Power from the Past

Memory Work Research Initiative

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Screenshot from a Noticiero T52 of hotel workers carrying signs reading "I am a Human Being/Soy un Ser Humano." The banner at the bottom of the screen (from the news network) reads "Acto de desobediencia por trabajadores de hoteles"

A set of TV news reports from Spanish-language media on what was considered the largest act of civil disobedience in Los Angeles history. In 2006, members of UNITE HERE Local 11 and allies held a sit-down action on Century Blvd near Los Angeles International Airport in support of unionization at hotels in the airport zone. More videos from Local 11 in the UNITE HERE records (Collection 2325), UCLA Library Special Collections.