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UCLA Labor and Workplace Studies Program
Labor Summer Internship Program in Los Angeles

June 23 - August 15, 2008

Labor and Workplace Overview

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 2007 students interned with the following unions and community organizations: the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, Community Coalition, Enlace, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Local 36, Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE), Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund (MCTF), National Day Labor Organizing Network (NDLON), SEIU Local 1877 (Justice for Janitors), SEIU 721 (Public Service Workers), SEIU International, UNITE-HERE Local 11 (Hotel Workers), SOULA 2006 (Security Officers) South Asian Network (SAN), Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD), Koreatown Immigrant Worker Alliance (KIWA), Instituto de Educación Popular de Los Angeles (IDEPSCA), and Collective Space. During the 8-week Institute, classes meet at the UCLA Downtown Labor Center (near Mac Arthur Park in Downtown Los Angeles). Students spend the remaining 15 hours each week at their placement sites. The 10 units of course credit are valid for the Labor and Workplace Studies Minor.

View a sample syllabus for Labor and Workplace Studies 160 and 195 here.

View a sample schedule for internships here.

For more information, please contact Summer Sessions at: institutes@summer.ucla.edu. Financial aid is available to qualified UCLA students. All other students should inquire about financial aid at their home institution.

A maximum of 30 students may enroll on a first-come, first-served basis.