EL CHICANo Weekly
Vol 63, NO. 12
December 25, 2025
Riverside Amazon Walkout Raises Question: Can Workers Afford Housing Where They Work? “Absolutely Not.”
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PHOTO ROBERT GONZALEZ Amazon workers and Teamsters supporters carry a banner during a 3 AM walkout at the DJT6 delivery station in Riverside, on Dec. 16, 2025.
By Manny Sandoval
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n early-morning walkout at Amazon’s DJT6 delivery station in Riverside on Dec. 16 thrust a basic question into the center of the region’s holiday shipping rush: Can the
workers who move the boxes afford to live anywhere near the jobs that depend on them? For Maricruz Delgadillo, 26, the math feels unforgiving. Delgadillo, a warehouse associate at DJT6, said she wakes up
around 2 AM to clock in at 3:20 AM, moving packages that can weigh up to 50 pounds and helping set up routes for delivery drivers. During peak season, she said, Amazon adds mandatory over-time—an Amazon, Cont. on next pg.
Inland Empire’s First Women’s Film Festival, Ella Film Fest, Sold Out with IECN’s Denise Berver Moderating Panel
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PHOTO MANNY SANDOVAL From left: Ella Film Fest Founders Monet Sprague, Mariana Lapizco, IECN’s Denise Berver, Briana Navarro, and Mars Clara.
PHOTO MANNY SANDOVAL IECN Co-publisher Denise Berver (far-left) moderating a panel on Women in Film featuring pros, such as Arianna Lemus, Sahar Khadjenoury, and Sahvannah Rae.
PHOTO MANNY SANDOVAL Ella Film Fest founders Mars Clara, Monet Sprague, Briana Navarro, and Mariana Lapizco kicking off the festivities at KVCR Public Media on Dec. 19th in San Bernardino.
PHOTO MANNY SANDOVAL Los Angeles based filmmaker Arianna Lemus expressing her experience as a filmmaker on commercial sets in Hollywood.
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