Recommended Viewing

If you haven’t already seen the segment shown on KCET, Bill Moyers Journal about the “Hollywood to the Docks March” here is your chance. Go to http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/06132008/watch.html to watch this extraordinary piece on the struggle of American working families highlighted by this march by Los Angeles union members. Sometimes it takes an outsider to be able to explain exactly what is really happening and put it all in focus in a way that the public can understand. They did such a great job this time explaining the complexities of the class-war that’s been ongoing for decades. How the workers have been taken advantage of by corporate interests leaving many with little or no safety net. When CEO’s like Brian Robert’s of Comcast and others are paid just obscene amounts of money and the average employee scrapes by barely keeping up with inflation. It’s great to see someone finally articulating the growing disparity between the super rich and the working poor. You will recognize many familiar faces from the LA labor movement in the video. The march from Hollywood to San Pedro was led by Maria Elena Durazo, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Los Angeles Federation of Labor back in April. Enjoy!