California state budget to include $13M for UC labor centers

 The 2022-2023 California state budget will allocate $13 million to the University of California labor centers, allowing scholars to increase the extent of their research on working conditions and inequitable labor policies.

The new funding from the budget, released in May by Gov. Gavin Newsom, adds to the previous $3 million that the labor centers at UCLA and UC Berkeley each received last year, according to a UCLA press release. At UCLA, the funding will be used at the Labor Center, the Institute for Research on Labor Employment and the Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program, according to the press release.