Moving Image / Don't be a Scrooge: Ghost of Christmas Past visits L.A. City Council

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Title: Don't be a Scrooge: Ghost of Christmas Past visits L.A. City Council
Date Created and/or Issued: 1997
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Library
Collection: Organizing Los Angeles Workers, 1980-Present
Rights Information: Copyrighted
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Rights Holder and Contact: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Scope/Content: This video produced by the LA Alliance for a New Economy documents elements of the Living Wage campaign in Los Angeles. An actor dressed as the ghost of Jacob Marley from Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" haunts LA's city hall, warning the mayor and council members to consider the needs of low wage workers in December 1996. The video also includes interviews with activists following a successful vote in the council in March 1997. The ordinance covered workers city contractors.
Type: moving image
Format: MP4 video
Identifier: irle_1940_045
Language: English
eng
Subject: Labor unions--California--Los Angeles
Labor union locals--California--Los Angeles
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Provenance: Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE)
Location: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections

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