LA Podcast - 82 Degrees and Rising
Alissa, Mike, and LA Taco’s Memo Torres break down three months of ICE raids and explain why a Labor
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Los Angeles may be home to a powerful labor movement today, but it was not always that way. Los Angeles was once known as one of the most anti-union cities in the country. On this Labor Day weekend, we re-air Mike's 2024 interview with Kent Wong of the UCLA Labor Center. Kent walks us through the ups and downs of the history of organized labor in Los Angeles – and reveals how victories and losses here shaped the labor movement nationally.
Listen at Mike's website, on Apple Podcasts, or via Spotify.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
UCLA Labor Center
Memory Work Los Angeles
Cal Federation of Labor - Labor History
LA Stories: Labor Movements in Los Angeles
Miguel Contreras: Legacy of a Labor Leader
Mike Garcia and the Justice for Janitors Movement
From Coors to California: David Sickler and the New Working Class
Voices from the Front Lines: Organizing Immigrant Workers in Los Angeles
From Mission to Microchip: A History of California Labor by Fred Glass (book)
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