State of the Unions: California Labor in 2025
Authors: Multiple authors and the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE)
“State of the Unions: California Labor in 2025” provides the latest data on union membership, organizing activity and worker direct action in California. The report includes six case studies highlighting worker and union-led campaigns across the state. It was prepared by the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) and features research contributions from labor centers across the University of California at the Inland Empire Labor & Community Center at UC Riverside, UC Berkeley Labor Center, UC Davis Labor and Community Center, UC Irvine Labor Center, UCLA Labor Center, UC Merced Community and Labor Center, UC San Diego Labor Center, UC Santa Barbara Community Labor Center, and UC Santa Cruz Center for Labor and Community.
2025 Annual Report
Farm Labor Contractors in CA Agriculture: Employment Trends, Wage Claims and Licensing Gaps
Authors: Marcos Lopez and Jason Whisler
Research Report
Building Greater Equity in California’s Wage Claim Process for Low-Wage and Immigrant Workers: The Need for an Improved Wage Claim Form
Authors: Leticia Saucedo, J.D., Soni Chaturvedi, J.D., and Marcos Lopez, Ph.D.
Research Report
CalFresh Enrollments in The Greater Sacramento Region, 2019-2024
Authors: Jason Whisler, M.A. and Marcos Lopez, Ph.D.
Research Brief
CalFresh Enrollments in Humboldt County 2014-2024
Authors: Jason Whisler, M.A. and Marcos Lopez, Ph.D.
Research Brief
CalFresh Enrollments in Northern California
Authors: Marcos Lopez, Ph.D, and Jason Whisler, M.A.
Research Brief
Tribal Casino Workers in the Greater Sacramento Region: A Union Difference Study
Authors: Marcos Lopez, Ph.D, and Jason Whisler, M.A.
Executive Summary - English Report - English
Executive Summary - Spanish
Executive Summary - Traditional Chinese
Fact Sheet: Medicaid in Sacramento County
Author: Jason Whisler, M.A.
Fact Sheet
Food Access in Four California Counties: An Analysis of the USDA’s Food Access Research Atlas
Authors: Marcos Lopez, Ph.D, and Jason Whisler, M.A.
Executive Summary Report
Fact Sheet: Rent Burden in Sacramento County
Author: Jason Whisler, M.A.
Fact Sheet
Ten Years of the H-2A Visa Program in California
Author: Marcos Lopez, Ph.D.
Report
Feature in the Los Angeles Times
Feature in Civil Eats
Humboldt County Food Access
Contributing Authors: Jason Whisler and Leticia Saucedo
Research Assistant: Michaela Anang
Brief Abstract Report
Union Difference Study, Tribal Casino Workers in the Sacramento Economy
Contributing Authors: Robyn Magalit Rodriguez and Jason Whisler
Research Assistants: Brenda C. Quintanilla Lopez and Tova Valentine
Brief Abstract Report
Race, Gender and Contemporary International Labor Migration Regimes
Edited by Leticia Saucedo and Robyn Magalit Rodriguez
