Rossana Cambron
LATEST ARTICLES BY Rossana Cambron
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Port truck drivers walk off the job in LA and Long Beach
July 8, 2014Port truck drivers say they were left with no choice but to walk off their jobs; the companies that employ them continually rob them of their wages and retaliate against them when they try to unionize.
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Children fleeing violence and poverty
June 30, 2014Displaced children as young as 13 are leaving their homes in Central America in greater numbers than ever before due to violence from wars involving the cartels, gang initiations and or extortion.
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Calif. family to Fannie Mae: Don’t take away our American dream
April 18, 2014The Coronels are taking a stand to end Fannie Mae's policy of punishing homeowners who were impacted by the housing crisis that Fannie Mae helped create.
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Fasters for families: Boehner, stop playing with our lives!
February 25, 2014"We are taking our message to John Boehner that he must put immigration reform to a vote."
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“Mr. Clean” gives guest workers a dirty deal
September 17, 2013America's unions are going to bat for foreign workers who toil in America, in conditions that approximate slavery. And Dwight Allen, a 41-year-old "guest worker" laboring in Florida apartment buildings says he is sure glad they...
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Durazo: Labor must fight for all who work
September 6, 2013LOS ANGELES - In a speech to labor journalists here Sept. 6, one of the nation's most powerful union leaders made the case for building a union movement very different from the one that exists in...
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Video: L.A. port truck drivers go on 24-hour strike
August 27, 2013They are striking to protest harassment and intimidation by company management, all unfair labor practices.
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Video: 1963 civil rights march commemorated in L.A.
August 27, 2013Black, brown, Asian and white marched together down Martin Luther King Blvd in Los Angeles on Aug. 24 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.
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