After well over a decade of strategic activism in Los Angeles, Breed Street’s “last vendor” is celebrating a new statewide measure that gives street food vendors new rights and opportunities.
After 2 years of virtual Nisei Week events due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Nisei Week returns in-person to celebrate its 80th year, kicking off with a vibrant parade that marched through Little Tokyo last Sunday.
In June, these workers made Genwa the country’s first privately owned Korean restaurant to secure a union contract. But the five-year journey wasn’t easy.