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Blacks, Latinos and labor are three of the most stalwart constituencies in Democratic Party politics. But the interests of the groups have…
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.
LOS ANGELES, CA (7/30/04) – On June 22 the national convention of the Service Employees International Union, with 1.7 million members the…
Once the U.S. occupation of Iraq began over a year ago, Iraqi workers lost no time in reorganizing their country’s labor movement.…
San Francisco, CA – Archie Brown was first a ship scaler, and then a longshoreman – a dockworker all his life. He…
Berlin, Germany – Europe’s war between unions, trying to protect the remnants of the welfare state, and governments bent on shredding them…
The disaster that is the occupation of Iraq is much more than the war that plays nightly across U.S. television screens. The…
LOS ANGELES, CA (3/4/04) – The southern California grocery strikers are true working-class heroes. Seventy thousand held fast to their strike over…
J uly 14 has been Iraq’s National Day since 1958. This year, under the occupation, it was declared a “Saddam-era holiday” and…
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (12/10/03) — US occupation forces in Iraq escalated their efforts to paralyze Iraq‘s new labor unions with a series of…
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (10/20/03) — The disaster that is the occupation of Iraq is much more than the suicide bombings and guerilla ambushes…