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? 

Credits

Guest:

  • Tobias Higbie - professor of history and labor studies, and director of the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at UCLA

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Angie Perrin, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Brian Hardzinski, Bennett Purser, Marcelle Hutchins, Nihar Patel