UC LABOR PROGRAMS, California Chronicle, October 16
- Schwarzenegger, professors star in "Labor Wars 2", The Los Angeles Times, October 15, 2008
- Over 400 Professors Send Letter to Governor Schwarzenegger Protesting UC Labor Studies Cuts in Budget, The California Majority Report, October 15, 2008
- Schwarzenegger's veto of labor programs is said to threaten academic freedom, The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 15, 2008
- UC labor programs saved from governor's budget ax, UCLA Today, October 9, 2008
- A Strike Against Labor, Inside Higher Ed October 7, 2008
- Arnie vetoes all funding for California's Labor Program, AFL-CIO, October 6, 2008
- Ads debated as tactics include 'real' folks, Rocky Mountain News, October 5, 2008
- Veto has UC program begging for survival, San Jose Mercury News, October 2, 2008
2006
- Taxi Firms Lack Scrutiny, Report Finds, The Los Angeles Times, September 25, 2006
- Labor Movement Flexes Its Muscles, The Los Angeles Times, September 05, 2006
Sound Clips
- New unemployment figures put official jobless rate at 9.8 percent; broader jobless rate at 17 percent, Free Speech Radio News, October 2, 2009
- Morning Review Thursday with Eisha Mason/riKu Matsuda, KPFK, September 9, 2009
- Union Influence Growing, CNN, September 8, 2009
- KPFA Evening News, September 8, 2009
- Labor Titans, Press Enterprise, September 6, 2009
- US Unemployment Reacher Record Highs in August, Free Speech Radio News, September 4, 2009
- Edward Kennedy worked on behalf of workers, Marketplace, August 25, 2009
- Department of Labor releases new unemployment figures, Free Radio Speech News (August 8, 2009)
- US job losses increase in June; Free Speech Radio News (July 2, 2009)
- California’s unemployment worse than national average; Free Speech Radio News (May 22, 2009)
- New unemployment figures better than anticipated by Chris Tilly, Free Speech Radio News (May 8, 2009)
- Broader unemployment measure stands at 15.6 percent by Chris Tilly, Free Speech Radio News (April 3, 2009)
- California's Job Outlook by Chris Tilly, SoCal Connected - KCET (March 26, 2009)
- Taking on the big boys book talk by Ellen Bravo (October 29, 2008)
- The California supermarket strike (MP3 file), All Things Considered, NPR (March 1, 2004)
- A turning point in the organized labor movement (MP3 file), The Brian Lehrer Show, New York Public Radio, (July 21, 2005)
- Organized Labor and Immigrant Workers, All Things Considered, NPR (April 15, 2006)
- The Political Clout of California's Nurses, All Things Considered, NPR (August 8, 2006)
Video Clips of IRLE Events
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