David Bacon

David Bacon is a California writer and documentary photographer. A former union organizer, today he documents labor, the global economy, war and migration, and the struggle for human rights.

LATEST ARTICLES BY David Bacon

Labor

Farm Workforce Modernization Act’s failure reveals division in immigrant rights movement
January 11, 2023 By David Bacon
The United Farm Workers saw it as a way to win legal immigration status for undocumented field laborers.
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Labor

Ill harvest: In rural California, farmworkers fend for themselves for health care
December 9, 2022 By David Bacon
Where government and health care institutions are absent, some communities turn to grassroots action.
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U.S.

Oakland’s unhoused targeted for eviction, but where will they go?
August 18, 2022 By David Bacon
Cob on Wood, the Bay Area’s oldest and largest encampment, is being forcibly cleared.
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Politics

Revival of Bracero Program is the wrong path to take
July 7, 2022 By David Bacon
Workers are not dispensable items to throw away when they are used up.
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Labor

Trouble in the tulips
April 1, 2022 By David Bacon
The fields of flowers are so beautiful they can take your breath away, but the conditions under which they're cultivated and harvested can be just as bad as they are for any other crop. "This year...
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Labor

In 114-degree heat farmworkers are still at work
August 4, 2021 By David Bacon

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Labor

‘Modernization’ Act good for growers, not for workers
July 21, 2021 By David Bacon
If the Senate passes, and President Biden signs, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, U.S. growers, and labor contractors will benefit, but most farmworkers will not.
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U.S.

Farmworkers need families, not deportation
June 10, 2021 By David Bacon And Anuradha Mittal
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act will not provide farmworkers with the wages, living conditions and union rights they need to live secure, dignified lives.
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