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| + | '''Center for Labor Research and Education''' is a [[Los Angeles]] based labor education center. | ||
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| + | ==Origins== | ||
| + | At the end of World War II, industrial relations programs were established at many universities around the nation. Two of them were set up at the University of California in 1945, one in Los Angeles and the other in Berkeley, on the initiative of Governor Earl Warren. | ||
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| + | In 1964, the Center for Labor Research and Education was established within the UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations by a statewide joint labor-university committee. Authors of the Labor Center guidelines highlighted key issues of the day deserving of labor-university collaboration: job displacement, the needs of white-collar unions, reducing hours of work, and the problems of the unemployed. | ||
| + | The Evolving Role of the UCLA Labor Center | ||
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| + | Labor Center programs throughout the years have mirrored trends in the broader economy. The early years focused on the auto industry and the post-WWII aerospace industry, which then dominated the Los Angeles economy. Subsequent programs focused on the entertainment industry and more broadly on health and welfare plans. | ||
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| + | In 1978, the Labor Center expanded its programs in the area of health and safety, leading to the creation of its sister program, the Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program (LOSH). The growing public sector also led to expanded research and education programs in that area. | ||
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| + | Under the current director, [[Kent Wong]], the Labor Center experienced the largest growth in staff and funding in its forty-year history, following the establishment of the Institute for Labor and Employment in 2000, now known as the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE). This expansion led to the opening of the Downtown Labor Center, building bridges between the traditional labor movement, immigrant communities, and worker movements around the world; strengthening innovative worker education and popular education programs; and promoting student internship opportunities within the economic justice movement.<ref>[http://www.labor.ucla.edu/about/history.html Center for Labor Research and Education website, accessed Dec. 15, 2010]</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Programs to "Bridge the Gap"== | ||
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| + | UCLA’s Labor Center has developed innovative programs throughout the years to fulfill its mission to bridge the gap between UCLA and Southern California working-class communities. Internships are now offered through the Community Scholars Program and the Labor Summer Internship Program. Offered jointly with the Department of Urban Planning and initiated in 1991, the Community Scholars Program brings labor and community leaders to campus to develop research and education programs with faculty and graduate students. The Labor Summer Internship Program, established in 2001, has recruited and trained a new generation of young activists who are now serving their communities. | ||
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| + | In 2008, the Labor Center launched the California Construction Academy, bringing together union and community leaders, workforce development centers, and local and state government representatives to discuss how to expand careers in the construction industry, promote green jobs, and strengthen policy initiatives that improve economic opportunities for inner-city communities. | ||
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| + | The Labor Center has emerged as a resource center to strengthen the participation of women, people of color, and LGBT workers who have been historically marginalized within the workforce. The Black Worker Center, the city’s first of its kind, was launched in 2010 by the Labor Center to address the job crisis in the African American community. | ||
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| + | The Labor Center has also been at the forefront of initiating new programs to facilitate the integration of immigrant workers and students within the economy and their communities. | ||
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| + | The Labor Center has been at the cutting edge nationally in the field of labor research and education and will continue to play a crucial role in research, education, and policy development that serves the interests of workers and their communities in Southern California.<ref>[http://www.labor.ucla.edu/about/history.html Center for Labor Research and Education website, accessed Dec. 15, 2010]</ref> | ||
==Advisory Committee== | ==Advisory Committee== | ||
| − | + | As at 2010;<ref>[http://www.labor.ucla.edu/contact/advisory.html Center for Labor Research and Education website, accessed Dec. 15, 2010]</ref> | |
| − | Michael Bilbrey, California School Employees Association | + | *[[Maria Elena Durazo]], Chair, [[Los Angeles County Federation of Labor]] [[AFL-CIO]] |
| − | Cherie Brokaw, Communications Workers of America District 9 | + | *[[Michael Bilbrey]], [[California School Employees Association]] |
