UCLA LABOR CENTERUPDATEKAREN BASS - NEW MAYOR OF LOS ANGELESR SCHOLARSE LABOR LEADERS AND LABOESANJAPTOIONTATENESPRMARCH 2023

KAREN BASS VICTORY IS LABOR’S VICTORY• KAREN WON BECAUSE OF SUPPORT FROM THE LOS ANGELES LABOR MOVEMENT• OUTSPENT BY 11 TO 1 IN MOST EXPENSIVE MAYORAL CAMPAIGN IN THE COUNTRY EVER
• FIRST WOMAN IN 241 YEAR HISTORY OF LOS ANGELES, AND FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR• OPPORTUNITY TO FORGE A NEW COALITION IN LOS ANGELES WITH LABOR, WOMEN, COMMUNITIES OFCOLOR, YOUTH, AROUND ECONOMIC AND RACIAL JUSTICE• FOCUS ON 40,000 HOMELESS IN L.A. LINKS ECONOMIC INEQUALITY, RACIAL JUSTICE, LIVING WAGE JOBS,UNION CONSTRUCTION, COMMUNITY ORGANIZINGSENATOR LOLA SMALLWOOD CUEVASLOLA’S VICTORY IS LABOR’S VICTORY• WORKED FOR THE UCLA LABOR CENTER FOR 15 YEARS• FOUNDED THE LOS ANGELES BLACK WORKER CENTER, WHICH HAS INSPIRED 17 BLACK WORKER CENTERSYVONNE WHEELER IS PRESIDENT OF THELA COUNTY FEDERATION OF LABORNATIONWIDE, INCLUDING RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO• BUILT ALLIANCES BETWEEN CONSTRUCTION UNIONS AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY, AND PLA AND LOCALHIRE POLICIES• ADVANCED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO ADDRESS THE BLACK JOB CRISIS• THE ONLY BLACK WOMAN IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATEYVONNE IS MAKING HISTORY• YVONNE IS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO LEAD THE L.A. COUNTY FEDERATION OF LABOR• ELECTED UNANIMOUSLY IN A POWERFUL SHOW OF LABOR UNITY• HAS DEDICATED HER LIFE TO THE LABOR MOVEMENT, AND HAS WORKED FOR CWA, AFSCME, AFGE, ANDTHE AFL-CIO• WORKED WITH THE UCLA LABOR CENTER TO FACILITATE HER FIRST STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT FORTHE LA COUNTY FED STAFFLABOR IS ON THE RISE
• LABOR’S REPUTATION IS STRONGER THAN AT ANY POINT IN 50 YEARS• NEW ORGANIZING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY: AMAZON, STARBUCKS, FAST FOOD, GIG WORKERS,HIGHER EDUCATION• YOUNG WORKERS AND WORKERS OF COLOR ARE LEADING MANY NEW ORGANIZING CAMPAIGNS• LABOR HELPED BEAT BACK ANTICIPATED “RED WAVE” IN NOVEMBER ELECTION, DEMOCRATS HELD ON TOTHE SENATE• LOS ANGELES LABOR CONTINUES TO BE FOCAL POINT OF NATIONAL LABOR MOVEMENT48,000 UC GRADUATE STUDENT WORKERSWIN STRIKEVICTORY FOR LABOR,VICTORY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION• LARGEST STRIKE IN HIGHER EDUCATION HISTORY• FIRST UNION AND FIRST STRIKE FOR VAST MAJORITY OF YOUNG WORKERS• STRENGTHENED UNION CONSCIOUSNESS AMONG NEW GENERATION OF WORKERS• ALL 10 UC CAMPUSES MOBILIZED IN UNPRECEDENTED SHOW OF SOLIDARITY• HUGE CONTRACT VICTORY – 46% WAGE INCREASE• BODES WELL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ORGANIZING NATIONALLY AND CALIFORNIA LABOR MOVEMENTLABOR CENTER MOVEMENT IS GROWING$13 MILLION ANNUAL AUGMENTATION• THE LARGEST EXPANSION OF LABOR CENTERS IN 100 HISTORY OF LABOR EDUCATION• SIX NEW LABOR CENTERS BEING LAUNCHED: UC DAVIS, UC SANTA CRUZ, UC IRVINE, UC RIVERSIDE, UCSAN DIEGO, AND UC SANTA BARBARA• EXPANDED RESOURCES FOR UCLA, UC BERKELEY AND UC MERCED LABOR CENTERS• UCLA GROWING LABOR STUDIES (100 MAJORS) AND WILL BE LAUNCHING FIRST MASTERS PROGRAM INLABOR STUDIES IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA• HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR LABOR CENTERS TO SUPPORT WORK OF CALIFORNIA LABOR MOVEMENTU.S. MEXICO SOLIDARITYLABOR CENTERS IN MEXICO• $10 MILLION GRANT FROM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO LAUNCH THREE NEW LABOR CENTERS INMEXICO CITY AND QUERETARO• FIRST BINATIONAL/BILINGUAL CLASS BETWEEN UCLA LABOR CENTER AND UNAM (NATIONALAUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO)• PAOLO MARINARO (FORMERLY WITH UCLA LABOR CENTER) IS NOW DIRECTOR OF THE SOLIDARITYCENTER WITH 38 STAFF• KENDY RIVERA (FORMERLY WITH UCLA LABOR CENTER) IS BUILDING FIRST SOLIDARITY CENTER OFFICEIN TIJUANALABOR SUMMER 2023SCHOOL TO MOVEMENT PIPELINE• RECRUITING STUDENTS FROM ALL NINE UC CAMPUSES FOR LABOR SUMMER 2023
• FOCUS ON UNION ORGANIZING, CONTRACT CAMPAIGNS, BUILDING WORKER AND STUDENT ALLIANCES• SPECIAL FOCUS ON YOUNG WORKER ORGANIZING• GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ARE BEING RECRUITED• SPECIAL PROGRAM AS PART OF LABOR SUMMER 2023 TO PROMOTE LESSONS FROM UC GRADUATESTUDENT STRIKE

IMMIGRANT YOUTH MOVEMENTORGANIZING IMMIGRANT YOUTH• OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CAMPAIGN TO DEMAND THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HIREUNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS• DACA (DEFERRED ACTIONS FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS) IS UNDER ATTACK BY RIGHT WING COURTS• NEW “ZINE” FEATURING VOICES OF API UNDOCUMENTED YOUITH• NEW BOOK ON “ART AND ACTIVISM OF IMMIGRANT YOUTH MOVEMENT” BEING PUBLISHED• DREAM SUMMER 2023

APALA
• APALA LED 70-MEMBER CROSS BORDER SOLIDARITY DELEGATION TO VISIT TIJUANA IN AUGUST 2022
• HELD FIVE ON-LINE WORKSHOPS TO COMBAT ANTI-ASIAN HATE IN SUMMER 2022
• MARCH 2023 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY APALA HONORED ARLENE INOUYE (UTLA) AND SUSAN MINATO(UNITE HERE #11)

• APALA ORGANIZING INSTITUTE IN LOS ANGELES - MAY 19 – 20, 2023
• AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS NATIONAL VIRTUAL TOWN HALL IN MAY 2023 ON ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCEAPALA CONVENTION
AUGUST 3 – 6, 2023
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON