Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, University of Washington

Supporting research, teaching, and community outreach, the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies at the University of Washington focuses on the contributions of workers and labor organizations to society. The Bridges Center promotes the study of labor in all of its facets - locally, nationally, and worldwide. Our mission is to develop labor studies, broadly conceived to include working people everywhere, as a central concern in higher education. The Bridges Center coordinates the efforts of faculty members throughout the University of Washington to develop and expand labor-related components of the University's curriculum and research. We also provide encouragement and assistance to students studying work and workers via a Labor Studies minor, scholarships, research grants, event programming, and more. The Bridges Center is a meeting place where people from the academic world, the labor movement, and the community can exchange ideas and insights. We sponsor activities in the community in order to bring issues of concern to the widest possible audience.