UCLA Downtown Labor Center
Introduction
Text-to-speech Audio
The UCLA Downtown Labor Center on MacArthur Park occupies the former headquarters of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) in Los Angeles. The ILGWU moved into the building in the early 1980s while the union a leader in organizing new immigrant workers in Los Angeles. The building also housed the Jobs with Peace campaign (1986), a Labor Immigrant Assistance Project site (1987), the campaign of Maria Elena Durazo to lead HERE Local 11 (1988-89), and the offices of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (2000s). The UCLA Labor Center began using the building in 2002.