UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education's Labor Summer Internship Program in Los Angeles (LSIP) offers students a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in the Los Angeles labor movement, which is leading national efforts to promote social justice for working people. LSIP involves an eight-week supervised internship in a labor union or community organization concerned with workplace issues, along with a seminar in which students engage in intensive study of workers' experiences and the labor movement's past and present role in American society.

In summer 2008 students interned with a variety of organizations, including the AFL-CIO, CLEAN Carwash Campaign, Coalition of Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), Enlace, Garment Worker Center, Inner City Struggle, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE), Los Angeles Poverty Department Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund (MCTF), National Day Labor Organizing Network (NDLON), SEIU Local 1877 (Justice for Janitors), SEIU 721 (Public Service Workers), UNITE-HERE Local 11 (Hotel Workers), South Asian Network (SAN), and the. During the eight-week Institute, classes meet at UCLA on Monday mornings and at the UCLA Downtown Labor Center on Wednesday mornings (near Mac Arthur Park in Downtown Los Angeles). Students spend an additional 15 hours each week at their placement sites. The 10 units of course credit are valid for the Labor and Workplace Studies Minor.

View the 2008 syllabus here. View a sample schedule of workshops here.

Admission to the program is by instructor consent. Please remember that even after you have been approved, official enrollment is on a first-come, first served basis. A maximum of 30 students may enroll.

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