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David Bacon

David Bacon is a writer and photographer, and former union organizer. He is the author of several books on labor, migration and the global economy, including In the Fields of the North / En los campos del norte, The Children of NAFTA, Communities Without Borders, Illegal People and The Right to Stay Home. His photographs and stories can be found at here and here.

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Dec 10, 2017
Latest from David Bacon
Newly-elected Oakland City Council member Carroll Fife speaks to a rally in Oakland, calling for cancelling rents. Aja, the daughter of Dominique Walker, stands beside her.
Photo Essay
Human Rights

Cancel the Rent: A Rising National Rent Strike Movement Gains Momentum

In the absence of help from Congress, rent strikes have become a widespread response to brutal economic pressure.
by
David Bacon,
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December 17, 2020
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Workers demonstrate during a strike outside of Allan Brothers Fruit on May 16, 2020, in Naches, Washington. Workers from at least six fruit packing facilities in the Yakima County area have gone on strike to protest working conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Economy & Labor

Fruit Workers Ready Strike for COVID-Safe Working Conditions

Demands for safer working conditions and extra hazard pay during the pandemic are powering strikes in the Yakima Valley.
by
David Bacon,
Capital & Main
May 21, 2020
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Economy & Labor

Following Mexico’s Worker Strikes, the US Steps in to Keep Border Factories Open

When workers protested the illegal operation of the factories, the law was changed to deem the factories “essential.”
by
David Bacon,
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May 4, 2020
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Airline kitchen workers bring their children to the picket line.
Photo Essay
Economy & Labor

Barred From Striking, Airline Food Workers Seek Other Ways to Protest

Frustration is growing among unionized airport workers, who are denied the right to strike under a 1926 law.
by
David Bacon,
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March 3, 2020
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Security guards, employed by a contractor at the Google Mountain View campus, demonstrate for their right to have a union. Many Google workers supported their demonstrations.
Photo Essay
Economy & Labor

We Need to Support Every Workers’ Struggle, Including the Fight at Google

Let’s back the new generation of workplace organizers, including the four Google employees fired this month.
by
David Bacon,
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December 17, 2019
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Marchers take part in the Farmworker March for Dignity 2019, on August 4, 2019, in Whatcom County, Washington.
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Economy & Labor

Farmworkers Rise Up Against Trump and Labor Exploitation  

Trump’s Department of Labor is facilitating the increased exploitation of vulnerable agricultural laborers.
by
David Bacon,
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August 10, 2019
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Teachers and students carry a banner from their school, Oakland Technical High School.
Photo Essay
Education & Youth

Photo Essay: Oakland Teachers Fight for Public Education

“We’re living in one of the richest states in the country, and yet there’s no money for education.”
by
David Bacon,
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February 26, 2019
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UNITE HERE Local 2 representative Rafael Leiva tells strikers at the Saint Francis Hotel that a settlement has been reached in the Marriott strike.
Photo Essay
Economy & Labor

Photo Essay: Marriott Workers Celebrate Victory on the Picket Line

It took 61 days, but workers won a wage increase, employer-paid health care and workload reductions.
by
David Bacon,
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January 9, 2019
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UNITE HERE Local 2 President Anand Singh is overcome with emotion at the end of the press conference announcing an end to the Marriott strike.
Interview
Economy & Labor

Workers Ran Their Own Strike and Beat Marriott

Workers hope to be even stronger for the next contract negotiations in 2022.
by
David Bacon,
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January 9, 2019
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Strikers, non-striking hotel workers and members of other unions march through downtown San Francisco in a march of 2,000 people.
Photo Essay
Economy & Labor

Marriott Workers Stay Tough on the Picket Lines

Strikes are an education in power, and its lessons haven’t been lost on the Marriott picket lines.
by
David Bacon,
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October 31, 2018
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