Bridges Center for Labor Studies

Happening September 18–27, 2024, Dawg Daze offers more than 500 events hosted by student organizations and UW departments. Kick off the fall quarter and celebrate a return to campus with these can’t-miss recommendations from the College of Arts & Sciences!

Through the Bridges Center for Labor Studies, UW students work on labor-related issues as interns for local labor organizations.

At the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, Yasmin fosters relationships between UW students and local labor organizations to promote social change.

“Despite nearly four decades since the documentary [‘Streetwise’] first moved audiences with its portrayal of kids in crisis, the dismissive attitude of some to the film suggests why the crisis of homelessness has yet to be redressed, and why punitive responses only further contribute to the crisis itself,” writes Andrew Heddon, a doctoral student in history and associate director of the UW’s Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies.

Last year, Amazon surpassed Boeing as the state’s largest private employer, usurping a title the airplane manufacturer had likely held since the post-World War II era. The UW’s Margaret O’Mara, professor of history; Jeff Shulman, professor of marketing; and Andrew Hedden, associate director of the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, are quoted.

UW Tacoma alum Omari Amili speaks with formerly-incarcerated UW alumni and faculty.

Kim England, professor of geography, and Marissa Baker, assistant professor of public health, explain how labor has changed in 2020.

How has COVID-19 impacted workers? Faculty in Labor Studies offer their thoughts.

This week at the UW, see a plethora of virtual opportunities, including a talk with the former prime minister of Italy.

Join the UW in exploring various topics including dance, silent reading, and more.

ArtSci at the UW brings together a myriad of activities, talks, and events that can be done safely from the comfort of home during quarantine.

During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities to connect, share, and engage through opportunities with the Henry, the Center for Labor Studies, and more.

Kim England, the Harry Bridges Chair of Labor Studies at the UW, weighs in on the activism behind the Domestic Worker's Bill of Rights.

Professor James Gregory on the power of public history and the centenary of the 1919 Seattle General Strike

Take a look inside UW Libraries' Labor Archives of Washington — home to 3,000 cubic feet of materials — with labor archivist Conor Casey.