Hot labor summer: How LA became the epicenter of solidarity
It's hot, sweaty and built on solidarity: Los Angeles has become a city of picket lines this summer, with more than 100,000 workers out on strike in the region.
Each set of workers — screenwriters, actors, hotel employees, city staffers and more — is fighting its own particular fight, but organized labor is having a moment on the streets of L.A.
"There's a perception that we have little in common, but we're both fighting for our future," playwright Sam Chanse said recently as she walked a picket line alongside hotel workers.
But is this hot labor summer just a perfect storm of organizing, economics and contract expiration? Or is this a new normal?
Strike activity in the U.S. has quadrupled since last year, and Los Angeles is the work
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