Think back to your first cruising experience. Where were you? How old were you? Who were you with? These moments and memories, for many of us here in San Jose, seemed crucial to our upbringing- teaching us about our culture, our community, and ourselves.

Whether you’re cruising down Story and King, Santa Clara Street, or Monterey, we hope that you enjoy this fun and empowering episode about the Dueñas Women’s Car Club.

Celebrating all of the badass ladies of San Jose this month and EVERY day!

Follow us on Insta @Sanjolodown
Links:
https://www.instagram.com/duenascarclub/?hl=en

https://linktr.ee/duenascarclub

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/video/meet-moms-daughters-female-lowrider-community-107054997

https://www.ktvu.com/video/1521959

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/video/trailblazers-drive-new-opportunity-for-women-in-bay-area-lowrider-culture/#x

Hello and Happy Love Month! <3 For this episode, we at the San Jo Lo Down are excited to share a bit of ourselves with you! In this "Get to Know Us" Episode, we open with a Tyra Banks-style speed interview, followed by some in-depth Q&A exploring each of our backgrounds, upbringings, ties to SJ, and reasons for being involved in this project. We end the episode by reminiscing about some of our working-class jobs- for better or worse *heh*. Highlighting the people, places, and experiences that have shaped our lives, perspectives, and shared goal- to uplift and shine a light on this beautiful and badass SJ community of ours. We hope you enjoy the episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Thanks for your support and see you for the next one!

SJLD keeps things rolling with Episode 4!

In this episode, we explore wage theft. What is it, why is it, and what can be done about it? We speak with a panel of brilliant, passionate, and overall badass guests which include Ruth Silver Taube (Supervisor of Workers Rights Practice, Coordinator of The SCC Wage Theft Coalition, and many more), jean Cohen (Executive Officer of the South Bay Labor Council, Vice Chair of the SCC Democratic Party, and more), and David Bini (Leader of Building Trades Council). We start the episode discussing the demographic makeup of unions in the local area and the many challenges of working and living in the Bay Area- whether in a union or not- due to the unruly cost of… Everything. We then jump into today’s topic of Wage Theft and discuss the problems of wage theft, which Ruth describes as an “epidemic” and a “public health problem”. We discuss the overall lack of enforcement surrounding wage theft in which workers are cheated of their owed compensation. Finally, we end the episode with some hope regarding the current and future role of unions during this historic movement and moment. Have you heard of Slavery Towers here in Downtown S.J.? Stay tuned for the episode insert and conclusion where we provide additional context about some of the egregious projects occurring in our very own backyard!

Please Please Please like, share, and follow us on Instagram @Sanjo_lodown and consider donating to the show through the San Jo Lo Down Website https://www.sanjolodown.com. Thank you for being here with us today and we look forward to hearing from you soon!

Resources:

South Bay Labor Council Online

https://calaborfed.org/?laborcouncils=south-bay-labor-council

What is South Bay Labor Council

https://www.southbaylabor.org/what_is_the_labor_council

Mercery News: “Silvery Towers labor woes draw accusations of human trafficking and slave labor”

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/09/silvery-towers-labor-woes-draw-accusations-of-human-trafficking-and-slave-labor/

SCC Wage Theft Coalition

https://wagetheftcoalition.org/

The State Building and Construction Trades Council

https://cabuildingtrades.org/

Unionize California Home Page (to find and Join a Union)

https://unionizecalifornia.org/

City of San Jose Labor Relations Information (City Page)

https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/office-of-the-city-manager/employee-relations/labor-relations-information