Latinos

Labor & community join mercado workers’ struggle

March 21, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

OAKLAND, Calif. - Some 30,000 California workers, many of them in the San Francisco Bay Area, are employed by mercados - Latino, Asian and other ethnic grocery stores numbering many recent immigrants among both workers and...

Changes and challenges for Puerto Ricans in the U.S.

March 11, 2011 By Elena Mora

A recent article by Angelo Falcon, president of the National Institute for Latino Policy, entitled, "Challenges Facing Stateside Puerto Ricans in the 21st Century," reveals both new features and persistent problems.

Latinos condemn Wisconsin anti-worker bill

March 10, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

Twenty leading national Latino organizations have come together to oppose growing attacks against the rights of workers in Wisconsin and other states.

Public workers are US

March 8, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

Under the guise of "fiscal responsibility" the tea party GOP extreme right at both the federal and state level is wielding a two-edged sword aimed at the heart of the black and Latino community's economic life.

Latino leaders: “Hands off Social Security!”

January 21, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

Organization representing more than 50 million Latinos are joining forces to defend Social Security.