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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.

 

 

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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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2019 Labor Studies Workshare Calendar

January 25, 2019

The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies is proud to announce the full calendar of Labor Studies Workshares for winter and spring 2019. Over...

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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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REPORT: Agrarian questions of labor in urban India

January 01, 2019

In a recent report, Bridges Center Faculty Associate Priti Ramamurthy (Professor; Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies, University of Washington), explores how gendered...

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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: How Janus v. AFSCME Threatens Public Health

July 06, 2018

In a new report, Bridges Center Faculty Associate Amy Hagopian (Associate Professor, UW Global Health) assesses the impacts of the recent United States Supreme Court Janus v. AFSCME decision on public health.

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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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