United Airlines Pilots Turn LAX Parking Lot Into 'Ghetto' Where They Sleep...
While the Tom Bradley Terminal at LAX undergoes a much-Tweeted-about $1.7 billion supermakeover, a sort of slum is forming in the employee parking lots, says a group of pilots from United Airlines. The...
View ArticleWalmart Protest in Chinatown is Turning Into Walstock Free Concert Featuring...
Walmart has been bracing itself for what union organizers are calling the largest ever protest against the big-box chain, scheduled this weekend. The store even hosted a traditional Chinese lion dance...
View ArticleUnion Fires Back At Riordan Over Pension Proposal, Calls Plan "Mean"
Last night, former Mayor Richard Riordan told the L.A. Weekly that he was about submit papers to start gathering signatures for a charter amendment that would completely overhaul how pensions are doled...
View ArticleWalmart Targeted With Black Friday Protests in L.A. Area
Updated at the bottom with a response from Walmart. As you shop for the deepest discounts tomorrow, beware that you get what you pay for. That's the message from labor organizers, who have targeted...
View ArticlePrescription Drug Crisis in L.A?
Hold on to your meds, people, because L.A. could be in for a prescription drug crisis. Pharmacists at Kaiser Permanente medical facilities in Southern California, which serve 3.5 million people, plan...
View ArticleKaiser Pharmacy Strike On Hold
You were concerned about where to get your drugs, and we're not talking about that guy you text at midnight. We're talking about a threatened work stoppage that would have affected Kaiser's 3.5 million...
View ArticleKaiser Pharmacies Will Remain Open For Business
The threat of a pharmacists' strike at Kaiser Permanente, which serves the health-care needs of 3.5 million Southern Californians, caused a run on drugs in L.A. that resulted in 45 minute waits at some...
View ArticleL.A. Employers Are Keeping Your Cash, City Leaders Say
Two L.A. City Council members say local employers are ripping off local workers, essentially skimming money from their pay at alarming rates. Gilbert Cedillo and Paul Koretz proposed a law yesterday...
View ArticleLabor Union Titan Maria Elena Durazo Leaving L.A. County Fed
Arguably the most powerful unelected official in Los Angeles – Maria Elena Durazo – is stepping down as head of the L.A. County Federation of Labor and taking a job as vice president for immigration,...
View ArticleVideo Game Voice Actors Make $800 a Day, but They Want More
The median individual income in Los Angeles is $27,987. That's not even enough to cover the rent of a mid-range two-bedroom apartment. L.A., however, is a town of haves and have-nots. "The average...
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know About the Looming Writers Guild Strike
A bunch of writers threatening to go on strike probably doesn't rate very high on our list of worries, but maybe it should?
View ArticleThe Battle Over a Proposed Hollywood Hotel Just Got Real Ugly
A union is protesting the construction of a new hotel, claiming its developer is an anti-LGBTQ rights. But their primary demands have to do with workers rights to unionize.
View ArticleWere Radio Hosts Fired From Two of L.A.'s Popular FM Stations for Union...
On Sept. 13 the National Labor Relations Board found sufficient evidence to support charges that several Spanish-language radio employees were unfairly fired. Now the NLRB will hear the case.
View ArticleGravediggers at L.A.’s Biggest Cemetery Unionized on Friday the 13th
There is more to a grave than digging a hole, the gravediggers say. The mechanics, welders and interment specialists at at Rose Hills Memorial Park & Mortuary voted 35 to 23 Friday to join the...
View ArticleLocal Union and Leader Honored for Strengthening Rights of Pot Dispensary...
Rigo Valdez and Local Union 770 received the Ethical Emerging Industry Award, honoring them as trailblazers in their commitment to marijuana dispensary workers, from the watchdog group Labor 411 at the...
View ArticleUnited Teachers Los Angeles Votes to Authorize Strike
After weeks of escalating rhetoric and dueling legal filings, the members of United Teachers Los Angeles voted on Friday, Aug. 31, to give the union their strike authorization.
View ArticleKevin de León Is the Real Deal
It’s Labor Day and Kevin de León, candidate in the United States Senate election, is, fittingly, at the Wilmington headquarters of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. He’s shaking hands,...
View ArticleLabor's California Renaissance
Amid the historic decline of organized labor, Los Angeles is at the forefront of a spirited revival.
View ArticleLAUSD, Teachers Union Still at Impasse as Threatened Strike Nears
Tensions over union contract negotiations with Los Angeles Unified School District, mounting since United Teachers Los Angeles announced its intention earlier in December to call a Jan. 10 strike,...
View ArticleFour Days In: Protest, Publicity and the Fight for Public Education
In the first three days of L.A.’s historic teacher strike, the battle over the future of the city’s public schools raged on in competing press conferences, school and LAUSD site picket lines,...
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