By PAUL MAVERICK
POLITICAL MUSCLE

Workers at the Wilshire Hotel in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles go on strike when the hotel owner suddenly slashes their wages and takes away insurance benefits. The workers are joined in their picket by Maria Elena Durazo, the Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor.

When the owner suddenly slashes their wages and takes away insurance benefits, workers strike outside of the Wilshire Hotel in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. Maria Elena Durazo, the Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, marches in support of the workers, and shares her thoughts on the state of labor in the age of Obama. Filmed on January 25, 2011.

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