“Through organizing we’ve given hope back to...
“Through organizing we’ve given hope back to the members. They tell me that now they are again looked upon as human beings instead of as ‘stupid wetbacks’ who anybody can treat anyway they want.”--Maria Elena Durazo, who as chief organizer of Los Angeles’ 13,000-member Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union, Local 11, is one of the few Latinas to head a major union local in the country.
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