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The UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment supports faculty and graduate student research on employment and labor topics in a variety of academic disciplines. The Institute also sponsors colloquia, conferences and other public programming, and is home to the undergraduate minor in Labor and Workplace Studies at UCLA. The Institute also includes three sub-units: the UCLA Labor Center, the Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program, and the Human Resources Round Table.

There are 70 publications in this collection, published between 2002 and 2023. Showing 1 - 50.

Alegre, Arlo; Lord, Meagan; Montaño, Brittany; Samaras, Britt; Shadduck-Hernandez, Janna: Student Balancing Act: Worker and Learner Experiences in Los Angeles’ Community Colleges, 2023

Konishi, Aya; Ramakrishnan, Vivek; Waheed, Saba; Herrera, Lucero: Analysis of High Volume For-Hire Vehicle Data for New York City. Selected Months, 2019–2022, 2023

Sohail, Omer; Thomas, Deja; Wangari, Lorraine: Unlocking Potential: The Inland Empire Black Worker Center’s Transformative IE Works Program, 2023

Avalos Padilla, Alondra; Mey, Erika; Sandoval Contreras, Ana: Resource Accessibility Across the University of California Campuses Through Undocumented Students’ Experiences, 2022

Hayes, Paul; Herrera, Lucero; Palma, Guadalupe; Aaron, Yardenna: Profile of Janitorial Workers in California, 2022

Justie, Brian; Koonse, Tia; Macias , Monica; Ray, Jennifer; Waheed, Saba: Fast-Food Frontline: COVID-19 and Working Conditions in Los Angeles , 2022

Lee, Kevin L.; Lopez, Magaly; Gonzalez-Vasquez, Ana Luz: New Directions in Racial and Economic Justice: How California’s Worker Centers Are Bringing Worker Power into Workforce Development, 2022

Shore, Kayla; Herrera , Lucero; Wong, Michele; Rosen, Henry; Waheed, Saba: Lives & Livelihoods: California’s Private Homecare Industry in Crisis, 2022

Thomas, Deja; Murphy, Demetria; Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola; Izuogu, Antonia: Essential Stories: Black Worker COVID-19 Economic Health Impact Survey, 2022

Herrera , Lucero; Waheed, Saba; Macías, Monica; Fu, Lisa; Nguyen, Tony; Nguyen, Dung: Reopening During COVID-19: The Experience of Nail Salon Workers and Owners in California, 2021

Huang, Kuochih; Jacobs, Ken; Koonse, Tia; Perry, Ian Eve; Riley, Kevin; Stock, Laura et al.: The Fast-Food Industry and COVID-19 in Los Angeles , 2021

Waheed, Saba; Ángeles, Sophia L.; Wong, Michele; Aguilar, Sebastian; Avella, Rochelle; Cazares, Paulina et al.: Back to the "New Normal": Workers and Learners Navigate Campus and Workpace Reopening, 2021

Angeles, Sophia L.; Chen, Mindy; Galvez, Jennifer; Shadduck-Hernandez, Janna; Sharma, Preeti; Thomas, Deja et al.: A Survey of Workers and Learners in Los Angeles County During COVID-19, 2020

Ángeles, Sophia; Herrera, Lucero; Jordan, Sid; ShadduckHernández, Janna; Waheed, Saba: Union Values and LGBTQ+ Worker Experiences: A Survey of UFCW Workers in the United States and Canada, 2020

Angeles, Sophia L.; Chen, Mindy; Galvez, Jennifer; Shadduck-Hernandez, Janna; Sharma, Preeti; Thomas, Deja et al.: Unseen Costs: The Experiences of Workersand Learners in Los Angeles County, 2020

Herrera, Lucero; Waheed, Saba; Flowers, Kean; Fu, Lisa; Nguyen, Dung; Nguyen, Caroline: A Survey of Nail Salon Workers and Owners in California During Covid-19, 2020

Herrera, Lucero; Justie, Brian; Koonse, Tia; Waheed, Saba: Worker Ownership, COVID-19, and the Future of the Gig Economy, 2020

Thomas, Deja; Smallwood Cuevas, Lola; Waheed, Saba: Reimagined Recovery: Black Workers, the Public Sector, and Covid-19, 2020

Waheed, Saba; Wong, Michele; Whelan, Megan: Profile of Domestic Workers in California, 2020

Waheed, Saba; Angeles, Sophia; Wong, Michele; Angeles, Dayana; Avalos Padilla, Alondra; Ayala, Lesly et al.: Workers and Learners during a Global Pandemic and Social Uprising, 2020

Herrera, Lucero; Koonse, Tia; Sonsteng-Person, Melanie; Zatz, Noah: Work, Pay, or Go to Jail: Court-Ordered Community Service in Los Angeles, 2019

Shadduck-Hernandez, Janna; Granillo Arce, Marisol: Learning Together! ¡Aprendiendo Juntos! An Innovative Tutoring Program for Low-wage Janitor, Garment, and Domestic Worker Children, 2019

