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AFL-CIO Community Services / United Way 2130 W. James M Wood Blvd.Los AngelesCA 90006 Phone: (213) 985-2000 Website Labor Community Services provides food, financial assistance, and referrals for basic services to over 350,000 families to stabilize an emergency or temporary situtation with active coordination and linkages to related services leading to a positive outcome. |
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Los Angeles Alliance for New Economy (LAANE) 464 Lucas Ave., Suite 202Los AngelesCA 90017 Phone: (213) 977-9400 Website LAANE is committed to building a new economy that restores the American dream of fair wages and benefits in return for hard work. |
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Progressive Christians Uniting 316 W. 2nd Street, Suite 1104Los AngelesCA 90012 Phone: (213) 625-0149 Website Progressive Christians Uniting is committed to equipping individuals and congregations for the work of transforming society through the radically inclusive gospel of Jesus Christ. |
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Physicians for Social Responsibility 1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1012WashingtonD.C. 20009 Phone: (202) 667-4260 Website Physicians for Social Responsibility is the medical and public health voice working to prevent the use or spread of nuclear weapons and to slow, stop and reverse global warming and toxic degradation of the environment. |
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Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) 40 West 20th StreetNew YorkNY 10011 Phone: (212) 727-2700 Website NRDC works on a broad range of issues as we pursue our mission to safeguard the Earth; its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends. |
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Mexican American Political Association 310 N. Soto StreetLos AngelesCA 90033 Phone: (323) 269-1575 Website The Mexican American Political Association, founded has been, and is, dedicated to the constitutional and democratic principle of political freedom and representation for the Mexican and Hispanic people of the United States of America. |
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East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice 2317 Atlantic Blvd.CommerceCA 90040 Phone: (323) 263-2113 Website East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice works towards creating a safe and healthy environment for communities that are suffering disproportionately from urban & industrial pollution. It supports community-based decision-making and action, and is currently working to reduce mobile source pollution in the Commerce/East Los Angeles area. |
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PO Box 360465Los Angeles Ca 90026 Phone: - Website Communities for Clean Ports is a non-profit public resource for individuals and organizations fighting to end the port-related pollution that poisons people, fouls the environment and costs billions of dollars. |
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Communities for a Better Environment 5610 Pacific Boulevard, Suite 203Huntington ParkCA 90255 Phone: (323) 826-9771 Website Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) is an organization with a focus on environmental health and justice. CBE organizes in working class communities of color that suffer the most from environmental pollution and toxics, as well as urban communities in Northern and Southern California. |
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Coalition for a Safe Environment 140 West Lomita Blvd.WilmingtonCA 90744 Phone: (310) 704-1265 Website Coalition for a Safe Environment aims to protect, promote, preserve and restore Mother Earth’s delicate ecology, environment, natural resources and wildlife. |
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Urban and Environmental Policy Institute - Occidental College 1600 Campus Road MS M-1Los AngelesCA 90041 Phone: (323) 259-2991 Website The Urban & Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI) at Occidental College is a multifaceted, social change-oriented Institute with strong community ties and a community-based organization dedicated to help create a more just, livable, and democratic region. |
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Alliance for Democracy- L.A. Chapter 760 Main Street, PO Box 540115WalthamMA 2454 Phone: (781) 894-1179 Website The Alliance is an organization is dedicated to end the domination of our economy, our government, our culture, our media and the environment by large corporations. |
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West Los Angeles Democratic Club P.O. Box 8VeniceCA 90294 Phone: (213) 382-0063 Website The West LA Democratic Club is the official Democratic club for this large region. Our organization meets monthly to plan, organize and discuss Democratic politics. We are a grassroots force behind political campaigns and initiatives. Our members include everyone from local citizens to members of Congress and local city government. |
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Northeast Democratic Club of Los Angeles PO Box 50672Los AngelesCA 90050 Phone: (323) 225-0501 Website The NEDC serves Democrats in Northeast Los Angeles, including the communities of Cypress Park, Eagle Rock, El Sereno, Glassell Park, Highland Park, Hermon, Lincoln Heights, Montecito Heights, Monterey Hills, Mt. Washington, and others. |
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Community Services, Unlimited, Inc. 1344 West Martin Luther King Blvd.Los AngelesCA 90037 Phone: (323) 299-7075 Website Community Services, Unlimited, Inc. (CSU) is Our committed to actively working to address the inequalities and systemic barriers that make sustainable communities and self-reliant life-styles unattainable. |
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3345 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1005Los Angeles CA 90010 Phone: (213) 480-1249 Website Livable Places advances affordable vibrant healthy Southern California communities through advocacy, innovation, and building. |
