Refugees flee this Honduran city, which has long been a vast, American-owned sweatshop.
David Bacon
David Bacon is a California writer and photojournalist; his latest book is In the Fields of the North / En los Campos del Norte (University of California / El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, 2017).
Posted inAmerica and the World
With López Obrador In, Workers Have the Confidence to Walk Out
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Posted inWorking in America
Growers Sue to Roll Back Farm Workers’ Wages
California agribusiness seeks to reduce guest workers’ pay
Posted inAmerica and the World
A New Day for Mexican Workers
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Posted inWorking in America
The Cross-Border Farmworker Rebellion
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Posted inWorking in America
An Immigrant Woman Takes Charge of the United Farm Workers
Change—and perhaps a new day in the fields—comes to Cesar Chavez’s legendary union.
Posted inWorking in America
What Was the Life of This Guest Worker Worth?
While Washington state agencies reduce farmworker pay and find employers faultless for a death in the fields, Trump and congressional Republicans back proposals to turn farmworking into permanent indentured servitude.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Counties Cancel ICE Detention Contracts
But advocates want detainees freed, not sent to for-profit jails
Posted inWorking in America
Farm Work Can Be a Skilled and Permanent Job
A Salinas grower and the union bet that a new contract will become an alternative to employing guest workers.
Posted inWorking in America
How Unions Help Immigrants Resist Deportations
In California, labor has long protected its immigrant members—and now, it’s defending non-members as well.