March 07, 2023
Andrew Hedden , Associate Director at the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, recently had a conversation with KUOW's Libby Denkmann about how current tech layoffs, including those at Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Google are being compared to layoffs of the past, specifically the 'Boeing...Read more
March 01, 2023
On February 13th, the Bridges Center was proud to host a panel of eight labor leaders representing a variety of positions, experiences, and paths to working in labor for a discussion with students, faculty, and community. There are many ways to work in and be involved in the labor movement - and...Read more
March 01, 2023
Rachel Erstad , Labor Research Coordinator at the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, was recently quoted in a feature by Crosscut examining unionization efforts by workers at Starbucks .
Erstad sees the union drive at Starbucks as part of a generational shift in the views of unions...Read more
March 01, 2023
A new study by a team of UW researchers, including Harry Bridges Center Faculty Associate Jennifer Romich and former Bridges Center Director Kim England, finds that nonprofit social services workers in Seattle are grossly underpaid compared to other sectors.
February 08, 2023
Each quarter, the Harry Bridges Center sponsors a number of diverse Labor Studies courses. In Spring quarter 2023, these courses include HSTAA 353 - Class, Labor, and American Capitalism (a foundational course of the Labor Studies Minor) and LABOR 360/GWSS 360 - Social Reproduction Theory and...Read more
February 07, 2023
The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO welcomes UW student Ahshah Kennedy as Race & Labor Intern through the Bridges Center's Building a Movement program.Read more
January 12, 2023
The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies recently celebrated the 30 th anniversary of the founding of the Labor Studies program at the University of Washington.Read more
December 05, 2022
On Wednesday, November 30th, the Bridges Center hosted a discussion with University of Washington and Juliette Aristides Atelier alumni and prominent local artist, Grace Athena Flott.
Flott is a figurative realist painter and arts educator. She is a former union organizer and...Read more
November 16, 2022
Marissa Baker, Bridges Center Faculty Associate, was profiled by the School of Public Health for her work in psychosocial exposure and collaboration with working peopleRead more
November 09, 2022
Anjum Hajat , Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Faculty Associate of the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, is one of three editors of a special issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health : "Work, Health, and Equity." Along with being an...Read more