“The Uphill Battle for Labor”: The Battle of the Invisibles Response Paper
In The Battle of the Invisibles, Manuel de Alba explores a legal case where over 2000 undocumented janitorial workers sued four major supermarkets—Vons, Safeway, Albertsons, and Ralphs—in southern California. To recover their unpaid wages and sue for excessive work hours, these workers unsuccessfully asked the state of California to intervene on their behalf; they later pursued private litigation and won their case. After watching Alba’s documentary, I feel that workers who want to affirm their labor rights must unreasonably maneuver around the legal system: “The legal system is built for the rich, and you can never forget that.”
In addition to feeling frustrated with
In The Battle of the Invisibles, Manuel de Alba explores a legal case where over 2000 undocumented janitorial workers sued four major supermarkets—Vons, Safeway, Albertsons, and Ralphs—in southern California. To recover their unpaid wages and sue for excessive work hours, these workers unsuccessfully asked the state of California to intervene on their behalf; they later pursued private litigation and won their case. After watching Alba’s documentary, I feel that workers who want to affirm their labor rights must unreasonably maneuver around the legal system: “The legal system is built for the rich, and you can never forget that.”
In addition to feeling frustrated with