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760 South Westmoreland Ave., Suite 336Los Angeles CA 90005 Phone: (213) 384-7404 Website The PICO National Organizing Network is a recognized national leader in strengthening local communities by increasing civic participation, leading to some of the most pioneering policy solutions in the country. |
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Sierra Club Harbor Vision Task Force --- - Phone: (562)618-1127 Website The Sierra Club Harbor Vision Task Force explores ways in which the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach can grow in volume while decreasing the negative environmental and social impacts of the port. |
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6120 S. Vermont AvenueLos Angeles CA 90044 Phone: (323) 759-6063 Website The Southern California Library is a people's library dedicated to documenting and preserving the histories of communities in struggle for justice and using our collections to address the challenges of the present so that all people have the ability, resources, and freedom to make their own histories. |
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350 West 5th St. #209San Pedro CA 90731 Phone: (323) 369-0900 Website The Harry Bridges Institute, through it's Board of Directors and hundreds of volunteers, works for the cause of social justice and equality by sponsoring labor studies, organizing special diversity-oriented programs and facilitating international worker-to-worker exchanges. |
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UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health (LOSH) Program Jessica Barcellona10945 Le Conte Avenue, Suite 2107Los Angeles CA 90095 Phone: (310) 794-5964 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Website The UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health (UCLA-LOSH) Program works with workers, unions, community-based organizations, academics and health professionals to improve workplace health and safety conditions for workers with a special emphasis on those in Southern California. |
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P.O. Box 56408Los Angeles CA 90056 Phone: (310) 397-1179 Website The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is an organization that fights for the rights of people advocating fairness and equality. |
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California Food and Justice Coalition PO Box 209VeniceCA 90294 Phone: (310) 822-5410 Website The California Food and Justice Coalition is a statewide membership coalition committed to the basic human right to healthy food while advancing social, agricultural and environmental justice. |
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9100 S. Sepulveda Blvd #200 Los Angeles CA 90045 Phone: (323) 803-4066 Website The United Job Creation Council (UJCC) was organized under the leadership of Bishop Noel Jones, Sr. Pastor, City of Refuge through the Anchor of Hope Ministry, and Jobs Create Peace to impact the economic needs of under served communities by creating greater access to employment through construction and other jobs. |
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Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) 3655 South Grand Ave, Suite 250Los AngelesCA 90007 Phone: (213) 747-4211 Website ACORN is a community organization of low-and moderate-income families that address housing, schools, neighborhood safety, health care, job conditions, and other social issues that affect its members. |
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4301 Garden City DriveLandover MD 20785 Phone: (800) 282-0714 Website The United Latinos are a UFCW organization committed to assist, promote and encourage views that will strengthen, develop understanding, and promote Latinos and Latinos' issues in the workplace. |
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Multi-Ethnic Immigrant Worker Organizing Network 1565 West 14th StreetLos AngelesCA 90015 Phone: (213)290-4102 Website MIWON is a multi-ethnic, multi-industry network of immigrant worker-based organizations that seeks to build the political consciousness and participation of immigrant workers in our fight for better living and working conditions. |
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304 E Spruce AveInglewood CA 90301 Phone: (310) 671-3174 Website The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is an organization that fights for the rights of people advocating fairness and equality. |
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P O Box 922092Sylmar CA 91392 Phone: (877) 245-9381 Website The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is an organization that fights for the rights of people advocating fairness and equality. |
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Concerned Citizens of Southern Los Angeles -Los AngelesCA - Phone: (323) 846-2500 Website Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles (CCSCLA) is a nonprofit public benefit community-based organization whose mission is to work for social justice and economic and environmental change within the South Central community. |
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456 S. Main Street, Ground FloorLos Angeles CA 90013 Phone: (213) 228-0024 Website The Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN) is dedicated to helping people dealing with poverty create & discover opportunities, while serving as a vehicle to ensure they have voice, power & opinion in the decisions that are directly affecting them. |
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1640 Wilcox AveLos Angeles CA 90028 Phone: (323) 469-0710 Website The Hollywood Community Housing Corporation is a community-based non-profit corporation committed to preserving and expanding the supply of affordable housing for lower income households in the Hollywood community of Los Angeles. |
