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Solidarity in Service: Labor Leaders and Community Unite to Support Fire Victims

Nathan J. Lee, Contributing Writer February 26, 2025

Labor leaders, elected officials, and community members gathered at the Labor Community Services Warehouse in Bell, California, on February 22, for the Solidarity in Service press conference. The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor and Labor Community Services organized the event to support California wildfire victims by distributing air purifiers and food boxes while reinforcing a commitment to rebuilding devastated communities.

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L.A. Black Worker Center Launches Citywide Survey to Demonstrate the Importance of Public Sector Jobs to the African American Community

Sentinel News ServiceNovember 29, 2018

For millions of Black families in the U.S., working in the public sector has long provided a dependable pathway to the middle class. Approximately one in five Black adults work in such fields as the government, teaching school, delivering mail, driving buses and working at hospitals. Blacks are about 30 percent more likely to have a public sector job than non-Hispanic Whites, and twice as likely as Hispanics.