On June 6, 2025, ICE conducted its infamous raids in Los Angeles, targeting workers in the garment sector, laborers in Home Depot parking lots, and many others throughout the city. The Trump administration sent in the National Guard and Marines in an obscene show of force to disproportionately deal with any protesters. Labor 411 editor,…
An Interview with Paula Daniels, Founding Chair of the Center for Good Food Purchasing Labor 411’s editor Sahid Fawaz sat down with noted expert Paula Daniels, head of the Center for Good Food Purchasing, an LA-based non-profit that brings locally grown, good, healthy food to our public schools and government institutions. Now the Good Food…
An Interview with UCLA’s Gilda Haas Gilda Haas, co-founder and current faculty of UCLA Labor Studies’ Community Scholars Program, sat down with Labor 411’s Sahid Fawaz to talk about the program and its role in building a better Los Angeles. SF: Can you give our readers a bit of background on the Community Scholars Program and…
From https://ignatiansolidarity.net/ The long road of rebuilding in Los Angeles began with inspiring responses from the LA and extended community, highlighting resiliency and generosity. LA will rise from the ashes, and, as León Krause of The Washington Post makes clear, immigrants will be the ones doing the rebuilding. According to Krause’s investigation, immigrants make up 43% of…
California Senate Bill 62, also known as the Garment Worker Protection Act, is a historic law that eliminated the notorious practice by employers of paying piece rates, which were often less than minimum wage. The campaign to make the law a reality took over two years of persistent campaigning, protests, and lobbying. With Los Angeles…
An Interview with Nayantara Banerjee of the Garment Worker Center Nayantara Banerjee, Industry Researcher and Strategist at the Garment Worker Center and a member of the Buy Your Values UCLA Steering Committee, sat down with Labor 411’s Sahid Fawaz to talk about the Garment Worker Center’s role in the UCLA campaign. Sahid: Thank you for taking…