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Announcing Labor Studies Award Recipients for 2021-2022
Posted 09/13/2021
Each year the Harry Bridges Center awards thousands of dollars in scholarships and grants to support inspiring scholars and activists pursuing the
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New Report: Private Equity, Labor's Retirement Capital, and the Cli
Posted 08/25/2021
Despite alarming findings by the United Nations and others that climate change signals "code red for humanity", private equity firms continue to
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Announcing 2021-2022 Washington State Labor Research Grant Recipients
Posted 08/03/2021
The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies awards annual grant funding to UW graduate students and faculty for research on aspects of labor directly
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Announcing 2021-2022 Graduate Labor Research Grant Recipients
Posted 05/27/2021
Each year, the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies awards thousands of dollars in research funding to University of Washington graduate students
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Pension Forum Investigates the Role Private Equity Plays in Exacerbating
Posted 05/24/2021
The University of Washington’s Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies hosted a forum Wednesday, May 19, that explored the relationship between pension
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New Bridges Center Report Revisits Lessons of Puget Sound's $15 Min
Posted 05/24/2021
As the administration of President Joe Biden moves to establish a $15 minimum wage for federal contractors, and advocates call to raise the federal
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Community Participants Sought for "Labor Stories During Pandemic Ti
Posted 05/02/2021
Join the "Labor Stories During Pandemic Times" class at University of Washington Bothell for three synchronous speculative storytelling sessions
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Labor Award Recipients - Student Updates
Posted 04/16/2021
Quick Links: Bridges Center Updates Award Recipients Maria Itzel Soto Jordan Naini Greta Dubois Tiana Mae Andresen Frances O'Shaughnessy Thomas Kaplan
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Bridges Center Seeks Mandarin Chinese-Speaking Student for Labor Interns
Posted 03/28/2021
The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies is currently seeking a Mandarin Chinese-speaking undergraduate student at the University of Washington for
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Labor Scholarships and Fellowships - Apply Now for 2021-2022
Posted 03/01/2021
Are you an undergrad passionate about social justice? A graduate student writing a dissertation on a labor-related topic? A busy activist building a
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Seattle Domestic Workers Coalition Survey
Posted 02/08/2021
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
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Spring 2021 Course Announcement
Posted 02/03/2021
Throughout 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic taught us the importance of 3 W's: Wash your hands, wear a mask, and... work? In the midst of a global crisis
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Labor Studies Student Resource Guide - Winter 2021
Posted 01/26/2021
The Bridges Center offers resources to students in the form of funding, events, educational programs, opportunities to get involved, and much more
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Welcoming Riddhi Mehta-Neugebauer, New Bridges Center Research Director<
Posted 01/08/2021
At the start of 2021, the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies is excited to welcome Riddhi Mehta-Neugebauer, our first Research Director, to the
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Faculty Publications: Pierce County Statistics on Labor Market Inequalit
Posted 12/15/2020
This summer, faculty at the University of Washington Tacoma published a wide range of statistics on labor market inequalities in Pierce County
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