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 a foundational role as the first graduate student assistant to the Harry Bridges Chair and the Center for Labor Studies. Charles Bergquist, a...Read more
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 Ford Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow for the 2019-2020 academic year. During his postdoctoral tenure within the Department of History,...Read more
July 01, 2019
The Bridges Center is proud to announce the recipients of our Graduate Labor Research Grants for 2019-2020.Read more
May 02, 2019
Up to $13,000 available to UW faculty or graduate students for labor research relevant to policy makers in Washington State.Read more
April 04, 2019
Union Summer is the paid ($16/hour) summer internship program for people interested in getting involved in the labor movement.Read more
March 29, 2019
Each year, the Bridges Center awards over $50,000 in scholarships at the University of Washington. Applications are now open for the 2019-2020 academic year.Read more
March 28, 2019
This spring, the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies is proud to host a series of events at the University of Washington dedicated to the politics, processes, and ethics of care work.
The series consists of five interconnected events, including a lecture, film screening,...Read more
March 12, 2019
Announcing Taking Care , a conference on the politics and ethics of caring labor to be held on May 3-4, 2019 at the University of Washington Seattle.Read more
February 28, 2019
In Spring 2019, twenty-two Labor Studies-related courses will be offered at the UW Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma campuses. A full list appears below. Registration Period I for Spring Quarter began Friday, February 15.
All courses listed count towards a Minor in Labor Studies . Note that...Read more
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 a dozen UW faculty and graduate students will present works in progress on topics related to labor, broadly conceived to include working people...Read more