Labor

 In These Times -  Alongside the tight-knit working-class communities of factory workers, retail workers and day laborers that stood against ICE, volunteers from across the city were roused to action by the Los Angeles Rapid Response Network (LARRN), a communication hub to respond in real time to deportation threats. Among them was David Huerta, president of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Service Workers West. Huerta was arrested and tackled to the ground, resulting in an injury, ​“while exercising his First Amendment right to observe and document law enforcement activity” at a workplace raid on Friday, according to a SEIU California statement. The government alleged that Huerta had been ​“interfering with federal officers” by blocking their vehicles and detained him over the weekend. 

In These Times -  In October of 2022, over 100 workers represented by five labor unions, including production, distribution, advertising and accounts receivable staff, walked off the job on an unfair labor practice strike at the storied publication the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The strike began after the newspaper’s management, Block Communications, which is owned by the Block family, cut off health insurance for employees on October 1 of that year. After more than 2.5 years on strike, with other unions reaching contracts or taking buyouts and dissolving their units, workers represented by the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh are the last remaining strikers holding the line.