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Soledad “Chole” Alatorre came to California in the 1950s to help her exploited countrymen in. Alatorre worked to get hired at companies that relied on low-paid, undocumented immigrants. She would quickly get promoted to supervisor, then use her influence to surreptitiously urge workers to agitate for better pay. When management found out, and fired her, the employees would walk out. A union usually followed.
An inmate in the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in downtown L.A. and four jail employees have tested positive, heightening fears that the disease could spread quickly in the overcrowded system.in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Officials are prioritizing early release for elderly people and those with severe underlying medical conditions.
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