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UAW strikers rally in front of Powell Library on the UCLA campus
Striking academic workers rally in from the UCLA’s Powell Library on the second day of the 2022 strike
Exterior shot of the Goodyear plant and its parking lot. On the fence dividing the lot from the sidewalk, there's a banner hanging that reads "En Estados Unidos y en El Salvador Toyota Exploit al Trabajador-Feasies" ("Toyota Exploits the Worker in the U.S. and in El Salvador.")
SEIU Local 399 protest links workers in California and El Salvador.
Workers in purple t-shirts carry a banner reading "Equal rights 4 All Security Officers!!" lead a crowd of demonstrators marching in the street. Behind them is a glass office tour with a "World Savings" logo. A police officer directs traffic. Sunbeams break around the edge of the left hand side of the frame.
Building security workers with SEIU Security Officers United Los Angeles march toward a planned act of civil disobedience.
Workers celebrate a union victory outside of a garment factory in Los Angeles, 1980. They stand waving and smiling while holding a sign that indicates that 149 workers voted for the union and 10 against it.
Garment workers affiliated with the ILGWU celebrate an overwhelming victory in their union election at Glydons High Fashion Intimate Apparel, February 1980.
Striking academic workers march on the California capitol building in Sacramento during the 2022-23 strike. They carry picket signs reading "UAW On Strike - Unfair Labor Practice" and most are bundled in cold weather clothing despite the blue sky. Contributed by UC Davis.
Striking academic workers march on the California capitol building in Sacramento during the 2022-23 strike. Contributed by UC Davis.
Slightly blurry color image of workers picketing inside an airport terminal. The men wear signs reading "Respect at LAX - Justice for LAX Workers." The Duty Free store can be seen in the background.
Airport workers protest low wages at Los Angeles International Airport
On the right, Dave Clennon dressed in a full costume, complete with chains and make up, addressing the media as Jacob Marley on his way to address the City Council. Rev. James Lawson holds the microphone for him.
Rev. James Lawson and Dave Clennon portraying a ghostly character from Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”.
A UAW picket sign with the hand written message "For Mike Davis"
As academic workers cast ballots in a strike authorization vote, UCLA History graduate student staffing a voting table invoke the memory of radical historian Mike Davis.
A police officer leads away a suspect in handcuffs who is wearing a mickey mouse costume. Behind them, workers rally carrying signs.
Black and white photo negative of a crowd of workers holding picket signs, which reads "L.A. Shoulw Work for Everyone" and features a cartoon strong arm raising a mop into the air.
Supporters of the Justice for Janitors campaign hold signs that read, “L.A. Should Work for Everyone.” Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection, UCLA Library Special Collections.
Labor leaders chatting on stage during a rally. In the middle is Dolores Huerta, wearing a United Farmworkers hat, holding a picket sign that says "LOEWS Hotel is Non-Union"
Six actors, 3 male presenting, 3 female presenting, sit on a stage with music stands in front of them. Behind them is a large projection screen with images of hospitality workers on it.
Actors prepare for “Changing Lives, Changing L.A.”, a spoken-word theater performance based on workers’ oral history testimonies
Black and white image of the interior of a garment shop in downtown LA. The workers, all women, sit at sewing machines, many of which have power cords extending above them to the ceiling. There is lots of surplus fabric around and florescent lights hanging with the cords from the machines. the work stations are numbered. One woman looks over her shoulder and catches the camera's eye.
Black and white image appears as a negative, with perforated strips on top and bottom. It depicts a group of workers in an alley outside a garment factory with a visible marquee reading "Dresses." The workers carry signs reading "IBEW joins ILGWU to Keep Americans Working" and "Stop Exporting Jobs". Mariachi musicians play trumpets and violins for the crowd from a stage.
A STOP-WORK PROTEST–A band plays as members of International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union here hold a rally that was part of a nationwide protest against the importation of textiles.
UAW strike leader Sammy Feldblum addresses picketers in front of UCLA's Bunche Hall. A blue and gold banner demanding "Livable WAGES" hangs from the window in the teaching assistants' office. Contributed by UCLA.
