Shattering The “Latino Vote" Myth / Destruyendo El Mito Del “Voto Latino”
Latinos played a critical role in the 2020 election voting in record-breaking numbers, helping to save American Democracy. In the aftermath of this historic election, news outlets and media pundits across the country have spoken about the “Latino Vote” in broad generalizations demonstrating a misunderstanding of the diversity and complexity of Latino voters in the U.S.
Join us on Facebook Live for an in-depth discussion with key Latino labor, community, and political leaders from across the U.S. highlighting the diverse voices of Latino voters and the future in U.S. politics.
Hosted by the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor and La Opinión
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Los Latinos jugaron un papel fundamental en la votación de las elecciones de 2020 con cifras récord, ayudando a salvar la Democracia Estadounidense.
A raíz de esta histórica elección, los medios de comunicación y los expertos de los medios de todo el país han hablado sobre el "voto latino" en amplias generalizaciones que demuestran un malentendido de la diversidad y complejidad de los votantes Latinos en los Estados Unidos
Únase a nosotros en Facebook Live para una discusión en profundidad con líderes sindicales, comunitarios y políticos claves de todo Estados Unidos, destacando las diversas voces de los votantes latinos y el futuro de la política estadounidense.
Alojado por Los Angeles County Federation of Labor and La Opinión
Cyber Monday Amazon Teach In
Join us live with academic, community, and labor leaders in a discussion with the authors of the newly released book "The Cost of Free Shipping: Amazon in the Global Economy" about how we must resist the Amazon global empire.
As we all start our holiday shopping, let’s remember who and what we’re supporting when we shop at Amazon. If we’re ever going to hold this company accountable for its global and local impact, we need to be empowered with knowledge and understanding of what Amazon is doing in our region and throughout the world.
2020 UCLA Labor Center's Virtual Celebration
🎉 🎓 Happening Now: The UCLA Labor Center’s Virtual Celebration! Tonight, we celebrate local labor leaders, our 2020 labor studies graduates, and worker research, leadership development, and education! Join us as we gather in the spirit of our annual banquet and recommit to Build Labor’s Future in 2021 and beyond! Special performance by singer-guitarist-social activist Diana Gameros.
LA Fed President Ron Herrera & Labor Community Services Executive Director Armando Olivas talk to us from our Veteran’s Day food distribution at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Long Beach, CA where over 1,500 families were fed. Today we honor all who have served.
Jane Austin, Chair of the LA Fed Union Veterans Council - Veterans Day Message
Jane Austin, Chair of the LA Fed Unions Veterans Council and proud member of SAG-AFTRA has a message to those who have served on this Veteran’s Day.
Election Night 2020 Words from President Ron Herrera
“This election is about democracy...and it’s very important that we understand that. We’ve got a long night ahead of us. We know that. But we’re not gonna give up.” - Ron Herrera, President of Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
3.5 More Hours, Help Us GOTV!
Can't stop, won't stop! Come join LA Fed President Ron Herrera here at our office or sign up at thelafed.org to GOTV online! We're only 3 hours and 25 minutes out from the last second to vote in Election 2020 for Los Angeles, but we're still out here and online relentlessly getting folks to the polls. #EveryVoteCounts in this critical election. GO(tv) TEAM GO(tv)!
Adam Conover of Adam Ruins Everything Speaks Truth on Prop 22
Adam Conover of Adam Ruins Everything lays it ALL out about Prop 22. Don’t be deceived! If you’re on your way to vote, make sure you vote #NoOnProp22.
Welcome to Uniontown: Episode 04 - Richard Trumka
Next up, we welcome America’s highest-ranking union leader Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO President, to Uniontown. He looks back on his days as a mineworker, explains why labor is not at odds with environmental rights, and reflects on how his first childhood lesson from his father about racism leads to his conclusion that America can’t just be built back, but must be built back better. Check out this episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or thelafed.org/news/uniontown-ep4!
Welcome to Uniontown: Episode 03 - Maxine Waters
Today, we're releasing back to back episodes of Welcome to Uniontown! First up, Congressmember "Aunty" Maxine Waters tells us about her life from her early days as a garment worker and ALSO pulls the receipts on her haters and the current administration. Check out Episode 03: Maxine Waters on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or thelafed.org/news/uniontown-ep3! #1u
Herb Wesson siempre ha sido un campeón para los trabajadores y ha protegido los derechos de los inmigrantes. Voten por Herb Wesson para Supervisor del Condado de Los Angeles.
