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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
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North Carolina’s Tobacco Workers Stand to Benefit From State’s Strong Farmworker Union

Many tobacco workers are on H2-A visas, but undocumented workers in other sectors of agriculture often enjoy better rights through unionization.
by
David Bacon,
Truthout
October 29, 2012
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News Analysis

Blood, Gold and Coke: The Price of Free Trade in Colombia

Instead of protecting labor and community activists, the trade agreement’s implementation seems to have given the Colombian government a free hand in resuming attacks on them
by
David Bacon,
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September 28, 2012
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Economy & Labor

Will Colombia’s Protesting Workers Be Heard?

As former GM workers stitch their lips in protest, we ask if a trade deal with the US is behind worker exploitation.
by
David Bacon &
Shihab Rattansi,
Al Jazeera English
August 24, 2012
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News

Three Thousand San Francisco Janitors Prepare for a Strike

At issue in San Francisco is the same sticking point in most union contract negotiations – health care costs and wages.
by
David Bacon,
Truthout
August 10, 2012
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News

Canadian Mining Goliaths Devastate Mexican Indigenous Communities and Environment

Emphasizing foreign investment, even at the cost of environmental destruction and the displacement of people, has been the development policy of Mexican administrations since the 1970s.
by
David Bacon,
Truthout
July 25, 2012
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News

Watsonville Teachers and Students Take on Methyl Iodide Pesticide

Pesticide drift means that whatever is used to kill pests also gets ingested by children and adults when it wafts through the air into their lungs or when…
by
David Bacon,
Z Communications
July 14, 2012
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News

Pepper Spraying of Students in Santa Monica

Today, California community colleges charge $36/unit, a fee due to increase to $46 this summer.
by
David Bacon,
Truthout
June 12, 2012
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Interview

“No Matter What the Result, We Will Continue to Resist,” Says Mexican Electrical Workers Union Leader

Ehe Mexican Electrical Workers union: Two years ago, its 44,000 members were all fired when the Mexican government took over generating stations by force to set the stage…
by
David Bacon,
Truthout
June 2, 2012
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Photo Essay

Demonstrators Confront Wells Fargo Shareholders

(Photos by David Bacon)On Tuesday, April 24 in San Francisco, thousands of angry homeowners, immigrants, union members, Occupiers and community groups converged on the annual shareholders meeting of…
by
David Bacon,
Truthout
April 26, 2012
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News

Common Ground on the Kill Floor: Organizing Smithfield

Keith Ludlum and Terry Slaughter are two slaughterhouse workers who helped organize the union at the Smithfield Foods plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina. A bruising 16-year battle,…
by
David Bacon,
Labor Notes
April 25, 2012
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