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The Lopez Obrador administration is changing the law so that workers can actually choose a union and vote on their contracts
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.
Workers in the berry fields of the United States and Mexico have the same transnational employers. Now, farmworker unions in those two nations have begun to work together
Looking at the Root Causes of Migration
Photos by David Bacon. Women make up almost one-third of all agricultural laborers, but the presidents and most top leaders of the…
Family members of detainees, including Maria Lopez, Adrianna, and Hulissa Aguilar, called on ICE to release their loved ones after it was…
Iraq’s trade unions, especially the oil workers, have played a central role in organizing the demonstrations
But advocates want detainees freed, not sent to for-profit jails
The combination of street protests, electoral activism and increasing union strength is one of the most important features of Iraq’s political landscape
Honoring Larry Itliong and a generation of radicals whose political ideas are as relevant to workers now as they were in 1965
Protesting immigration enforcement is part of defending farm laborers generally, both union and non-union