UC Merced Community and Labor Center

The UC Merced Community and Labor Center conducts research and education on issues of community, labor and the environment.

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NEW MAJOR REPORT: Farmworker Health in California: Health in a Time of Contagion, Drought, and Climate Change. One of the largest academic studies ever conducted on the health and well-being of farmworkers in the country. Conducted in 6 languages. Report: https://t.co/8EgRrE8vE6

[UC Merced Community and Labor Center @UCMercedCLC]

We’re excited to launch our Future of Farmwork program and welcome the first cohort of Futuros Campesinos! With support from the James Irvine Foundation, we’re supporting innovative workforce pathways and pipelines so displaced farmworkers can access good jobs.

[UC Merced Community and Labor Center @UCMercedCLC]

Workers rights—weekends, minimum wages, paid leave, social security, and so on—exist today because WORKERS organized, fought, and even died for them.

This #LaborDay, protect and honor those workers show your support for the rights of immigrants, workers & unions everywhere.

[UC Merced Community and Labor Center @UCMercedCLC]

Congrats to our 2026 Labor Summer Internship Graduates! A special shout out to our 2026 Intern Host Sites for mentoring and guiding the next generation of labor leaders.

[UC Merced Community and Labor Center @UCMercedCLC]

Congratulations to our Faculty Director, Dr. Edward Flores, for being honored by the Pacific Sociological Association’s Distinguished Contribution of Sociological Praxis Award!

Read more:
https://t.co/D6wH6NpkU8

[UC Merced Community and Labor Center @UCMercedCLC]

We’re officially halfway through Labor Summer! The UC Merced Community and Labor Center interns have been working alongside workers and leaders at their Central Valley host organizations, learning, organizing, and building worker power!

[UC Merced Community and Labor Center @UCMercedCLC]

Labor Summer 2026 has officially kicked off!

Now in its 9th year, this UC-wide program welcomed 14 UC Merced interns for a week-long intensive orientation, equipping them to partner with organizations across the Central Valley.

#laborsummer26 #ucmclc

[UC Merced Community and Labor Center @UCMercedCLC]

NEW REPORT | The Merced High-Speed Rail Survey examines community preferences on one of the state's largest climate investment programs - High Speed Rail. This is the first representative survey of residents impacted by the High-Speed Rail. 🔗Full report: https://t.co/EA9K4dHovJ

[UC Merced Community and Labor Center @UCMercedCLC]

Workplace Readiness Week - The Road to International Workers’ Day starts next week, April 27–May 1! ✨

End the week in solidarity by joining fellow Bobcats and community members at the May Day 2026 rally in Fresno - Bus transportation available!

#UCMCLC #WorkplaceReadinessWeek

[UC Merced Community and Labor Center @UCMercedCLC]

Thank you to the candidates, CalMatters, and especially the hundreds who attended.

With the highest share of residents under 18, the Central Valley is the future of our state. Your presence sent a clear message: this region must matter to whoever is in the Governor’s office.

[UC Merced Community and Labor Center @UCMercedCLC]

Acompáñenos en un importante seminario web sobre los retos que enfrentan constantemente las mujeres trabajadoras en los campo agrícola.

3 de abril de 2026
10:00 am a 11:30 am
Por Zoom.

🔗Regístrese aquí: https://t.co/qCNpHtHh3R

[UC Merced Community and Labor Center @UCMercedCLC]

Join us for an importan webinar on the continuing challenges women in agriculture and farmwork face.

Friday, April 3, 2026
10:00 am to 11:30 am
Via-Zoom

🔗Register here: https://t.co/qCNpHtHh3R

[UC Merced Community and Labor Center @UCMercedCLC]

¡Acompáñenos en el Foro en el Valle Central para Candidatos a Gobernador 2026! Este foro de candidatos, no partidista, brindará a los asistentes la oportunidad de conocer las posturas de los candidatos a la gobernación de California sobre temas relevantes para el Valle Central.

[UC Merced Community and Labor Center @UCMercedCLC]

Join us for the 2026 Central Valley Gubernatorial Forum! This educational, non-partisan candidate forum aims to provide Central Valley residents and workers with an opportunity to learn more about the gubernatorial candidates on issues important to the Central Valley.

[UC Merced Community and Labor Center @UCMercedCLC]

🔗🔗🔗Read the full report: https://t.co/x69IplfyCk

[UC Merced Community and Labor Center @UCMercedCLC]

NEW REPORT | The @ucmerced CLC released a first-of-its-kind national analysis, finding that state-level im migration enforcement escalations are associated with downturns in the number of persons reporting having worked in the private sector. #immigrantworkers

[UC Merced Community and Labor Center @UCMercedCLC]

Full house today as we kick off the Central Valley Worker Rights Training Series-designed to assist CBOs support workers in asserting and accessing their rights. Today’s Wage Theft Training is led by our partners @LegalAidAtWork! Stay tuned for more opportunities… #WorkerRights

[UC Merced Community and Labor Center @UCMercedCLC]

#ICYMI This past week We hosted the Rural Prosperity Roundtable: Building a Healthy Future for California’s Rural Communities at UC Merced, alongside Senator Anna Caballero and NORC.

Thanks to all attendees for being part of this important conversation. #RuralHealth #Childcare

[UC Merced Community and Labor Center @UCMercedCLC]

@latimes covered our new research brief showing a sharp decline in California private-sector jobs after federal immigration enforcement intensified in 2025—impacting both non-citizen and U.S. citizen workers. #CaliforniaEconomy #JobsData

Full Story: https://t.co/zDvJ7dtHne

[UC Merced Community and Labor Center @UCMercedCLC]

According to new UCM CLC analysis: Escalations in federal immigration enforcement have impacted California’s private sector jobs.

🔗Read the full story: https://t.co/mA5rEpWIFF #Immigration