Cities thrive when sidewalks are public spaces for neighbors to gather and engage in activities. Los Angeles street vendors are an integral weaver of the fabric of city life. Sidewalk sales bring together neighborhood residents in communities that lack access to food or goods.
Los Angeles’ economy is operating at an unsafe level for people and the planet.
Twenty-three years ago, Los Angeles too exploded with outrage and indignation. Will Los Angeles uphold its commitments to our Black communities?
One out of four restaurant workers in Los Angeles lives in poverty. We are at a tipping point to raise the minimum wage. Let’s not exempt tipped workers.
A raise to $15.25 minimum wage by 2019 is an investment in Los Angeles. Minimum wage workers will spend increased earnings of $5.9 billion in the local economy that will help the city grow.
Even public employers are dipping their toes into the “permatemp” economy. Workers designated “trainees” clean Santa Monica bathrooms and lifeguard stations, earning half of what permanent workers earn for the same job.
Working mothers are a floating and flexible workforce, always on call, without any control over their jobs or their hours.
Occupy is crafting a new politics that synthesizes an intersectional analysis with their thirst for a better world.
The Applied Research Center has an exciting leadership development opportunity for organizations that are working to expand green jobs to low-income people of color and women.
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