August 26, 2021
To assess private equity's role in exacerbating the climate crisis and its use of labor's retirement capital, the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies has issued a new report, Power in a Pension: Labor, Private Equity, and the Climate Crisis .Read more
August 04, 2021
New grants to fund research investigating labor policy in Washington State.Read more
May 28, 2021
The Bridges Center is pleased to announce the recipients of Graduate Student Labor Research Grants for the 2021-2022 academic year.Read more
May 25, 2021
The University of Washington’s Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies hosted a forum Wednesday, May 19, that explored the relationship between pension funds and other institutional investors, the climate crisis, and the impacts on communities and the environment. Pension fund...Read more
May 25, 2021
As the administration of President Joe Biden moves to establish a $15 minimum wage for federal contractors, and advocates call to raise the federal minimum wage nationwide, a new report revisits the lessons of Puget Sound’s ground-breaking success in raising the minimum wage to $15.
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May 03, 2021
Join the "Labor Stories During Pandemic Times" class at University of Washington Bothell for three synchronous speculative storytelling sessions . Speculative storytelling uses speculation or conjure to imagine a story with new possibilities for how to think about work, labor, educational pathways...Read more
April 17, 2021
We are excited to share updates regarding the 2020-2021 Labor Award recipients. These students have had to pursue their academic and career goals in times unlike any other, yet they have continued to push forward with the labor movement.Read more
March 29, 2021
The Bridges Center is currently seeking a Mandarin Chinese-speaking undergraduate student at the University of Washington for a paid internship position with Seattle’s Massage Parlor Outreach Project (MPOP).Read more
March 02, 2021
Each year, the Bridges Center awards over $50,000 in scholarships at the University of Washington. Applications are now open for the 2021-2022 academic year.Read more
February 09, 2021
The Seattle Domestic Workers Ordinance went into effect in July 2019 and provides some basic labor rights such as minimum wage, rest and meal breaks for nannies, house cleaners, homecare workers and gardeners working in...Read more