Press Play with Madeleine Brand

SoCal is center of organized labor movement. How did we get here?

Hollywood writers, actors, and hotel workers are on strike. Before them, educators and dock workers pushed for higher pay. Why has LA become the center of labor activity?

By Madeleine Brand • Jul 17, 2023 • 1 min read

Hollywood writers, actors, and hotel workers are on strike. Before them, educators and dock workers pushed for higher pay. Why has LA become the center of labor activity?

Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Angie Perrin
Producer, Press Play
Michell Eloy
Line Editor, Press Play
Tobias Higbie
professor of history and labor studies, and director of the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at UCLA

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

SoCal is center of organized labor movement. How did we get here?

Hollywood writers, actors, and hotel workers are on strike. Before them, educators and dock workers pushed for higher pay. Why has LA become the center of labor activity?

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

SoCal is center of organized labor movement. How did we get here?

Hollywood writers, actors, and hotel workers are on strike. Before them, educators and dock workers pushed for higher pay. Why has LA become the center of labor activity?

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