Tobias Higbie

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

Tobias Higbie on KCRW

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?

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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