The "Friends of Labor" web site exists to share local perspectives on issues of importance to the harbor community. We're family, friends, homeowners and business people from throughout the Los Angeles harbor area who support the tenants of "live better, work union, shop local." Our intentions are to provide factual information on the issues at hand, to respond to many of the misleading stories popping up on anti-labor web sites, and to offer an alternate opinion to articles in print publications that are under increasing influence from major retail groups.

Contract negotiations between the ILWU and Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) in 2002 are what inspired our group to form.