Dear John,

Today, Yvonne Wheeler, lifelong civil rights and labor rights activist, and unanimously elected President of the LA County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO reflects on LAANE's role in shaping the Los Angeles labor movement and building broad solidarity throughout the City and County.

To celebrate LAANE’s 30th Anniversary, we will continue to feature our founding partners and luminaries as they reflect on what the last 30 years have meant for Los Angeles and our movement to build good jobs, thriving communities, and a healthy environment. Join us in celebrating LAANE’s milestone anniversary while planning for the next 30 years by supporting 30/30 VISION. Make a contribution today:

Yvonne Wheeler standing in solidarity with striking Amazon drivers in Palmdale

Yvonne Wheeler marching with striking Unite HERE Local 11 members in Hollywood

On LAANE’s 30th Anniversary, I am proud to reflect on our long partnership and the many times we have stood, shoulder-to-shoulder, to fight for livable wages and a middle-class future for all workers.  

LAANE’s founders had a vision of a Los Angeles where the economy works for everyone, not just the wealthy or corporate interests, and 30 years later it’s safe to say that LAANE has become an essential force in shaping Los Angeles’s labor movement.  From helping to spearhead the nation’s first living wage campaign, to implementing the nation’s first community benefits agreements, and ultimately helping to raise standards in essential industries like hospitality, grocery, retail, construction and sanitation, LAANE has an unquestionable record of improving lives for LA’s working families. LAANE’s strategic research and coalition building have been integral in connecting the immigrant rights and environmental justice movement with the labor movement, and their work has helped to grow the LA labor movement.

Thirty years later, while the fight is never over, it is no accident that Los Angeles has become the epicenter of “Hot Labor Summer.” Together, through the decades, we have built a union town and broad solidarity movement that understands that “an injury to one is an injury to all,” and we look forward to working with LAANE over the next 30 years and building on the incredible foundation that has been established. 

"Together, through the decades, we have built a union town and broad solidarity movement that understands that 'an injury to one is an injury to all.'"

The Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) is an organizing and advocacy institution committed to economic, environmental, and racial justice. We bridge community and labor power to win policies that improve the lives of working families in Los Angeles and in Long Beach. Our vision is to help build a new economy rooted in good jobs, thriving communities, and a healthy environment for all. We fight for change through community organizing, building community and labor coalitions, research, communications, and policy work.

Join us in building a city and an economy that works for everyone by supporting 30/30 VISION: celebrating LAANE’s first 30 years while planning for the next.

Make a contribution today:

LAANE
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Los Angeles, CA 90017
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