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  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Loz Feliz Car Wash Billboard War

    Supporters of a campaign to unionize car-wash workers got a rude surprise this morning. ASteven MikulanVermont Hand Wash Entrance​ billboard they'd paid to put up over Vermont Hand Wash in Los Feliz had been ordered taken down by CBS Outdoor, the billboard's owners. According to Chloe Osmer of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    Los Feliz Car Wash Targeted by Labor

    This Wednesday might not be the best day to have your car washed at Los Feliz's Vermont Hand Wash (formerly known as Hollymont Car Wash.) Tuesdays and Wednesdays tend to be hectic enough at the Vermont Avenue location because they're discounted customer-appreciation days, but tomorrow the business w ... More >>

  • News

    February 23, 2006

    Life of Labor

    Miguel, Martin and Maria Elena

  • News

    September 29, 2005

    The Cavalry to the Rescue

    America’s new labor federation means to travel light while rebuilding unions

  • News

    August 18, 2005

    Terms of the Divorce

    California unions try to maintain cohesion even as their movement comes unstuck

  • News

    July 28, 2005

    Breaking Free

    Now or never for American labor

  • News

    July 28, 2005

    End of Solidarity

    The breakup of the union movement takes on a life of its own

  • News

    June 23, 2005

    Laboring to Stay Together

    The odds on the AFL-CIO’s dissolution

  • News

    June 9, 2005

    In Miguel’s Shoes

    Ludlow leaves the council to run L.A. labor

  • News

    May 12, 2005

    The Architect

    Miguel Contreras, 1952 – 2005

  • News

    March 10, 2005

    Losing Labor’s Power

    What happens to the L.A. labor movement (and local politics) if it splits in two?

  • News

    July 8, 2004

    Tense Times at the Inn

    L.A. hotel workers get no vacation from labor strife

  • News

    July 1, 2004

    Corporate Kerry

    The senator comes to California for the rich person’s vote and dollars

  • News

    March 4, 2004

    Surrender at the Supermarket

    The national failure of the grocery workers’ union

  • News

    November 27, 2003

    Dennis the Annoyed

    Kucinich, the Cleveland crusader, battles Washington

  • News

    November 20, 2003

    Dean’s November

    The outsider now has the inside track in the race for the White House

  • News

    March 6, 2003

    Bush Offensive Stalls at City Gates

    Why U.S. cities are going anti-war; how L.A. joined them

  • News

    March 6, 2003

    Something That’s Aggressive, That’s Refreshing, That’s Energetic

    Excerpts from the L.A. Weekly’s interview with Martin Ludlow, candidate for the 10th Los Angeles City Council District

  • News

    December 19, 2002

    New Dock City

    Can the ILWU stay out of the bite?

  • News

    November 14, 2002

    Powerlines

    Without vision, the party — well, a Senate majority — perishes

  • News

    February 14, 2002

    A Wintry Discontent

    New York's global warning

  • News

    September 27, 2001

    Bad Timing

    Globalization meetings, protests called off in Washington

  • News

    September 13, 2001

    Calling Adam Schiff

    If the rookie congressman screws around on crucial trade vote, dump him

  • Columns

    August 23, 2001

    The Alphabet Killer: What Makes Mike Schaefer Run? And Run?

    If the rookie congressman screws around on crucial trade vote, dump him

  • News

    March 22, 2001

    Letters

    If the rookie congressman screws around on crucial trade vote, dump him

  • News

    March 8, 2001

    W.'s Way

    Talks like Clinton, thinks like Reagan

  • News

    December 7, 2000

    No Votes, Please

    We’re Republicans

  • News

    November 9, 2000

    Unsafe at Any Speed

    Why a vote for Nader will weaken, not build, the progressive movement

  • News

    November 2, 2000

    Endorsements

    The Weekly’s recommendations in the November general election

  • News

    August 17, 2000

    What Los Angeles Needs To Know About the Democrats

    Can the world’s oldest continuous political party regain its majority? Its activists? Its purpose?

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    Waving the Waiver

    It’s nonsense to send people with colds to ER

  • News

    June 8, 2000

    Clinton's Wedge

    China cracks the Democrats

  • News

    April 20, 2000

    Enter the Janitors

    Transforming L.A.

  • News

    March 30, 2000

    After Seattle

    Free-trade protests coming soon to a city near you

  • News

    March 2, 2000

    Stand Up, Al

    Labor dreams of Gore busting free of Clinton

  • News

    December 9, 1999

    The Battle in Seattle

    World-class protest at trade summit may be turning point in fight against right-wing economics

  • News

    December 2, 1999

    Hollywood a Rustbelt?

    Unions fear job loss — and argue among themselves about how to stop it

  • News

    December 2, 1999

    Reinventing the World

    Seattle summit brings 134 governments and tens of thousands of protesters together — to disagree on the rules of the global economy

  • News

    October 21, 1999

    Al, It’s Not About You

    Labor endorses Gore — for John Sweeney’s sake

  • News

    October 14, 1999

    The New Unionism Finds a Home

    Once the nation’s most anti-union big city, L.A. has now become America’s most dynamic labor town

  • News

    March 25, 1999

    Where's the Left?

    American liberalism at century's end

  • News

    March 4, 1999

    Caretakers Take Charge

    75,000 workers (in 75,000 work sites!) form a union

  • News

    October 8, 1998

    Hall of Fame

    75,000 workers (in 75,000 work sites!) form a union

  • News

    September 24, 1998

    Strawberry Jam

    Grower ploys dash UFW dreams in strawberry fields

  • News

    June 11, 1998

    Famous Victories

    How labor won on Tuesday; how Gray Davis can win this fall

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