David Bacon
LATEST ARTICLES BY David Bacon
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Labor
Farmworker rebellion spreads along almost the entire Pacific coast
August 31, 2015The strawberries, blackberries and blueberries sold everyday in U.S. supermarkets are largely picked by indigenous families speaking the same ancient languages.
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Labor
Triqui migrants do the work, but want change
June 18, 2015"When I see people working in the field, I see a lack of equality. If it wasn't for them the crops wouldn't get grown or harvested."
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World
Enforcement not the answer to Europe’s immigration problems
June 9, 2015International law guarantees the right to seek asylum; seizing boats and mass detentions are violations of this right.
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Opinion
Streets of New York – the subway
May 21, 2015The great thing about the New York subway is the people: it feels like you're seeing people from every place on Earth.
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Labor
For potato farmers, “organic” means hard labor
May 8, 2015The organic food industry especially should hold itself to high standards for labor practices.
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Labor
Labor camp residents determined to change things
April 27, 2015Over 250 workers walked out of the fields several times, as their anger grew over the wages and the conditions in the labor camp where they lived.
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Labor
Miners and farmers challenge Mexico’s copper giant
April 16, 2015"The government and Grupo Mexico are making history but backwards, taking away the right to strike and the right to industrial safety."
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Labor
Growers move to gut California’s farm labor law
April 9, 2015Gerawan Farming, one of the country's largest growers, is challenging the law that makes farm workers' union rights enforceable.
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