The Fight for Good Jobs hits at the heart of what is wrong with Los Angeles - a diminishing middle class, a place where 3.7 million live in poverty, home to the low wage Capital of the country and a place where the dream of owning a home is often unattainable. Today, one third of the county's 3 million full-time workers earn less than $25,000 a year, an income not even near the $133,506 needed to purchase a median priced home.
Wages for LA's 800,000
union members total
$34 billion a year. Earning
on average, 27% more than
non-union counterparts.
Promoting union-related products helps affiliates and raises the standard of living for all Angelenos.
LA's union members
account for 30%
of the county's economic
output - $113 billion.