David Bacon
LATEST ARTICLES BY David Bacon
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Labor
‘Modernization’ Act good for growers, not for workers
July 21, 2021If the Senate passes, and President Biden signs, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, U.S. growers, and labor contractors will benefit, but most farmworkers will not.
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U.S.
Farmworkers need families, not deportation
June 10, 2021The Farm Workforce Modernization Act will not provide farmworkers with the wages, living conditions and union rights they need to live secure, dignified lives.
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Labor
Biden’s immigration reform should roll back exploitative ‘guest worker’ programs
May 13, 2021The current system prioritizes agricultural growers' profits over immigrants' and workers' rights.
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Labor
Abandonment of COVID protections puts farm workers in a stranglehold
May 11, 2021“The Farm Workforce Modernization Act is the dream of the industry,” says union activist Edgar Franks.
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Labor
Farmworkers need families, not deportation and exploitation
April 12, 2021During the Trump administration, the U.S. deported an average of 275,725 people per year.
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News
San Quentin vigil says incarceration has become a death sentence
July 27, 2020The coronavirus infection spread rapidly through San Quentin. According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation [CDCR], as of the date of the vigil, there were 928 active cases and eleven prisoners had died.
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Labor
Amazon workers on May Day: Protect us from this virus
May 7, 2020They called it Essential Workers Day, a good name for May Day this year in recognition of their work during the pandemic.
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Politics
Farmworkers are “essential” but excluded, awaiting the virus
April 1, 2020In fields and rural communities across the United States the nation's 2.5 million agricultural laborers are waiting for the shoe to drop.
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