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The Bracero Program streamlined the process of immigration for farm workers between 1942 and 1964. How have things changed since then?
The cardboard street art by Ramiro Gomez Jr. is an affectionate look at a workforce which he is part of -- and quietly works as hard as the people it portrays.
This week in 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act barred immigration from China. While this marked a significant point in U.S. history when a specific group was targeted in an exclusionary immigration law, it was not the first of its kind, nor was it the la...
Today is International Workers' Day, also known a May Day -- a holiday founded by socialist , labor unions, and born of violence in its effort to obtain equality for the working class. Though not officially celebrated and historically ignored, the holi...
As we commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, we take a look back at the complicated and controversial history of the holiday.
Beginning in the mid 1970s, a small number of Chicano artists, writers, intellectuals, and organizations began moving from East Los Angeles into Highland…
Labor unions and those sympathetic to their cause typically turn out in much larger numbers for November elections, as compared to June elections. A pending ballot measure, which likely would have appeared on the June 2012 ballot, restricts the ability...
Rite Aid workers in Lancaster fought for years to unionize and negotiate a fair deal with management. This past Sunday, they finally succeeded.
Thousands of immigrants' rights and labor activists marched downtown on Sunday, rallying for amnesty and for collective bargaining rights for unions. Check out our slideshow.
The booming business of City Market (off San Pedro Street) as well as the pending destruction of Old Chinatown caused relocation for many Chinese to East Adams creating what many considered to be the first Chinese suburb in Los Angeles.