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Workers United is an American and Canadian labor union which represents about 86,000 workers in the apparel, textile, commercial laundry, distribution, food service, hospitality, fitness and non-profit industries. [4] [5] It was established in its current form in 2009 and is affiliated with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
Pisgah Home Historic District is a historic district in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It was the site of the Pisgah Home movement begun by faith healer and social reformer, Finis E. Yoakum, in the early 1900s. The site is closely aligned with the founding of the modern Pentecostal church. [2]
Bruce S. Raynor is an American labor union executive. He is the former Executive Vice President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), former President of Workers United, former General President of UNITE HERE, a founding member of the Leadership Council of the Change to Win Federation (CTW), and a member of the Cornell University Board of Trustees.
A Los Angeles-area church was destroyed in a massive fire early Sunday, just hours before a celebration that was set to include a Christmas play and a toy giveaway. Firefighters arrived at Victory ...
Warehouse Workers United is based in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, which has one of the largest concentration of warehouses and distribution centers in the world. These warehouses and distribution centers are largely fed by container ships that dock at two of the busiest posts in the US, the Port of Los Angeles and the Port ...
The Pio Pico–Koreatown branch of the Los Angeles Public Library is located at 7th and Oxford Streets. The Anderson-Munger branch of the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles is at 3rd and Oxford Streets. There are no city parks or community gardens in Wilshire Center, and only small parks in the surrounding communities.
The Washington Irving Branch was designated as a Historic-Cultural Monument by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission in April 1984. In 1987, the Washington Irving Branch and several other branch libraries in Los Angeles were added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of a thematic group submission. [4]
The Financial District was created by the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency to provide an alternative to the old Spring Street Financial District, which fell into decline in the second half of the 20th century. Demand for apartments in downtown Los Angeles surged in 2010 and the years following.