| − | Velma Butler, American Federation of Teachers Local 1521A | + | *[[Cherie Brokaw]], [[Communications Workers of America]] District 9 |
| − | David Campbell, United Steelworkers Local 675 | + | *[[Velma Butler]], [[American Federation of Teachers]] Local 1521A |
| − | Teresa Conrow, International Brotherhood of Teamsters | + | *[[David Campbell]], [[United Steelworkers]] Local 675 |
| − | Thom Davis, IATSE Local 80 | + | *[[Teresa Conrow]], [[International Brotherhood of Teamsters]] |
| − | Katarina del Valle Thompson, Service Employees International Union Local 721 | + | *[[Thom Davis]], IATSE Local 80 |
| − | Humberto Gomez | + | *[[Katarina del Valle Thompson]], [[Service Employees International Union]] Local 721 |
| − | Micheal Hartigan, Communications Workers of America Local 9400 | + | *[[Humberto Gomez]], [[Southern California District Council of Laborers]] |
| − | Hart Keeble, Iron Workers Local 416 | + | *[[Micheal Hartigan]], [[Communications Workers of America]] Local 9400 |
| − | Paul Lee, California School Employees Association | + | *[[Hart Keeble]], Iron Workers Local 416 |
| − | Michael Massey, Piping Industry Progress and Education Trust Fund | + | *[[Paul Lee]], [[California School Employees Association]] |
| − | Mike Miller, United Auto Workers Region 5 | + | *[[Michael Massey]], [[Piping Industry Progress and Education Trust Fund]] |
| − | Joel Ochoa, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 1484 | + | *[[Mike Miller]], [[United Auto Workers]] Region 5 |
| − | Kathy Ochoa, Service Employees International Union Local 721 | + | *[[Joel Ochoa]], [[International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers]] Local 1484 |
| − | Cheryl Parisi, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees District Council 36 | + | *[[Kathy Ochoa]], [[Service Employees International Union]] Local 721 |
| − | Joshua Pechthalt, United Teachers Los Angeles - American Federation of Teachers Local 1021 | + | *[[Cheryl Parisi]], [[American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees]] District Council 36 |
| − | Leonard Potash, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees District Council 36 Retirees | + | *[[Joshua Pechthalt]], United Teachers Los Angeles - [[American Federation of Teachers]] Local 1021 |
| − | Ed Rendon, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Joint Council 42 | + | *[[Leonard Potash]], [[American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees]] District Council 36 Retirees |
| − | Nancy Romero, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18 | + | *[[Ed Rendon]], [[International Brotherhood of Teamsters]] Joint Council 42 |
| − | Elena Roschdi,Service Employees International Union Workers United | + | *[[Nancy Romero]], [[International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers]] Local 18 |
| − | Brian Rudiger, Service Employees International Union United Service Workers West | + | *[[Elena Roschdi]],[[Service Employees International Union]] Workers United |
| − | Judith Serlin, Service Employees International Union Local 121RN | + | *[[Brian Rudiger]], [[Service Employees International Union]] United Service Workers West |
| − | David Sickler, Calfornia State Building Trades Council | + | *[[Judith Serlin]], [[Service Employees International Union]] Local 121RN |
| − | Keith Skotnes, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union Region 5 | + | *[[David Sickler]], [[Calfornia State Building Trades Council]] |
| − | Richard Slawson, Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council | + | *[[Keith Skotnes]], [[United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union]] Region 5 |
| − | Robert Smith, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 36 | + | *[[Richard Slawson]], Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council |
| − | Loretta Stevens, Service Employees International Union Western Region | + | *[[Robert Smith]], [[International Union of Painters and Allied Trades]] District Council 36 |
| − | Michael Straeter, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 1442 | + | *[[Loretta Stevens]], [[Service Employees International Union]] Western Region |
| − | Manuel Valenzuela, International Brotherhood of Teamsters | + | *[[Michael Straeter]], [[United Food and Commercial Workers International Union]] Local 1442 |
| − | Cristina Vazquez, Service Employees International Union Workers United | + | *[[Manuel Valenzuela]], [[International Brotherhood of Teamsters]] |
| − | Henry Walton, Labor Review | + | *[[Cristina Vazquez]], [[Service Employees International Union]] Workers United |
| − | Goetz Wolff, UCLA School of Public Affairs | + | *[[Henry Walton]], [[Labor Review]] |
| − | David Young, Writers Guild of America | + | *[[Goetz Wolff]], UCLA School of Public Affairs |
| + | *[[David Young]], [[Writers Guild of America]] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | {{reflist|2}} | ||
| + | [[Category:Organizations]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:07, 21 October 2011
Template:TOCnestleft Center for Labor Research and Education is a Los Angeles based labor education center.
Origins
At the end of World War II, industrial relations programs were established at many universities around the nation. Two of them were set up at the University of California in 1945, one in Los Angeles and the other in Berkeley, on the initiative of Governor Earl Warren.
