A review by rebecca_oneil
Asa, Se Puede! / Yes, We Can!: Janitor Strike in L.A. [With Poster for Classroom Use] by Diana Cohn

4.0

Bilingual English/Spanish book about the Justice for Janitors campaign in L.A. in the year 2000. It's told by a fictional boy, Carlitos, but the essay at the end by Luis J. Rodriguez seems to point to a real woman, Dolores Sanchez, as the model for Carlitos' mother, a janitor who becomes a leader of the strike. It's an excellent book for talking about workers' rights, unions, and service jobs.