October 01, 2024
“The days of the Boeing Bust and how similar that is to the way things are today," Hedden said. "You have a company in crisis,...Read more
October 01, 2024
U.S. workers are routinely exposed to multiple psychosocial hazards in the workplace that negatively impact their health. Occupational psychosocial hazards are cultural or environmental elements...Read more
September 15, 2024
Andrew Hedden, the associate director of UW’s Center for Labor Studies, said the Machinists union’s impact on Washington’s economy has been largely underappreciated. The union,...Read more
September 13, 2024
Andrew Hedden, associate director of the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies at the University of Washington, said strikes have become common at Boeing since...Read more
September 10, 2024
Two research job classes at UW —Coordinators and Consultants—filed with the Washington Public Employees Relations Commission to form their union. They are filing to join the existing Research Scientist bargaining unit with UAW 4121, representing hundreds of workers at the University of...Read more
August 08, 2024
Bridges Center Research Director, Rachel Erstad, in partnership with Washington Labor Education Research Center's Labor Policy Researcher, Muhammad Javid, developed and conducted interviews and surveyed labor and workforce development leaders in Seattle and King County for a new report...Read more
August 07, 2024
The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies awards annual grant funding to UW graduate students and faculty for research on aspects of labor directly relevant to policymakers in Washington State. We are pleased to announce two new projects for the 2024-2025 academic year, representing $10,000 in...Read more
July 25, 2024
Report written by research assistant Anita Zeng
The Harry Bridges Center Research Team would like to thank the Seattle Office of Labor Standards, especially Policy Analyst and affiliated faculty with Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies Dr. Shuxuan Zhou, for providing...Read more
July 05, 2024
UW Advising Staff and Continuum College Professional Staff are unionizing with SEIU 925, representing hundreds of workers at the University of Washington.
"We are student-facing Advising Staff at the University of Washington! We are taking action to raise the standards...Read more
June 26, 2024
A letter about Anita from Research Director Rachel Erstad:
I met Anita Zeng in LABOR 480, Applied Labor Research for the Labor Movement, in the Winter quarter of 2023. Anita did great in LABOR 480, doing a workplace analysis of one of her employers and...Read more