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Jobs and Labor

From unionization to the green transition, California workers are demanding a say in the future of labor. Learn about the history of labor organizing, the challenges of informal work and the effort to build a new, equitable economy.

Katheryn at the Ontario airport | Still from "Nightshift"
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Nightshift

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Future of Work

Caridad - Los Angeles Street Vending Campaign - City Hall
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City Rising

The Informal Economy

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Charlie Quon - The City Market And East Adams
Departures talked with Charlie Quon about his days in City Market and how Chinese Americans ruled the produce industry.
Map of Old Chinatown along Alameda Street, prior to the construction of Union Station. | Courtesy of the Los Angeles Public Library
Photos: Old Chinatown
By 1870, an identifiable "Chinatown" of two hundred or so inhabitants was situated on Calle de Los Negros - Street of the Dark Hued Ones - a short alley fifty feet wide and one block long between El Pueblo Plaza and Old Arcadia Street.
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Chinese Laborers, Old Chinatown and the Produce Industry
William D. Estrada, chair Of the History Department for NHM, shares his knowledge about the history of Los Angeles and its relation to historic preservation.
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Photos: Chinese Migration And Labor Conditions
The sojourners - the first immigrants to California in the mid-1800's primarily from China's southeastern area - came in search of "Gold Mountain." Despite their invaluable contribution to California's economy and the nation's railroad system, the sojo...
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