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Since 1992, the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies (Bridges Center) has supported a variety of labor-focused research projects and programs. The Center has awarded hundreds of grants, convened special working groups, conferences, and more. This funding has resulted in dozens of reports, books, articles, and more.


The need for more focused research on workers’ issues on campus and beyond was prevalent, and in 2023, the Bridges Center implemented its own applied research team. This team, led by the Center’s Research Director with a staff Researcher, Research Assistants, and interns, has allowed the Bridges Center to conduct research and provide policy recommendations to the labor movement in Seattle and the greater Washington area.  Please review the “Research Team” tab to learn more about our work and to reach out with research requests. 

 

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Research Report: Changing Tack: Equity, Maritime Labor, and Offshore Wind in the Pacific Northwest

April 15, 2025

This research was funded by the Washington State Labor Research Grant of the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies and written by grant recipient Kurt Ellison, MMA.

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Featured on The Stand: UW Research Coordinators & Consultants Win Union

April 02, 2025
700 Research Coordinators & Consultants at the University of Washington have won their union, joining UAW 4121, the union of Academic Student Employees, Postdoctoral Researchers,...
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Student Workers and Student Rights: The Argument for Workers’ Rights Education in Public High Schools

April 01, 2025
An article written by Bridges Center Researcher Maya Cruz, featured in the Higher Ed Labor United newsletter, a national organization uniting workers throughout U.S. higher...
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Newly Published Report on the 1936 Pacific Coast Maritime Workers’ Strike

March 04, 2025

This insightful report, authored by Annika Tuohey, an undergraduate senior majoring in History, delves into the 1936 Pacific Coast Maritime Workers' Strike. Less recognized than...

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2024 Labor Research Grant Recipient Brett Halperin Speaks to KUOW's Soundside About AI

February 28, 2025
Brett Halperin, a PhD student and one of last year’s recipients of the Graduate Labor Research Grant, spoke with Libby Denkmann on KUOW’s public radio...
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Fund Don’t Freeze Rally: A National Day of Action

February 20, 2025

By April Rubio, Communications Coordinator for the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies.

Research is a vital foundation for many universities, including...

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New Research Report: A qualitative study on work and health among agricultural workers in Washington State

February 20, 2025

This report was written by Érica Chavez Santos, a Bridges Center alumnus who received the WSLRG in 2022 and the LERA-Bassett scholarship in 2019.

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Resist! Combatting Fear Through Organizing - A letter to The Daily Editor by Maya Cruz

January 31, 2025
Bridges Center researcher Maya Cruz writes a letter to the editor of The Daily. "I am a researcher at the Harry Bridges Center for Labor...
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The State of the Student Worker at the University of Washington

January 29, 2025

The Bridges Center’s Research Team is proud to release the new report “The State of the Student Worker at the University of Washington.”

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New Research from DEOHS: Understanding Transit Operators’ Workplace Needs

December 03, 2024

Srikanth (center) with fellow members of the DEOHS transit study team including (from left) Clinical Assistant Professor Christopher Zuidema, Assistant Professor Marissa Baker,...

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