David Bacon

Change Immigrants and Labor Can Believe In

November 26, 2008

The Obama administration should embrace progressive tactics to protect human and workplace rights.

Railroading Immigrants

September 17, 2008

Massive workplace raids are part of a pressure campaign for guest-worker programs.

Right to Strike Imperiled in Cananea

January 25, 2008

If the Mexican government and Grupo Mexico succeed in smashing a miners' strike, the reverberations will be felt even across the US border.

Bush's Immigration Clampdown Crimped

August 22, 2007

A federal judge in San Francisco has put on hold new Homeland Security regulations designed to crack down on illegal immigrants in the workplace.

Workers, Not Guests

February 6, 2007

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is using immigration control measures to retaliate against undocumented workers who stand up for their rights.

Mexico's Labor Rebels

June 28, 2006

On July 2, Mexico will choose a new president. Whoever wins will face an ongoing labor movement challenging the neoliberal policies of the past.

Beyond Braceros

December 8, 2005

In a misguided GOP reform effort, Congress is ready to pass measures that would militarize border controls, violate workers' rights and give corporations a new bracero program. Immigrant rights groups, unions, civil rights organizations and working families push for something better.

Communities Without Borders

October 6, 2005

Guest worker programs are a threat to the communities Central American migrants forge as they sweep across the US. These programs undermine the economic rights of immigrants and natives alike.

Be Our Guests

September 9, 2004

Guest workers in the US are routinely punished for asserting their rights.

Solidarity in Wartime

June 10, 2004

Class Warfare

December 24, 2003

Labor studies programs are under attack by a well-financed right-wing campaign.

Screened Out

April 24, 2003

INS Declares War on Labor

November 6, 2002

A Union on the Line

October 10, 2002

Supreme Court v. Unions

May 2, 2002

Labor Fights for Immigrants

May 3, 2001

The stage is set for a showdown over the fate of undocumented workers.

Unions Without Borders

January 4, 2001