Los Angeles-Area Workers Begin March for Good Jobs

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/04/15/la-workers-begin-march-for-good-jobs/

by James Parks, Apr 15, 2008

In a major display of solidarity, longshore workers, actors, janitors and many others will join with community leaders in a 28-mile march from Hollywood to the docks of Los Angeles.

Along they way, they will talk with citizens about the fight to save middle class jobs, the battle to help workers freely join unions and the importance of voting.



Beginning today and continuing for three days, workers and community supporters will walk and camp out overnight along the route. The march will make its way from Hollywood, where contracts for members of the Screen Actors (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) expire June 30, to the Port of Los Angeles at San Pedro, where contracts with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) expire July 1. The march will conclude April 17 with a massive rally at the port.

For a complete list of events for the march, click here: http://hollywoodtothedocks.org/events.asp

The march is a key part of the Fight for Good Jobs campaign by Los Angeles-area workers. This year, more than 350,000 union members in 30 local unions will renegotiate their contracts. At the same time, more than 30,000 port drivers, security officers, carwash workers, hotel workers, construction workers and L.A. airport passenger service workers will continue their fight to move out of poverty by joining a union. Under the leadership of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, workers are combining their resources in contract fights, organizing and politics into a single campaign.

FULL story at link.