January 01, 2019
Grace Reinke , a graduate student from the UW Department of Political Science, recently published a policy brief, calling attention to important takeaways that may aid policymakers and labor organizers in their continued labor advocacy, particularly regarding domestic workers' rights, which...Read more
January 01, 2019
In a recent report, Bridges Center Faculty Associate Priti Ramamurthy (Professor; Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies, University of Washington), explores how gendered differences manifest in the division of labor and informal economy, and how these hierarchies may be challenged through...Read more
December 12, 2018
Bridges Center Faculty Associate Amy Hagopian shares about her family's passion for social justice and why war is a public health issueRead more
December 12, 2018
In past months, University of Washington Tacoma Professor and former Harry Bridges Endowed Chair (2000-2004) Michael Honey has been busy promoting the labor legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
On April 4, 2018 commemorating 50 years since King gave his life in the Memphis sanitation...Read more
October 31, 2018
In Winter 2019, twenty-five Labor Studies-related courses will be offered at the UW Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma campuses. A full list appears below. Registration Period I for Winter Quarter will begin on Friday, November 2.
All courses listed count towards a Minor in Labor Studies ....Read more
October 23, 2018
The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies is proud to welcome Kim England, Professor of Geography at the University of Washington, as the Harry Bridges Endowed Chair in Labor Studies (2018-2020). Endowed in 1992, the Bridges Chair guides the Center’s mission to further the study and research...Read more
October 18, 2018
The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, the state’s largest labor organization which represents some 450,000 union members from more than 600 local unions, has an...Read more
October 12, 2018
The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies is excited to welcome Trinh Nguyen , the Center’s new Student Assistant, to our community! Trinh Nguyen is a Junior at the University of Washington and an aspiring Human Centered Design and Engineering major and current double major in...Read more
September 21, 2018
A new video features Maria Blancas, a PhD student in Environmental Sciences and the Bridges Center's 2018-2019 Martha H. Duggan Fellow in Caring Labor, discussing...Read more
September 14, 2018
The Bridges Center is proud to announce a new endowed fund for undergraduate students established by the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association (PNLHA) in honor of the organization's 50th anniversary.Read more