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Mixtec and Triqui farm workers in the U.S. and Mexico also share a common history of labor organizing
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.
On May 18 in Fresno, California, the state’s Court of Appeals for the 5th District ruled that a key provision of the…
EU’s plan to crack down on traffickers and stop migrant boats in the Mediterranean will endanger the migrants even more
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A love letter to the subway
One group of immigrant workers, recruited as guest workers, is being pitted against another group—the migrants who have been coming to work at the company for many years
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Obama’s latest executive action caused a lot of controversy among unions and immigrant rights activists because of the conditions attached to the deferrals
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Donna De Cesare spent two decades taking photographs of Salvadoran young people, documenting the impact of violence on their lives for her new book, Unsettled/Desasosiego