In 1964, the Center for Labor Research and Education was established within the UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations by a statewide joint labor-university committee. Authors of the Labor Center guidelines highlighted key issues of the day deserving of labor-university collaboration: job displacement, the needs of white-collar unions, reducing hours of work, and the problems of the unemployed. The Evolving Role of the UCLA Labor Center
Labor Center programs throughout the years have mirrored trends in the broader economy. The early years focused on the auto industry and the post-WWII aerospace industry, which then dominated the Los Angeles economy. Subsequent programs focused on the entertainment industry and more broadly on health and welfare plans.
In 1978, the Labor Center expanded its programs in the area of health and safety, leading to the creation of its sister program, the Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program (LOSH). The growing public sector also led to expanded research and education programs in that area.
Under the current director, Kent Wong, the Labor Center experienced the largest growth in staff and funding in its forty-year history, following the establishment of the Institute for Labor and Employment in 2000, now known as the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE). This expansion led to the opening of the Downtown Labor Center, building bridges between the traditional labor movement, immigrant communities, and worker movements around the world; strengthening innovative worker education and popular education programs; and promoting student internship opportunities within the economic justice movement.[1]
Programs to "Bridge the Gap"
UCLA’s Labor Center has developed innovative programs throughout the years to fulfill its mission to bridge the gap between UCLA and Southern California working-class communities. Internships are now offered through the Community Scholars Program and the Labor Summer Internship Program. Offered jointly with the Department of Urban Planning and initiated in 1991, the Community Scholars Program brings labor and community leaders to campus to develop research and education programs with faculty and graduate students. The Labor Summer Internship Program, established in 2001, has recruited and trained a new generation of young activists who are now serving their communities.
In 2008, the Labor Center launched the California Construction Academy, bringing together union and community leaders, workforce development centers, and local and state government representatives to discuss how to expand careers in the construction industry, promote green jobs, and strengthen policy initiatives that improve economic opportunities for inner-city communities.
The Labor Center has emerged as a resource center to strengthen the participation of women, people of color, and LGBT workers who have been historically marginalized within the workforce. The Black Worker Center, the city’s first of its kind, was launched in 2010 by the Labor Center to address the job crisis in the African American community.
The Labor Center has also been at the forefront of initiating new programs to facilitate the integration of immigrant workers and students within the economy and their communities.
The Labor Center has been at the cutting edge nationally in the field of labor research and education and will continue to play a crucial role in research, education, and policy development that serves the interests of workers and their communities in Southern California.[2]
Advisory Committee
As at 2010;[3]
- Maria Elena Durazo, Chair, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor AFL-CIO
- Michael Bilbrey, California School Employees Association
- Cherie Brokaw, Communications Workers of America District 9
- Velma Butler, American Federation of Teachers Local 1521A
- David Campbell, United Steelworkers Local 675
- Teresa Conrow, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- Thom Davis, IATSE Local 80
- Katarina del Valle Thompson, Service Employees International Union Local 721
- Humberto Gomez, Southern California District Council of Laborers
- Micheal Hartigan, Communications Workers of America Local 9400
- Hart Keeble, Iron Workers Local 416
- Paul Lee, California School Employees Association
- Michael Massey, Piping Industry Progress and Education Trust Fund
- Mike Miller, United Auto Workers Region 5
- Joel Ochoa, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 1484
- Kathy Ochoa, Service Employees International Union Local 721
- Cheryl Parisi, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees District Council 36
- Joshua Pechthalt, United Teachers Los Angeles - American Federation of Teachers Local 1021
- Leonard Potash, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees District Council 36 Retirees
- Ed Rendon, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Joint Council 42
- Nancy Romero, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18
- Elena Roschdi,Service Employees International Union Workers United
- Brian Rudiger, Service Employees International Union United Service Workers West
- Judith Serlin, Service Employees International Union Local 121RN
- David Sickler, Calfornia State Building Trades Council
- Keith Skotnes, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union Region 5
- Richard Slawson, Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council
- Robert Smith, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 36
- Loretta Stevens, Service Employees International Union Western Region
- Michael Straeter, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 1442
- Manuel Valenzuela, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- Cristina Vazquez, Service Employees International Union Workers United
- Henry Walton, Labor Review
- Goetz Wolff, UCLA School of Public Affairs
- David Young, Writers Guild of America