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Kelly Candaele is a writer, a founding member of the Peace Institute at California State University, Chico, and a trustee of the Los Angeles City Employees Retirement System. He produced the documentary film, A League of Their Own, about his mother’s years in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. His brother Casey spent nine years in the big leagues and was a player union representative for the Houston Astros.
On September 29 in San Francisco, 4,000 hotel employees--all members of the newly merged union UNITE HERE--walked out on strike or were locked out of their workplaces after their contracts expire