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Since 1992, the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies has supported a variety of research programs. The Center has awarded over one hundred grants, convened special working groups and conferences, and more. This funding has resulted in dozens of reports, books, articles, and more.

This website makes available over fifty reports, more than a dozen video and audio recordings, up-to-date information on current projects, and more.

Latest News

Announcing 2022-2023 Washington State Labor Research Grant Recipients

August 05, 2022

New grants to fund research investigating labor policy in Washington State.

Announcing 2022-2023 Graduate Labor Research Grant Recipients

August 05, 2022

The Bridges Center is pleased to announce the recipients of Graduate Student Labor Research Grants for the 2022-2023 academic year.

Welcome to Rachel Erstad, Bridges Center's New Labor Research Coordinator

May 12, 2022

We are excited to welcome the latest addition to our staff, Labor Research Coordinator Rachel Erstad.

Bridges Center's "Power in a Pension" report featured in The Guardian

December 03, 2021

The Bridges Center's recent report on pension investments in fossil fuels was the subject of a recent feature in the newspaper.

New Report: Private Equity, Labor's Retirement Capital, and the Climate Crisis

August 26, 2021

To assess private equity's role in exacerbating the climate crisis and its use of labor's retirement capital, the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies has issued a new report, Power in a Pension: Labor, Private Equity, and the Climate Crisis .

Announcing 2021-2022 Washington State Labor Research Grant Recipients

August 04, 2021

New grants to fund research investigating labor policy in Washington State.

Announcing 2021-2022 Graduate Labor Research Grant Recipients

May 28, 2021

The Bridges Center is pleased to announce the recipients of Graduate Student Labor Research Grants for the 2021-2022 academic year.

New Bridges Center Report Revisits Lessons of Puget Sound's $15 Minimum Wage

May 25, 2021

As the administration of President Joe Biden moves to establish a $15 minimum wage for federal contractors, and advocates call to raise the federal minimum...

Welcoming Riddhi Mehta-Neugebauer, New Bridges Center Research Director

January 09, 2021

At the start of 2021, the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies is excited to welcome Riddhi Mehta-Neugebauer , our first Research Director, to the...

Faculty Publications: Pierce County Statistics on Labor Market Inequalities

December 16, 2020

This summer, faculty at the University of Washington Tacoma published a wide range of statistics on labor market inequalities in Pierce County (Washington State). Titled...

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