David Bacon
LATEST ARTICLES BY David Bacon
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Labor
Will growers’ demands for wage cuts get help from the U.S. government?
January 25, 2019Some growers have signed union contracts and provided better wages and benefits in order to attract a stable workforce. Others, however, are actively seeking to hold wages down.
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Labor
Workers actually took charge to win the victory at Marriott hotels
January 10, 2019I knew we were on the right track when we had 23 hotels on strike in eight cities, and the strike vote came up in Seattle.
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Labor
A new day for Mexican workers
January 9, 2019"We're not just fighting for an economic goal, not just for decent wages, but for the revitalization of the democratic life of workers, of our unions and the organizations we belong to."
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Labor
The right to migrate, the right to stay home
November 26, 2018The difference between the one side of the border and the other is the difference between poverty and wealth.
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Labor
The cross-border farmworker rebellion
November 2, 2018"We produce what the whole society eats and drinks. So this work should be recognized and well paid. If we unite and get organized, we can achieve these things."
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Labor
Worthless promises in Silicon Valley
October 25, 2018Today Silicon Valley remains the fortress of the country's most anti-union industry.
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U.S.
Migration is a form of fighting back
October 11, 2018There is nothing permanent or unchangeable about these institutions of oppression. We have changed our world before, and our movements here can do that again.
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World
Mexican students remember a massacre and its meaning for today
October 3, 2018Every year on Oct. 2 thousands of Mexican students pour into the streets of Mexico City in memory of the hundreds of students who were gunned down by their own government in 1968.
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