California workers who cut countertops are dying of an incurable disease https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-24/silicosis-countertop-workers-engineered-stone

#RegulatoryCapture: #disposablepeople in #degradablespaces benefiting #developers amidst toothless #publichealth and #regulators (when #cleaner safer alternatives like wood, metal, formed concrete, and robotics exist.)

Thousands of L.A. city workers to strike Tuesday https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-04/thousands-of-l-a-city-workers-to-strike-tuesday

#livingwage: The city #work stoppage comes amid a frenzy of organized #labor activity in Los Angeles and across the country, including the first simultaneous strike of Hollywood writers and actors since 1960. Los Angeles and Orange County hotel workers have also engaged in intermittent work stoppages