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Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing 3345 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1005Los AngelesCA 90010 Phone: (213) 480-1249 Website Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing, or SCANPH, is dedicated to the production, preservation and management of permanently affordable homes for low-income households, and believes that non-profit community development organizations (CDCs) are the best vehicle for achieving this goal. |
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Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates 3465 West 8th Street, 2nd FloorLos AngelesCA 90005 Phone: (213) 738-9050 Website Korean Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA) aims to empower Koreatown immigrant workers and to develop a progressive constituency and leadership in the Koreatown community that can struggle in solidarity with other underrepresented communities. |
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Instituto de Popular Educación del Sur de California (IDEPSCA) 1565 W. 14th StLos AngelesCA 90015 Phone: (213) 252-2952 Website The Institute of Popular Education of Southern California (IDEPSCA) is a non-profit community-based educational organization that is dedicated to organizing and educating members of low-income Latina/Latino immigrants who want to solve problems in their communities. |
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3731 Stocker Street, Suite 201Los Angeles CA 90008 Phone: (323) 295-9372 Website Community Health Council (CHC) is a non-profit community-based organization promoting access to quality healthcare and the goal of universal coverage. |
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611 Civic Center Drive WestSanta Ana CA 92701 Phone: (714) 541-0250 Website The Latin-American Mexican Brotherhood, is a nonprofit organization based on the community of Mexican immigrant workers and its families in mostly throughout Central and South America. |
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Food and Allied Service Trades 1420 K Street NW, Suite 300WashingtonDC 20005 Phone: (202) 737-7200 Website Research Associates of America (RAA) is the surviving non-profit organization following the dissolution of the Food and Allied Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO (FAST) as a result of the split in the labor movement. |
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8101 S. Vermont AveLos Angeles CA 90044 Phone: (323) 750-9087 Website Community Coalition is a grassroots community-based organization working to build a powerful voice for social justice in South Los Angeles. |
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2500 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 908Los Angeles CA 90057 Phone: (213) 637-0313 Website Coalition LA’s (COLA) mission is to improve and benefit the lives of residents of Los Angeles' most diverse, low and moderate income neighborhoods. |
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Coalition for Economic Survival 514 Shatto Place, Suite 270Los AngelesCA 90020 Phone: (213) 252-4411 Website CES is dedicated to organizing low and moderate income people to win economic and social justice. |
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Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) 815 16th St. NW, 2nd Floor SouthWashingtonDC 20006 Phone: (202) 508-6969 Website The Coalition of Labor Union Women supports the rights of working women and families. |
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Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) 1625 L Street, NWWashingtonDC 20036 Phone: (202) 429-1203 Website The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of African American trade union members affiliated with the AFL-CIO. |
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Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) 2533 W. Third Street, Suite 101Los AngelesCA 90057 Phone: (213) 353-1333 Website CHIRLA was formed in 1986 to advance the human and civil rights of immigrants and refugees in Los Angeles |
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Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) 464 Lucas Ave., Suite 202Los AngelesCA 90017 Phone: (213) 481-3740 Website CLUE contributes to faith-rooted union organization and building bridges between communications to defend worker's rights |
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Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) 2845 West 7th StreetLos AngelesCA 90005 Phone: (213) 385-7800 Website CARECEN helps Central American workers by defending human and civil rights, working for social and economic justice and promoting cultural diversity. |
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Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California (APALC) 1145 Wilshire Blvd, 2nd FloorLos AngelesCA 90017 Phone: (213) 977-7500 Website The Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California (APALC) is the nation's largest legal organization serving the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities. |
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Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) 2130 W. James Wood Blvd.Los AngelesCA 90006 Phone: (818)558-7148 Website APALA, Los Angeles, aims to develop leadership, mobilize for union campaigns and political actions, and organize for power in the workpalce and the community for Asian Pacific American Workers. |
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APRI (A. Philip Randolph Institute) 815 16th Street, N.W.WashingtonDC 20006 Phone: (202) 508-3710 Website APRI is a national organization of black trade unionists dedicated to fight for racial equality and economic justice |
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American Center for International Labor Solidarity 888 16th Street NW, Suite 400WashingtonDC 20006 Phone: (202) 974-8383 Website ACILS assists in helping workers build a global labor movement by strengthening the economic and political power of workers around the world through effective, independent, and democratic unions. |
