The words “housing is a human right” used to appear in bright colors on a painted placard at the gateway to Wood…
David Bacon
David Bacon is a photojournalist, author, political activist, and union organizer who has focused on labor issues, particularly those related to immigrant labor. He has written several books and numerous articles on the subject and has held photographic exhibitions. He became interested in labor issues from an early age and he was involved in organizing efforts for the United Farm Workers, the United Electrical Workers, the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, the Molders' Union and others.
Carmen Hernandez lives in a small home on Chateau Fresno Avenue, one of the three streets that make up Lanare, a tiny…
In 2020, Washington State passed the Climate Commitment Act, and when it went into effect on January 1, 2022, Rosalinda Guillen was appointed…
Organized Farmworkers Win Basic Demands in a Quick Strike
The U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan should force a reckoning with a long history of military intervention
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act is the dream of the industry
High-wages and secure jobs for farmworkers can only come by discarding the old deportation/guestworker model, and instead supporting families with legalization, family-based visas, and unions and labor rights
With the pandemic, rent strikes have become a widespread response to brutal economic pressure
“The federal government has excluded farmworkers from all labor law protections under the National Labor Relations Act for 85 years”
Workers in Mexico and the United States face some of the same challenges–and some of the same employers
