1000 Strong Coalition Celebrates Action Toward Economic Equity for Black Workers in Los Angeles
Grassroots leaders respond to the City of Los Angeles’ promises of economic justice for Black workers moving forward by Board of Public Works.
Reimagined Recovery: Black Workers, the Public Sector, and COVID-19
A new report from the Center for the Advancement of Racial Equity at the UCLA Labor Center offers a blueprint for COVID-19 recovery and reinvestment in the public sector to promote economic opportunities for Black workers.
An Ongoing Demand for Los Angeles
“An Ongoing Demand for Los Angeles: A Bright Future Requires Organizing More Black Public Sector Union Workers” shows that unionized public sector jobs have formed the bedrock of Black community health and wealth, and that Black workers and their communities stand to lose enormously from threats to those unions.
The Urgency of Now - Black Workers and Public Sector Jobs
Read Rev. James Lawson Jr.’s Op-Ed in the Los Angeles Sentinel about Targeted Local Hire.