Black and Latino Civil Lights leaders Urge Unity in L.A. Town Hall

On Thursday, leaders from prominent civil rights organizations and labor unions gathered with L.A. community members to discuss the economic and political issues being faced by Black and Latino communities in the U.S. — many of whom remain overworked, underpaid and under-protected.

The main speakers at the event were Janet Murguía, president and CEO of the Latino civil rights advocacy group UnidosUS; Marc H. Morial, former New Orleans mayor and current president and CEO of the Black civil rights organization National Urban League; and David Huerta, the president of the California service workers unions SEIU-USWW and SEIU California.

The trio spoke largely to a crowd of Latino and Black SEIU union workers — who donned T-shirts emblazoned with slogans calling for respect, safety and fair pay for service workers — and National Urban League members.

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