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1100 17th Street NW, Suite 950Washington DC 20036 Phone: (202) 822-2127 Website American Rights at Work supports American public towards advancing workplace democracy. |
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815 16th Street, NW, 4th Fl.Washington DC 20006 Phone: (202) 637-5399 Website The Alliance for Retired Americans is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization representing retired trade union members affiliated with the AFL-CIO. |
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Industrial Areas Foundation / One L.A. 1545 Wilshire Boulevard Suite #328Los AngelesCA 91711 Phone: (213) 273-8420 Website One LA-IAF is affiliated with the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), the oldest and largest national organizing and leadership development network in the United States. |
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25 East 21st StreetNew York NY 10010 Phone: (212) 477-0707 Website The Jewish Labor Committee is an independent secular organization that helps the Jewish community and the trade union movement work together on important issues of shared interest and concern. |
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Labor and Working-Class History Association Sanford Institute, Duke University, Box 90239DurhamNC 27708 Phone: (919) 613-7399 Website LAWCHA aims to promote an international, theoretically informed, comparative, interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, and diverse labor and working-class history. |
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4018 City Terrace DriveLos Angeles CA 90063 Phone: (323) 267-9749 Website Supports children, youth, and families in need to develop and grow within a nurturing, spiritual environment by providing effective, high quality health, education, and other community services. |
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811 West 7th Street, Suite 1100Los Angeles CA 90017 Phone: (213) 630-1192 Website The Coalition for Clean Air is an organization committed to restoring clean, healthy air to all of California and strengthening the environmental movement through involvement, advocating responsible public policy and providing technical expertise. |
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523 West Sixth StreetLos Angeles CA 90014 Phone: (213) 808-6220 Website United Way Los Angeles is a nonprofit organization that aims to improve the quality of life for all in Greater Los Angeles by creating pathways out of poverty. |
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815 16th St. N.W.Washington DC 20006 Phone: (202) 508-3717 Website The AFL-CIO Working for America Institute works with unions and their allies to create and retain good jobs and build strong communities through promoting skills development, lifelong learning and access to good jobs. |
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1718 M Street NW #153Washington DC 20036 Phone: (202) 521-5265 Website Affiliated unions that promote union, labor and community antiwar activity. |
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815 16th St. N.W.Washington DC 20006 Phone: (202) 508-3700 Website Department of the AFL-CIO dedicated to promoting union made goods and services with consumers. |
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2130 W. James M. Wood Blvd.Los Angeles CA 90006 Phone: (213) 291-0734 Website SOL is made up for California's most recent immigrants with the mission to better the lives of everyone, endeavoring to fulfill the Promise of California. |
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Los Angeles (SCLC) 4182 S. Western Ave.Los AngelesCA 90062 Phone: (323) 290-4100 Website The SCLC of Greater Los Angeles is committed to continuing the legacy of our founder, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., which is the nonviolent opposition to social and economic injustices wherever and whenever they may exist. |
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1715 West Florence AvenueLos Angeles CA 90047 Phone: (323) 789-7920 Website AGENDA is an independent, membership-based organization that seeks to reverse the trend of declining civic participation. |
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Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE) 152 W. 32nd StreetLos AngelesCA 90007 Phone: (213) 745-9961 Website SAJE is an economic justice, community development, and popular education center that has been building economic power for working class people in Los Angeles since 1996. |
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5870 West Olympic BoulevardLos Angeles CA 90036 Phone: (323) 761-8350 Website PJA is a union of Jewish Angelenos seeking to assert an authentic progressive Jewish presence in the campaigns for social justice in Southern California |
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Pride at Work - Los Angeles Chapter 5855 Venice Blvd.Los AngelesCA 90019 Phone: - Website Represents the LGBT people in the American labor movement throughout the greater Los Angeles area. |
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National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC) 900 S. Crenshaw Blvd.Los AngelesCA 90019 Phone: (323) 937-3703 Website NAKASEC represents a national progressive voice on major civil rights and immigrant rights issues and promote the full participation of Korean Americans in American society. |
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2121 Cloverfield Blvd., Ste. 113,Santa Monica CA 90404 Phone: (310) 453-3611 Website Liberty Hill Foundation's motto is change, not charity.They support grassroots, social change organizing throughout L.A. County. |
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Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) 815 16th St NW, 4th FloorWashingtonDC 20006 Phone: (202) 508-6919 Website LCLAA is an organization designed to bring together all the Latin American men and women union members in the United States promoting participation by Hispanic trade unionists in a more responsive labor movement. |
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