The faculty at the Labor Center is involved in a number of cutting-edge research projects. These include local projects directly in support of the labor movement and more long-term academic research. Under the direction of the faculty, graduate students in the Labor Center have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a wide variety of labor research. This research explores the economic impact of living wage ordinances, tracking the successes and failures of the living wage movement, assessing the implementation and monitoring by cities with living wage laws, and theorizing the factors that lead to more successful living wage campaigns and outcomes.
Additional research is ongoing.
Documenting the Steelworkers' Victory at Ravenswood. Funding was provided by the United Steelworkers of America to document their victory at the Ravenswood Aluminum Company. The Steelworkers' Victory and the Revival of American Labor , by Tom Juravich and Kate Bronfenbrenner, was published by the Cornell University Press in 1999. Labor, Seattle and Beyond. Labor and Community Coalitions.