Wilson, Eli R: Tip Work: Examining the Relational Dynamics of Tipping beyond the Service Counter, 2019

Riley, Kevin; Wilhalme, Holly; Delp, Linda; Eisenman, David: Mortality and Morbidity during Extreme Heat Events and Prevalence of Outdoor Work: An Analysis of Community-Level Data from Los Angeles County, California, 2018

Shadduck-Hernandez, Janna; Waheed, Saba; Sharma, Preeti; Stepick, Lina; Nguyen, Vina; Macias, Monica et al.: Hour Crisis: Unstable Schedules in the Los Angeles Retail Sector, 2018

Sharma, Preeti; Waheed, Saba; Nguyen, Vina; Stepick, Vina; Orellana, Reyna; Katz, Liana et al.: Nail Files: A Study of Nail Salon Workers and Industry in the United States, 2018

Waheed, Saba; Herrera, Lucero; Gonzalez-Vasquez, Ana Luz; Shadduck-Hernández, Janna; Koonse, Tia; Leynov, David: More Than a Gig: A Survey of Ride-hailing Drivers in Los Angeles, 2018

Herrera, Lucero; Waheed, Saba; Lehman, Jessica; Hong, Lindsay Imai; Crisp-Cooper, Melissa; Orellana, Reyna et al.: Struggles and Support: Homecare Employers in California, 2017

Plascencia, Imelda S; Leyva, Alma; Jaimes Pena, Mayra Yoana; Waheed, Saba: Undocumented and Uninsured Part 5: Prescription for a Healthy California, 2017

Adler, Patrick; Tilly, Chris; Thomas, Trevor: The State of the Unions in California and its Key Cities in 2015, 2015

Bacon, David; Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung; Institute for Transnational Social Change: "Your Liberation is Linked to Ours"  International Labor Solidarity Campaigns, 2015

Boris, Eileen; Jokela, Merita; Unden, Megan: Enforcement Strategies for Empowerment: Models for the California Domestic Worker Bill of Rights, 2015

Fairris, David; Runsten, David; Briones, Carolina; Goodheart, Jessica: Examining The Evidence: The Impact of the Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance on Workers and Businesses, 2015

Flaming, Daniel; Toros, Halil; Liu, Yvonne Yen; Burns, Patrick; Herrera, Lucero; Koonse, Tia et al.: Los Angeles Rising: A City that Works for Everyone, 2015

Garcia, Natalia; ShadduckHernández, Janna; Valles, Dario: Hanging by a Thread!  Los Angeles Garment Workers' Struggle to Access Quality Care for their Children, 2015

Habans, Robert; Roberts, Anthony: A New Map of Right-to-Work?  Pushing the "Local Option" in Kentucky and Illinois, 2015

Karthick Ramakrishnan, S.; Colbern, Allan: The "California Package" of Immigrant Integration and the Evolving Nature of State Citizenship, 2015

Patler, Caitlin: The Economic Impacts of Long-Term Immigration Detention in Southern California, 2015

Patler, Caitlin; Cabrera, Jorge A; Dream Team Los Angeles: From Undocumented to DACAmented: Impacts of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program, 2015

Ramakrishnan, Karthick; Colbern, Allan: The “California Package” of Immigrant Integration and the Evolving Nature of State Citizenship, 2015

Roberts, Anthony: Wal-Mart’s Limited Growth in Urban Retail Markets: The Cost of Low Labor Investment, 2015

Russak, Ben: Advantaging Communities: Co-Benefits and Community Engagement in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, 2015

Salas, Minor Mora; Sarmiento, Hugo; Tilly, Chris: The Transformation of Work: Challenges and Strategies - The Precarious Work in Construction in Guatemala and Costa Rica, 2015

Waheed, S.; Shadduck-Hernandez, J.; Alvarez, A.; Amin, M.K.; Campos-Valenzuela, D.; Franco, M.A et al.: I am a #YOUNGWORKER, 2015

Waheed, Saba; Herrera, Lucero; Ritoper, Stefanie; Mehta, Jonaki; Romero, Hugo; Narro, Victor: Ridesharing or Ridestealing? Changes in Taxi Ridership and Revenue in Los Angeles 2009-2014, 2015

Waheed, Saba; Herrera, Lucero; Valenta, Blake; Shadduck-Hernández, Janna: Young Workers in Los Angeles: A Snapshot, 2015

Bacon, David: Trinational Perspectives on the Future of Labor: The State of Labor 20 Years After NAFTA, 2014

Herrera, Lucero E.; Waheed, Saba; Koonse, Tia; Ovando-Lacroux, Clarine: Exploring Targeted Hire:  An Assessment of Best Practices in the Construction Industry, 2014

Nazareno, Jennifer P; Parreñas, Rhacel S; Fan, Yu-Kang: Can I Ever Retire? The Plight of Migrant Filipino Elderly Caregivers in Los Angeles, 2014

Plascencia, Imelda S; Leyva, Alma; Jaimes Pena, Mayra Y; Waheed, Saba: Undocumented and Uninsured Part 1: No Papers, No Health Care, 2014

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