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1980s Restructuring and organized labor changes
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-22 at 5.25.48 PM_thumb.png2023-03-23T00:26:38+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911“Restructuring hit factories in southern Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley especially hard; plant closures eliminated many unionized jobs. In south Los Angeles, eight major plants closed from 1975 to 1986, leaving 12,000 people out of work. More closures came as defense contracts ended in the 1990s – especially in aircraft and shipbuilding – with the end of the Cold War. In addition to these broad changes, the economic crisis of the mid-1970s and a rightward shift in politics further eroded the power of organized labor. Business went on an anti-labor offensive in the 1970s and 1980s, seeking to weaken the union movement. They were bolstered by anti-unionism at the federal level, led by President Ronald Reagan who set the tone. In 1981, he fired striking air traffic controllers and replaced them with non-union workers, and championed business deregulation. In emerging high- tech industries, like electronics assembly plants, as well, owners were anti-union and often fostered sweatshop-like conditions in their plants.” Excerpt from SurveyLA Citywide Historic Context Statementplain2023-03-23T00:26:38+00:001980Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
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12023-08-26T00:49:36+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49Labor and Union OrganizingGina Leon31980s Focused Researchgallery2023-09-01T23:34:17+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49