¡Para lograr ese mejor futuro, necesitamos tomar accion ahora y votar!
Somos trabajadores y siempre buscamos un mejor futuro para nuestras familias. ¡Para lograr ese mejor futuro, necesitamos tomar accion ahora y votar!
Welcome to Uniontown: Episode 02 - James P. Hoffa
On our newest episode of Welcome to Uniontown, we’re joined by James P. Hoffa, who has led the International Brotherhood of Teamsters since 1998 and is the second longest-serving President in their history. We journey into the past to his days as a football player, take a look at the evolution of the Teamsters during his leadership, discuss the war on workers, and get his thoughts on the Trump administration and Election 2020. Check it out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or at our website: thelafed.org/news/uniontown-ep2
thelafed.org Website Relaunch!
We're thrilled to announce the relaunch of our website! Built to reflect your dedication to taking action, you'll be able to quickly and easily find out the current fights of union members, working people, and the labor movement and learn all the ways you can get involved. Right now? We're going full GOTV steam ahead for Election 2020 with our L.A. Union Votes campaign. Make sure you check out thelafed.org/campaign/l-a-union-votes to find out the endorsed candidates on your ballot and sign up to GOTV!
Los Angeles leaders are here in front of the steps of the City Hall to call on Angelenos to vote no on Prop. 22, Uber and Lyft’s deceptive, $185 million ballot initiative that would let gig companies rewrite California labor laws to continue exploiting their workforce, 78 percent of whom are people of color. #NoOnProp22
Rep. Jimmy Gomez: GOTV & Fill Out the Census Today!
Jimmy Gomez is right! We need to get out the vote! But just as important, we all need to be counted in the 2020 Census. Haven’t been counted yet? Don’t worry. There is still time. #launionvotes
✊ Go to https://my2020census.gov/ for more information.
Internet self-response will be available across the nation through October 15, 2020 through 11:59 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time.
⏰ That's 2:59 a.m. our time on October 16, 2020
LA Labor Endorses Herb Wesson for LA County Supervisor
President Ron Herrera of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO on why the working people of Los Angeles endorse Herb J. Wesson, Jr. for LA County Supervisor - we can count on him to fight by our side. We're GOTV for him every Saturday until the last day to vote, so sign up for shifts at shor.by/thelafed!
Prop 22? HARD PASS
Do you enjoy the existence of minimum wage standards (✅), protections for workers from exploitation (also ✅), and giant companies not being exempted from the law because they spent $180+ MILLION (again, ✅)?
Then vote #NOonPROP22 🙅 , coming to your ballot starting this week, and help GOTV - sign up for a shift at shor.by/thelafed!
Labor’s Voice: Countdown to the 2020 Election
We are Live for another episode of Labor's Voice! With LESS THAN 40 DAYS until this critical election, we'll discuss how to get involved, and also discuss Prop 15 &16.
Small Business Owners Support Public Health Councils - Susan Park, Revoltionario Tacos
Susan Park, owner of Revolutionario North African Tacos speaks out in support of Public Health Councils and calls on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to do the same. #CouncilsNotCOVID #PublicHealth
“Public Health Councils will help boost consumer confidence and more importantly, for businesses like mine, will help us to open our economy more quickly and keep our economy open.”
Happy Labor Day and Welcome to Uniontown!
A Labor Day surprise from us to you: Welcome to Uniontown! A brand new podcast (http://welcometouniontown.podbean.com and soon on Spotify) brought to you by the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO and co-hosted by LA Fed President Ron Herrera and Political Coordinator Hugo Romero, we dive deep into the backstories of workers and the journey of iconic leaders from their first job to their greatest victory, in every aspect of the movement from Hollywood to the docks. On today’s special Labor Day launch, Dolores Huerta sits down to share little-known aspects of her early life and her beginnings in the movement. From her storied partnership with Cesar Chavez to her interactions with James Hoffa and Robert Kennedy. The episode brings in inspiring insights, humor, and anecdotes that allow a rare window into her legendary life. We hope you enjoy, let us know what you think at [email protected], and once again...Welcome to Uniontown!
Patricia Castellanos Says Happy Labor Day!
We ran into Patricia Castellanos for School Board volunteering at Labor of Love today, rocking a UFCW770 mask, to support working families alongside the LA labor movement in Wilmington to celebrate #LaborDay2020!
The 41st annual Wilmington Labor Day parade might be canceled, but union members and labor allies still came through to give back to working families in the community. Happy Labor Day 2020!
