September 02, 2025
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
August 22, 2025
The Bridges Center is proud to have provided research support to the Center for Human Rights’ critically important report demonstrating how Washingtonians are experiencing gross human rights violations, and how these violations are tied to our labor, our communities, and even our retirements. We...Read more
August 21, 2025
Javier Silva, the recipient of the Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes Scholarship in 2022-2023, collaborated on a research project with the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) to survey Yakima Valley families' perspectives on wildfire smoke health risks.
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July 29, 2025
By Michael Honey, former Harry Bridges Chair and LAWCHA president, and UW Emeritus Professor of Labor and Civil Rights History
On July 20, 2025, ILWU Local 23 threw a super extravaganza retirement celebration for Willie Adams, who retired in January after two terms as...Read more
July 15, 2025
To understand Seattle’s past and present — what makes this city special and why — you have to understand the story of the downtown waterfront...Read more
July 09, 2025
This Op-Ed in The Seattle Times details the mobilization of Renton residents with a demonstration held on June 25, to protest the Renton School Board’s...Read more
July 08, 2025
Over 500 advising staff across the University of Washington system have voted to join SEIU Local 925, the union announced on Thursday. Advising staff first...Read more
June 24, 2025
The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies established the Charles Bergquist Labor Research Grant in 2020 to honor the memory of Bergquist, UW History professor emeritus and a former holder of the Harry Bridges Endowed Chair in Labor Studies.
Jeehyun (Jenny) Lee was the...Read more
June 18, 2025
In 2024, University of Washington student, Labor Studies Minor, and activist Vanessa Alvarez participated in the Harry Bridges Center's Building a Movement Internship.Read more
June 17, 2025
Rachel Sun, one of the inaugural Building A Movement interns, gave a moving keynote speech at the Labor Studies Spring Celebration on June 5, 2025.Read more