Where Labor and Lives Intersect
For most of us, work anchors the routine of life. Out of bed, maybe grab breakfast, get the kids to school and head to the job to spend 8 hours or so helping make the Southern California economy hum along.
Sometimes we hardly even notice all the other people--other workers--whose labor supports and intersects with our own.
As the nation holds its annual barbecue today to honor labor, we pause to explore the rippling effects of one person’s work.
In this five-part series, we visit a handful of the people who, by chance of the workday, have perhaps unknowingly become partners with the owner of a small flower shop.
* Lisa Howell, flower shop owner, Page 29.
* Eleno Cervantes Navarrete, fieldworker, Page 30.
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