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DESCRIPTION:What makes California different from other states? The cultural template 
 stamped in the Gold Rush has remained in place ever since: “Come Here, 
 Get Rich”, a dream and location where anything is possible. Or so goes 
 the myth. The reality is more complex. Yes, there was gold, wheat, oil, 
 Hollywood, aerospace, Silicon Valley—recurrent gold rushes still 
 happening today, still making some people rich. But this talk explores the 
 path taken by the vast majority of newcomers—immigrant workers—who 
 perpetually recompose the state’s working class and generate the wealth 
 of the lucky few who grab California’s golden ring. The lens of 
 California labor provides an alternative view of history, the kind that 
 occurs when workers engage in collective action—through unions, politics, 
 strikes, and a variety of organizing strategies seeking common ground among 
 diverse communities to achieve economic fairness and social justice. In the 
 current national resurgence of labor California is once again taking pride 
 of place, with teachers, Hollywood unions, hotel workers and graduate 
 students leading the way. Why did it happen before, and why is it happening 
 now?\n\nFred Glass served as the communications director for the California 
 Federation of Teachers for nearly thirty years. He taught night classes in 
 labor history at City College of San Francisco until spring 2023. He wrote 
 and directed Golden Lands, Working Hands, a ten-part video series on the 
 history of the California labor movement, shown on public television 
 stations in California and distributed to every public high school in the 
 state. His book, From Mission to Microchip: A History of the California 
 Labor Movement, was published by the University of California Press in 
 2016. A short animated cartoon he wrote and directed, with the voice of Ed 
 Asner, Tax the Rich: An Animated Fairy Tale, received a million YouTube 
 views in 2012 and was the subject of unhappy Fox News commentary. His most 
 recent video is We Mean to Make Things Over: A History of May Day. Fred is 
 a member of AFT Local 2121 and serves on the State Committee of California 
 DSA.\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/02/14/18863167.php
SUMMARY:Fred Glass "California Labor: Yesterday & Today"
LOCATION:1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco CA 94109\nJoin Zoom 
 Meeting\nhttps://zoom.us/j/91759639495?pwd=ZkViMWRyblZpRS8rTjdYSjBOTVQ2dz09
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/02/14/18863167.php
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