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1 L. A. Pub. Int. L.J. 65 (2008-2009)
Si Se Puede - Immigrant Workers and the Transformation of the Los Angles Labor and Worker Center Movements

handle is hein.journals/lapubinl1 and id is 69 raw text is: iSI SE PUEDE! IMMIGRANT WORKERS AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOS ANGELES LABOR AND WORKER CENTER MOVEMENTS Victor Narro* I. IN TR O D U CTIO N ......................................................................................... 66 II. UNION ORGANIZING CAMPAIGNS OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS: 1986-PR E SEN T ................................................................................................ 70 A. CALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT WORKERS ASSOCIATION (CIWA): 1989-1993 ...... 72 B. JUSTICE FOR JANITORS CAMPAIGN: 1990-2000 ....................................... 73 C. AMERICAN RACING EQUIPMENT WILDCAT STRIKE: 1990 ......................... 77 D. DRYWALL STRIKE OF 1992 ....................................................................... 78 E. MARCH AGAINST PROPOSITION 187:1994 ................................................ 81 F. UNITE'S GUESS CAMPAIGN: 1995 ........................................................... 82 G. HERE LOCAL 11 LAX CENTURY CORRIDOR CAMPAIGN: 2006 ................ 85 III. ORGANIZING CAMPAIGNS OF LOS ANGELES WORKER CENTERS. 88 A. KOREATOWN RESTAURANT WORKERS JUSTICE CAMPAIGN .......................... 89 B. GARMENT WORKER CENTER FOREVER 21 CAMPAIGN ............................... 91 C. DAY LABORER ORGANIZING MOVEMENT ................................................. 93 D. MULTI-ETHNIC IMMIGRANT WORKERS ORGANIZING NETWORK (MIWON). 96 IV. COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN THE LABOR MOVEMENT AND W O RK ER CEN TER S ....................................................................................... 98 A. PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN AFL-CIO AND NATIONAL DAY LABORER ORGANIZING N ETW ORK .................................................................................. 98 * Project Director, UCLA Downtown Labor Center, a project of the UCLA Labor Center for Research and Education. J.D., University of Richmond, 1991. The author wishes to express his appreciation to Nicole Ochi from Loyola Law School for her invaluable work and efforts with the writing of this article. © 2009 Victor Narro. The copyright in each article is owned by the respective author. Except as otherwise provided, the author of each article grants permission for copies of that article to be made for classroom use, provided that each copy is distributed at or below cost, the author and the Los Angeles Public Interest LawJournal are identified on each copy, proper notice of copyright is affixed to each copy, and the author and the Los Angeles Public Interest Law Journal are notified of the use.

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