UAW strike leader Sammy Feldblum addresses picketers in front of UCLA’s Bunche Hall. A blue and gold banner demanding “Livable WAGES” hangs from the window in the teaching assistants’ office. Contributed by UCLA.
Janitorial workers, some with their children, gather in a hall decorated with streamers and balloons. Rows of chairs are full with smiling workers. Some have signs on the ends indicating various delegations and shop committees.
Members of the janitors union gather to commit to their new organizing campaign, Justice for Janitors, 1988
Black and white image of a demonstration with many people cheering. They hold signs representing many organizations, including: "Unión = Fuerza" (from CIWA), "Unidos Venceremos" (Jobs With Peace", "Stop Sweatshops" (ILGWU) and "L.A. Should Work for Everyone" (Justice for Janitors).
Union and immigrant rights advocates march in Los Angeles, c. 1992.
A brown-haired woman (Madeline Janis) sits at a desk making a phone call. Behind her are signs reading "KK: Patrocinada for los hoteles!" and "Nightmare!"
Director of the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy Madeline Janis phone-banking during the Santa Monica living wage campaign.
Black and white image featuring a group of men raise their fists in celebration. The hold a sign in Spanish reading, "Union, Yes!"
Immigrant factory workers cheer their union election victory at American Racing Equipment. The workers had staged a wildcat strike in the summer of 1990.
A group of workers lifts a large, red, white, and black Justice for Janitors banner up like a parachute at a march.
Grainy black and white photo of a group of young (ish) men and women. IN the center, they hold a banner reading "L.A. Jobs with Peace", Many others in the photo are displaying signs with a large "V" on them (signs also say "Register to Vote here") or making a V sign with their fingers. They are posing outside the entrance of a building. IN the bottom corner, the photo is captioned "Los Angeles organizers during the campaign."
Activists with the 1986 Los Angeles Jobs with Peace campaign hold signs for Proposition V outside the International Ladies Garment Workers union hall on MacArthur Park.
Black and white image appears as a negative with perforated strips on top and bottom. It depicts a large demonstration down a street with a street light and signs reading "Arizona Ave." Marchers carry banners in Spanish. The sign in the front reads "Coalición Pro Leyes y Prácticas Justas de Inmigración." Another, held up high behind it reads " íAmnistia ya! / Abajo Bakke / Comite Nacional In Defensa De José J. Medina" /Asilo Politico Ahora."
Immigrant rights activists march in East Los Angeles, 1977
Striking academic workers from UC Irvine picket the seaside home of a major UC donor in kayaks. They carry picket signs and handmade banners reading "Fair UC Now!" and "Donate - Call... " (with an illegible phone number)
Striking academic workers from UC Irvine picket the seaside home of a major UC donor. Contributed by UC Irvine.
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UCLA Labor Center director Kent Wong joins union supporters during the April 1995 janitors’ strike.
A delivery robot with a UAW strike picket sign attached rolls past a large crowd of strikers.
A delivery robot with a UAW strike picket sign attached rolls past a large crowd of strikers.
Low-resolution black and white image of two smiling people, Miguel Contreras and Maria Elena Durazo, near a Local 11 picket line. Durazo is holding an HERE Local 11 picket sign.
Miguel Contreras and Maria Elena Durazo together on the picket line, 1988.
Workers on the picket line holding signs reading "H.E.R.E. Union local 814"
Hotel union rank-and-file leader Donald Wilson on a Santa Monica picket line
Two white police officers in riot gear escort a woman away from an action where many more police are lined up in the street. She is smiling, wearing jeans and boots and a UNITE-HERE t-shirt.
Unite Here Local 11 leader Susan Minato escorted away from an action by two police officers.
A group of men raise their fists and make victory signs. Some hold paper checks.
ILGWU organizer Miguel Machuca and Somma waterbed factory workers celebrate back-pay awards ordered by the NLRB after the company fired union activists.
A woman wearing glasses addresses a group of smiling workers wearing colorful t-shirts. The podium she speaks from reads "RESIST"
Black and white image shows a group of Latinx workers gathered around Cesar Chavez, who is kneeling wearing a silken jacket. To his right is Maria Elena Durazo. Everyone is smiling enthusiastically.
Leaders of HERE Local 11 pose with Cesar Chavez, 1993