Photos: Labor Day in the Southland
Melanie Bunley, left, celebrated her 50th birthday by joining Cherlyn Clark, center, and Yvonne Ali as they and about 3,000 others crossed the Vincent Thomas Bridge twice during the annual 5.3-mile “Conquer the Bridge” race. Proceeds benefit the LAPD Harbor Division Booster Club for Kids. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
Runners approach the Vincent Thomas Bridge on Harbor Boulevard before they crossed the span twice in the sixth annual “Conquer the Bridge” race. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
San Pedro YMCA helpers get a head start as they walk to their assistance stations before the “Conquer the Bridge” race. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
Runners take up one half of the freeway entrance to the Vincent Thomas Bridge during the “Conquer the Bridge” race. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
Riding on her American Federation of Teachers float, Dionne Morrissette strikes a pose as the Statue of Liberty as union members and their families, supporters and friends marched in the 35th annual Labor Day Parade in Wilmington. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
Retired longshore union member Rene Lopez drives his 1946 Plymouth at the end of the Labor Day Parade in Wilmington. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
Umberto Renteria, dressed as an indigenous man from Jalisco, prepares to participate with his dance troupe Cuauhtemoc in the 35th annual Labor Day Parade in Wilmington. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
Fernando Munoz and his wife, Roberta, share a kiss before their motorcycle club composed of longshoremen rode in the Wilmington Labor Day Parade. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
At a Labor Day rally at a park in South Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti announces his proposal to raise the city’s minimum wage. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
Supporters gather on the stage as Mayor Eric Garcetti announces his plan to raise the city’s annual minimum wage to more than $13 after three years. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)