Selected press coverage of wage crisis workers are facing in LA.
Thank you to media outlets that have helped spread the word about the pay disparities incarcerated firefighters are facing and the restaurant workers that have lost their jobs due to the multiple fires.
“As firefighters are battling multiple huge blazes tearing through Los Angeles, California’s prisons have deployed more than 1,000 incarcerated people to battle on the frontlines.”
— The Guardian, Jan 15, 2025
For service workers, Los Angeles fires consumed jobs
— The Washington Post, Jan 2025
Fires burned up their restaurant jobs. 'From one day to another, we have no work'
— LA Times, Jan 15, 2025
Why Incarcerated Firefighters Are Battling the L.A. Wildfires
— Time, Jan 12, 2025
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