Report Shows Port Clean Trucks Program Will Provide Major Benefits to the L.A. Region In late August, in anticipation of an upcoming vote by harbor commissioners on a landmark program to overhaul the region’s port trucking system to meet new clean air requirements, LAANE released The Road to Shared Prosperity: The Regional Economic Benefits of the San Pedro Bay Ports’ Clean Trucks Program. The report estimates the San Pedro Ports’ proposed Clean Trucks Program will generate $4.2 billion in benefits to the region over the next five years. Currently, thousands of impoverished port truck drivers are misclassified as independent operators and lack the means to properly maintain their trucks. More
New Census Data Paint Mixed Economic
Picture of L.A. County On August 28, less than a week before Labor Day, LAANE released Poverty, Jobs, and the Los Angeles Economy: An Analysis of U.S. Census Data and the Challenges Facing Our Region. The report, which supplements the Census figures released in late August with data from several other studies, shows that nearly 40 percent of L.A. County residents do not earn enough to meet their basic needs, close to one third of full-time workers earn less than $25,000 a year and more than 20 percent of children live in extreme poverty. More
Study Calls on Airport Commission to Address Problem of Undertrained, Understaffed and
Poorly Compensated Workforce In July, workers, disability rights activists and senior advocates joined with LAANE to announce the release of a report examining passenger services at Los Angeles International Airport. Based primarily on a survey of 300 workers, Under the Radar: How Airline Outsourcing of Passenger Services Compromises Security and Service Quality at LAX offers an alarming picture of how airlines’ low-bid contracting system is undermining security and service quality, especially for disabled and elderly travelers. The report illustrates how changes in the airline industry have led to a proliferation of low-bid contracting for passenger services at LAX and other airports around the nation. The report marks the launch of a new LAANE campaign, in partnership for the first time with disability rights advocates, as well as labor and seniors’ groups, to raise the quality of passenger service and the quality of jobs for the service workers. More
Recommended Reading A selection of books on labor history, democracy and the progressive movement in America.
Oracle Bones By Peter Hessler
A journalist's encounters with a wide variety of Chinese citizens capture life in a rapidly changing country where an ancient culture still bubbles to the surface.
Cheap Motels and a
Hot Plate By Michael D. Yates
A leftist economist and his wife travel around the U.S., stopping to work along the way. The book is an interesting combination of travel guide and reporting on the state of
the country.
Ludlow By David Mason
A historical novel about the massacre of 18 men, women, and children of coal mining families at a mine owned by the Rockefellers in Colorado in 1914. The book is written in free verse, adding a poetic quality to
the prose.
Latina Activists
Across Borders By Milagros Peña
This new release profiles women’s non-
governmental organizations in El Paso/Ciudad Juarez and in
Michoacan, Mexico.
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
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In late August, in anticipation of an upcoming vote by harbor commissioners on a landmark program to overhaul the region’s port trucking system to meet new clean air requirements, LAANE released The Road to Shared Prosperity: The Regional Economic Benefits of the San Pedro Bay Ports’ Clean Trucks Program. The report estimates the San Pedro Ports’ proposed Clean Trucks Program will generate $4.2 billion in benefits to the region over the next five years. Currently, thousands of impoverished port truck drivers are misclassified as independent operators and lack the means to properly maintain their trucks. 
On August 28, less than a week before Labor Day, LAANE released Poverty, Jobs, and the Los Angeles Economy: An Analysis of U.S. Census Data and the Challenges Facing Our Region. The report, which supplements the Census figures released in late August with data from several other studies, shows that nearly 40 percent of L.A. County residents do not earn enough to meet their basic needs, close to one third of full-time workers earn less than $25,000 a year and more than 20 percent of children live in extreme poverty. 
In July, workers, disability rights activists and senior advocates joined with LAANE to announce the release of a report examining passenger services at Los Angeles International Airport. Based primarily on a survey of 300 workers, Under the Radar: How Airline Outsourcing of Passenger Services Compromises Security and Service Quality at LAX offers an alarming picture of how airlines’ low-bid contracting system is undermining security and service quality, especially for disabled and elderly travelers. The report illustrates how changes in the airline industry have led to a proliferation of low-bid contracting for passenger services at LAX and other airports around the nation. The report marks the launch of a new LAANE campaign, in partnership for the first time with disability rights advocates, as well as labor and seniors’ groups, to raise the quality of passenger service and the quality of jobs for the service workers. 
A journalist's encounters with a wide variety of Chinese citizens capture life in a rapidly changing country where an ancient culture still bubbles to the surface.
A leftist economist and his wife travel around the U.S., stopping to work along the way. The book is an interesting combination of travel guide and reporting on the state of 
A historical novel about the massacre of 18 men, women, and children of coal mining families at a mine owned by the Rockefellers in Colorado in 1914. The book is written in free verse, adding a poetic quality to 
This new release profiles women’s non-