At the beginning of the 1990s, Sahuayo, a small city of factories and craftspeople near Michoacan’s Lake Chapala, could not provide enough…
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.
Half a century ago, long before the Internet, I got a job in a huge semiconductor plant. In Silicon Valley’s factories, we…
Prolonging the war in Ukraine, however, is US policy. That makes it important for people on the left to understand the sources…
The words “housing is a human right” used to appear in bright colors on a painted placard at the gateway to Wood…
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
