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Hollywood to the Docks March Concludes at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro With a Massive Rally

    LOS ANGELES, April 17 /PRNewswire-USNEWSWIRE/ --

    WHAT:  As gas prices continue to skyrocket, the prices of groceries
    continue to increase and families are running a greater risk of losing
    their homes to foreclosure, workers in Los Angeles are taking a stand.
    Many from various industries including janitors, actors, longshore
    workers, port drivers and college professors will begin a three day march
    (April 15-17th) that will take them from Hollywood, where actors
    represented by Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and American Federation of
    Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) face a joint contract negotiation, to
    the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, where Longshore workers represented
    by the International Longshore Warehouse Union (ILWU) face contract
    negotiations in July. All of this is being done in the Fight For Good Jobs
    so that these workers can remain in the middle class or come one step
    closer to moving out of poverty.


    Marchers will take part in several events that will be held along the
    march route. These events will highlight some of the issues impacting
    working families. For a complete list of events along the route visit and
    to learn more about the March from Hollywood to the Docks and why L.A.'s
    workers are calling 2008 The Fight For Good Jobs, please visit
    www.hollywoodtothedocks.com .


    WHEN:  Thursday, April 17th, 2008.


    WHERE:  Key Events For Thursday:


    7:00 AM - WALKER BREAKFAST
    UFCW Local 770 25949 Belle Porte Ave. Harbor City, CA 90710


    9:00 AM- MARCH BEGINS ON THIRD DAY
    Southwest Corner of 190th and Vermont in Torrance


    ****10:30 AM - RALLY FOCUSING ON THE HEALTHCARE CRISIS IN LOS ANGELES
    Los Angels County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center -1000 West
    Carson Street, Torrance, CA 90502
    Details: To highlight what the crisis means to the people on the
    front lines such as healthcare workers.


    NOON - WALKER LUNCH CO-SPONSORED BY CA STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER
    WARREN FURUTANI AND THE COALITION FOR CLEAN AND SAFE PORTS
    Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park - 25820 Vermont Ave.,
    Harbor City, CA 90710
    Details: This event will highlight the connection between good jobs and
    our environment. This rally will focus on our South Bay communities, some
    of the most polluted in the nation and how labor and environmental groups
    are working together to clean-up them-up and provide good jobs that a
    support a family.


    1:30 PM - DAY LABORERS TO HIGHLIGHT THE CLOSURE OF THEIR WORKSITE
    Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park - 25820 Vermont Ave.,
    Harbor City, CA 90710
    Details: These workers will talk about their struggle and how their fight
    for dignity, good jobs and good salaries is the fight of every worker.
    Their day labor center was closed on Saturday, April 12th. It was the
    oldest day laborer center in the country. It was closed due to budget cuts
    by the City of Los Angeles.


    4:00 PM-5:00 PM - WALKER DINNER HOSTED BY LONGSHORE WORKERS
    ILWU Local 13 Memorial Hall - 231 West C Street,
    Wilmington, CA 90744


    5:30 PM - SINGER SONGWRITER TAWNY ELLIS HEADLINES HOLLYWOOD TO THE
    DOCKS RALLY AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES IN SAN PEDRO
    Berth 87, West 1st Street & S. Harbor Blvd., San Pedro, CA


    ****6:00 PM - MASSIVE HOLLYWOOD TO THE DOCKS RALLY AT THE PORT OF
    LOS ANGELES IN SAN PEDRO
    Berth 87, West 1st Street & S. Harbor Blvd., San Pedro, CA
    Details: Over 5,000 workers and community members expected to attend along
    with Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the L.A. County Federation of Labor,
    Maria Elena Durazo, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Speaker Elect
    of the CA State Assembly Karen Bass, Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice
    Hahn, General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters,
    James P. Hoffa, International Secretary-Treasurer of the International
    Longshore and Warehouse Union, William Adams, Reverend James Lawson and
    many more.  Media Parking - Enter through 1st and S. Harbor at Berth 87.
    Media parking will be reserved.


    WHO:  Marchers who include workers representing various industries
    including actors, teachers, janitors longshore workers and community
    members.


    NOTE: Media liaisons will be at each event location in orange t-shirts.


    BACKGROUND: This year more than 350,000 workers, belonging to 30 local
    unions, will re-negotiate their union contracts; this is the largest
    number of workers in the history of the L.A. Labor Movement. These workers
    hail from key sectors reflecting the core of L.A.'s economy: actors,
    longshoremen, homecare workers, teachers and janitors. At the same time
    over 30,000 port drivers, security officers, car wash workers, hotel
    workers, construction workers and LAX passenger service workers will
    continue their fight to move out of poverty.  Together these workers will
    be fighting for good jobs.

The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO is the chartered Central Labor Council (CLC) of the AFL-CIO inLos Angeles County and is the second largest in the country, representing over 350 unions and over 800,000 workers. Its mission is to promote a voice for workers so they can remain in the middle class, move themselves out of poverty by joining a union, encourage active participation in the political process by electing pro-union and pro- worker officials and to advance public policies that support workers and their families. As the coordinating center for labor's political activity, the Federation believes that in educating and mobilizing workers to be politically active they can create and sustain healthy communities, and FIGHT FOR GOOD JOBS that REBUILD THE LOS ANGELES MIDDLE CLASS. Visit the Federation at www.launionaflcio.org .

For more events along the route visit www.hollywoodtothedocks.com.

SOURCE The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO