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Announcing the 2019-20 Washington State Labor Grant Recipients

August 01, 2019

Each year, the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies awards thousands of dollars in research funding to University of Washington graduate students and faculty....

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In Memory of Steve Marquardt, Labor Activist and Historian

July 08, 2019

With great sadness we learned that Steve Marquardt passed away on Friday, July 5th. Steve was a distinguished labor researcher and activist who played...

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Bridges Center Welcomes Post-Doctoral Fellow Michael Schulze-Oechtering

July 05, 2019

This September the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies and the UW Department of History will welcome Dr. Michael Schulze-Oechtering. Oechtering joins us a...

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2019-2020 Graduate Labor Research Grants

July 01, 2019

The Bridges Center is proud to announce the recipients of our Graduate Labor Research Grants for 2019-2020.

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Policy Brief: Lessons from the Movement to Enact and Implement a Bill of Rights for Domestic Workers in Seattle

January 01, 2019

Grace Reinke , a graduate student from the UW Department of Political Science, recently published a policy brief, calling attention to important takeaways...

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Welcome Trinh Nguyen, the Bridges Center's New Student Assistant!

October 12, 2018

The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies is excited to welcome Trinh Nguyen , the Center’s new Student Assistant, to our community! Trinh Nguyen...

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UW researchers team up with Washington farmworkers to make better health accessible to all

September 21, 2018
A new video features Maria Blancas, a PhD student in Environmental Sciences and the Bridges Center's 2018-2019 Martha H. Duggan Fellow in Caring Labor, discussing...
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Report: Allyson O'Connor, "Hazards within Nonstandard Employment Arrangements"

September 11, 2018
The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies is proud to present this report written by Allyson O'Connor, a PhD student in Health Sciences. Allyson is...
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2018-2019 Labor Studies Scholarships and Prizes

August 23, 2018

Each year, the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies awards thousands of dollars in scholarships and grants to University of Washington students. In 2018-2019,...

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REPORT: Why 9 to 5 isn’t the only shift that can work for busy families

June 21, 2018
Christine Leibbrand, a PhD student in the UW Department of Sociology, recently published a study in the June issue of the Journal of Family Issues...
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