Assignment Task: Combined the ports of LA/LB are the single largest source of pollution in California; they are also the largest ports in the United States. These ports represent a gateway of global trade.
1. Can you help explain the environmental racism in the greater Los Angeles Region related to the movement of goods (the logistics sector).
2. Do you think large companies such as Amazon and Walmart should be held responsible for the conditions facing poor and working class communities that are baring the brunt of pollution so these corporations can profit?
3. Many Amazon and Walmart workers complain of poor wages and bad working conditions, at the same time, communities such as Wilmington and West Long Beach are concerned about all the air pollution from the diesel trucks moving containers to the Amazon and Walmart warehouses; might this be an opportunity for communities and workers to join together? What are your thoughts about this?
4. How can environmental justice activists align their interests with unions and workers to demand corporations treat workers and communities with respect and dignity?