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Dear Sisters and Brothers:

On Monday, September 4, 2023, the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Labor Coalition will celebrate the 44th Annual Labor Solidarity Parade and Picnic Rally. The American Labor Movement has been responsible for building the middle class. Thanks to the efforts of labor unions, workers have achieved higher wages, more reasonable hours, safer working conditions, health benefits, and aid when retired or injured. Labor unions were also instrumental in ending the practice of child labor. We have exerted a broad influence on American life, reshaping the political, economic, and cultural fabric of the country. Even those who do not belong to a union benefit when more people are in unions. But, above all, “the labor movement has afforded working people a voice in our democracy” and an opportunity to share in the American dream! Please join us on September 4, 2023, as we keep our forty-four-year tradition alive as indicated by our theme “Union Labor Built the American Dream”

We encourage you to participate in our Best Decorated float contest; trophies will be awarded. Be creative, festive and original!

• Ask your Union to endorse the 44rd Annual Labor Day Parade, Picnic and Rally
• Donate $700 or more to help cover event expenses as a sponsor
• Mobilize members and supporters to join us for the March for Solidarity
• Bring your union banners, t-shirts, vehicles/floats
• If you are interested in reserving a booth for the rally, please contact Heidi Barragan (562) 552-4850

In Solidarity,
Larry Barragan, Chairman

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The Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Labor Coalition is a multi union coalition whose mission is to promote positive solidarity and union activism.

HISTORY

Founding of the Labor Coalition

According to Jim Smith, formerly with the Newspaper Guild, Local 69, a founding local of the Harbor Labor Coalition, the OCAW (Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers) was having a tough time negotiating a new contract, and being on a nationwide strike.
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The Evolution of the Labor Day Parade

According to Luisa Gratz, every year had a theme and a slogan. the slogan was on the flier, and the theme was on the bandanas. The two didn’t necessarily coincide. Some of the themes/slogans were, “Protect the 8-Hour Workday” “Labor Produces Wealth,” “Unity Across the Border,” “Workers of the World Unite,” “The Labor Movement Gave Me the Weekend.
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A Global Labor Movement

The gains that were made during the 1980s and 1990s were primarily consolidations of all our equipment operations and all of our maintenance and repair work. And then, Him Spinozas consolidation of the signers jobs, such as the clerks.
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This Labor Day, Monday, September 2, 2019, we will celebrate the 40th Anniversary of our Labor Day Parade. We celebrate the contribution of many that have made our yearly Parade possible throughout the years, and those of our Union Sisters and Brothers that have passed on. It is with great pride that we look back on labor’s victories and struggles for living wages, single-payer healthcare, pensions, and work place safety.

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