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2024-2025 Labor Studies Scholarships and Prizes
Posted 10/16/2024
Each year, the Harry Bridges Center awards thousands of dollars in scholarships and grants to support inspiring scholars and activists who are
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High Road Training Partnership Research Brief
Posted 10/15/2024
Brief written by research assistant Kait Johnson Kait Johnson is a third-year student at UW studying Law, Societies, and Justice. They are a research
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Jim Gregory presented with the John Lewis Award for History and Social J
Posted 10/08/2024
James Gregory held the role of Harry Bridges Chair in 2008, and is an award-winning author of books on migration and labor politics. The American
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Associate Director Andrew Hedden Interview with King5 News on the Boeing Strike
Posted 09/30/2024
“The days of the Boeing Bust and how similar that is to the way things are today," Hedden said. "You have a company in crisis, you have a workforce
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New Study from Faculty Associate Marissa Baker on U.S. Workers' Exposure to Multiple Psychosocial
Posted 09/30/2024
U.S. workers are routinely exposed to multiple psychosocial hazards in the workplace that negatively impact their health. Occupational psychosocial
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How long Boeing Machinists’ strike could last and how it impacts WA
Posted 09/14/2024
Andrew Hedden, the associate director of UW’s Center for Labor Studies, said the Machinists union’s impact on Washington’s economy has been largely
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Boeing faces potential strike as Seattle workers vote
Posted 09/12/2024
Andrew Hedden, associate director of the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies at the University of Washington, said strikes have become common at
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UW Research Coordinators and Consultants file to unionize with UAW 4121<
Posted 09/09/2024
Two research job classes at UW —Coordinators and Consultants—filed with the Washington Public Employees Relations Commission to form their union. They
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Research Report: Regional Partnerships for Immigrant Integration and Wor
Posted 08/07/2024
Bridges Center Research Director, Rachel Erstad, in partnership with Washington Labor Education Research Center's Labor Policy Researcher, Muhammad
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Announcing 2024-2025 Washington State Labor Research Grant Recipients
Posted 08/06/2024
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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Research Update: Examining the App-Based Workers Minimum Pay Ordinance
Posted 07/24/2024
Report written by research assistant Anita Zeng The Harry Bridges Center Research Team would like to thank the Seattle Office of Labor Standards
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UW Advising Staff and Continuum College Professional Staff file to union
Posted 07/04/2024
UW Advising Staff and Continuum College Professional Staff are unionizing with SEIU 925, representing hundreds of workers at the University of
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Assistant Professor Marissa Baker presented with the 2024 DEOHS Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award
Posted 06/25/2024
Congratulations to Marissa Baker, Bridges Center Faculty Associate and DEOHS Assistant Professor, on being awarded the 2024 Outstanding Faculty Mentor
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Research Assistant Anita Zeng to Study Labor Law at UCLA Law School
Posted 06/25/2024
A letter about Anita from Research Director Rachel Erstad: I met Anita Zeng in LABOR 480, Applied Labor Research for the Labor Movement, in the Winter
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UW grad students get 36% raise as academic unions gain traction
Posted 06/19/2024
Inflation and increasing reliance on non-tenured faculty are driving student employees to unionize in Washington and across the country. written by
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