Today on Sojourner Truth, our annual Labor Day Special!
On Monday, September 2, the nation marks the annual Labor Day holiday. While many use this time to mark the end of summer, we must not forget to honor the workers -- waged and unwaged -- who make our lives possible. The food we eat. The homes we live in. The computers and smartphones people are increasingly addicted to. Electrical workers. Gas workers. The builders. The masons. The sanitation workers. The truckers. The teachers. The moms. The farm workers. Documented and undocumented. Without these mostly invisible hands -- invisible because a lot of us depend on them, but often they are working behind the scenes -- life as we know it and live it would not be possible.
Today, we spend the hour honoring workers. In particular, we focus on the workers under threat due to automation. And, we want to honor the organizers and participants of one of the largest labor parades west of the Mississippi River. The 40th annual Labor Day Parade hosted by the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Labor Coalition, with its theme being "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow."
Our guests are David Serrato, member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), Gary Herrera, Vice President of ILWU Local 13 and Larry Barragan, a member of the United Steel Workers Local 675 and Chair of the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Labor Coalition.
