October 29, 2024
The Bridges Center is excited to offer LABOR 480 Labor Studies Research: Applied Research for the Labor Movement again this winter quarter.
Credits: 5
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October 17, 2024
Each year, the Harry Bridges Center awards thousands of dollars in scholarships and grants to support inspiring scholars and activists who are pursuing the study and practice of labor. This year, we will award $70,000 in scholarships and fellowships to University of Washington graduate and...Read more
October 16, 2024
Brief written by research assistant Kait Johnson
Kait Johnson is a third-year student at UW studying Law, Societies, and Justice. They are a research assistant at the Bridges Center, where they have consulted with leaders in workforce development in Washington and beyond to...Read more
October 09, 2024
James Gregory held the role of Harry Bridges Chair in 2008, and is an award-winning author of books on migration and labor politics. The American Historical Association is now recognizing him as this year's recipient of the John Lewis Award for History and Social Justice. The award letter stated...Read more
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