
When the Washington State Legislature wrapped up its 2025 session April 27, the state’s labor movement could look back on a season of both wins...Read more
Dr. Andrew Hedden, Associate Director of the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, received the inaugural Charles Bergquist Labor Research Grant to pursue an often misunderstood time in Seattle’s history.Read more

The Husky 100 recognizes 100 UW undergraduate and graduate students who are making the most of their time at the UW.Read more

Tristan Jafari, pursuing his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry at the University of Washington, was selected for the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship .Read more
Cutting research funding cuts WA jobs, too: Op-ed by Bridges Center Faculty Associate Bianca Frogner

UW Medicine in Seattle employs 35,000 people and relies on about $560 million from the National Institutes of Health, writes Frogner. With NIH funding cuts,...Read more

This research was funded by the Washington State Labor Research Grant of the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies and written by grant recipient Kurt Ellison, MMA. Read more

We are absolutely delighted to share that the Labor Archives of Washington has been honored with the 2025 RUSA John Sessions Memorial Award from the American Library Association's Reference and User Services Association. This marks the third time receiving the Sessions award...Read more
700 Research Coordinators & Consultants at the University of Washington have won their union, joining UAW 4121, the union of Academic Student Employees, Postdoctoral Researchers,...Read more
An article written by Bridges Center Researcher Maya Cruz, featured in the Higher Ed Labor United newsletter, a national organization uniting workers throughout U.S. higher...Read more

March is Women’s History Month, and in recognition of the many hardships women face in the workforce, Alison Steichen, 2016 recipient of the Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes Scholarship and a longshore woman herself...Read more