We are here today at the steps of the Board of Supervisors’ office in DTLA, in front of a new public memorial to mourn the 5700+ lives of Angelenos whose lives have been lost to COVID-19. They were grandparents, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, wives, husbands, friends, neighbors, and loved ones across our community.
This is a message from those they leave behind calling on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to pass a motion on Tuesday to implement Public Health Councils led by workers to assist the Department of Public Health with monitoring COVID-19 protocols at their workplaces (where people gather daily) without fear of retaliation. Workers do not live at work, they go home to their families and their community. Customers do not live at workplaces, they go home to their families and their community. We need #CouncilsNotCOVID NOW to prevent community spread and save lives.
We are inviting anyone who has lost someone to visit and add to the memorial any time after in remembrance of their loved ones, as we will be leaving it here for the community to visit in collective mourning.
https://facebook.com/events/s/memorial-for-angelenos-lost-to/338089850668545/
Jorge H. Rodriguez, participant of the 1970 Chicano Moratorium march in Los Angeles, invites us to the upcoming 50th anniversary
Jorge H. Rodriguez, participant of the 1970 Chicano Moratorium march in Los Angeles, invites us to the upcoming 50th anniversary of the historic Chicano Moratorium on Saturday, August 29, 2020 in Pico Rivera. More info at: http://www.chicano-moratorium.com/
"We are asking people to come out and be part of this significant 50th anniversary event and raise their voices against the injustices taking place today."
Fifty years ago, at the height of the Chicano Movement and the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, over 30,000 Chicano activists gathered in East Los Angeles organizing the Chicano Moratorium, a march to protest the war and demand dignity and respect for their communities.
WHEN: Saturday, August 29, 2020, at 10:00 am.
WHERE: Caravan will assemble at 10:00 am in Pico Rivera at the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Gregg Road. The caravan will continue down Whittier Boulevard to Ruben Salazar Park - 3864 Whittier Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90023.
Earlier this week, President Ron Herrera spoke at a press conference with our brothers and sisters of California Nurses Association and seiu-uhw at PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles.
These essential heroes are on the frontlines caring for our sick and keeping our communities stay safe. Even as confirmed COVID-19 cases among staff grow, nurses and healthcare workers at PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital are still left:
❌ lacking adequate staffing to maintain safe care for patients
❌ lacking designated break relief which leaves more room for error
❌ lacking adequate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to keep themselves and their patients safe
This is ridiculous! Workers must feel safe to come into work. We stand united with our union family in their fight for workers and public safety! #publichealth #solidarity #unionstrong
#CouncilsNotCOVID! Dozens of organizations are here today in front of the steps and car-caravaning around the L.A. County Board of Supervisors demanding Public Health Councils that can expand the capacity of the Department of Public Health to monitor COVID-19 protocol adherence in workplaces across Los Angeles. Workplaces are where people gather and they have been skyrocketing as outbreak sites since reopening, threatening public health. The people most equipped to make sure workplaces aren’t Petri dishes for COVID-19 are the people there every day - workers. We need worker-led Public Health Councils now!
Stopping the Spread: Workers on the Frontlines
Tonight, we will be covering the importance that worksites play on public safety and the critical role that workers play in stopping the spread of COVID-19 in our communities and keeping our economy from total shutdown.
LA Labor Stands with Striking Valley Produce Workers
Say it loud and proud...LA is a UNIONTOWN! ✊🏽Over 200 cars and hundreds more union members came out to support striking Valley Produce workers and members of Teamsters Local 630! The Los Angeles Labor Movement stands with you and all workers fighting for dignity and respect! #solidarity #UnionStrong #1u #teamsters
Labor's Voice: Driving Change in the Gig Economy
The COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed increasingly troublesome patterns in the "Gig Economy". From misclassifying workers to not providing PPE, corporations have continued to exploit workers when worker protections are needed most.
Today's episode of Labor's Voice will feature key research, worker voices, and concrete actions to support gig economy workers during this critical time.
Moderated by Kent Wong, Director of UCLA Labor Center
This week, we are joined by:
• Tia Koonse, Legal and Policy Research Manager, UCLA Labor Center
• Bryan Blum, Political Director, California Labor Federation
• Felipe Caceres, Organizer, SEIU 721
• Jerome Gage, Rideshare Driver, Mobile Workers Alliance
• Rosemarie Molina, Organizing Director, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
Tonight's performance is by Kayo Anderson, Mister of Culture at LA CAN / Minister of Music at The Row