Author Profile
David Bacon
David Bacon is a writer, photographer and former union organizer. He is the author of The Right to Stay Home: How US Policy Drives Mexican Migration (2013), Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants (2008), Communities Without Borders (2006), and The Children of NAFTA: Labor Wars on the US/Mexico Border (2004). His website is at dbacon.igc.org.
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Don’t Punish the Dreamers—Punish the Corporations Driving Forced Migration
The "dreamers," young recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program—are the true children of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). More than anyone, they have paid the... MORE
Working · September 11, 2017
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40,000 AT&T Workers Begin 3-Day Strike
This story has been updated with the start of the strike. Around 40,000 members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) at AT&T walked off their jobs Friday, for a three-day... MORE
Working · May 19, 2017
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Punishing Employers Who Hire Undocumented Immigrants Isn’t the Answer—Solidarity Is
The following was written in response to a previous post. It is clear in the article that its author, Buzz Malone, feels he is defending the interests of workers against employers. The... MORE
Working · November 30, 2016
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Revolt of the ‘Chapulines’: After Strike, Indigenous Mexican Farmworkers Vote To Unionize
Sometimes they call themselves chapulines. It's a Oaxacan inside joke. Chapulines are small insects, like grasshoppers. When they're toasted with lime and garlic, they're a delicacy that's as much... MORE
Working · May 25, 2016
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Undocumented Youth Are Here Through No Fault of Their Own. But It’s Not Their Parents’ Fault, Either
Using the phrase "no fault of their own" in discussing undocumented young people does not encourage us to look at the roots of the poverty and violence their families experience. MORE
Features · November 5, 2015
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The Long, Strange Tale of a California Farm’s Attempts To Break Its Workers’ Union
The strategy by one of the nation's largest growers to shed its obligation to sign a contract with the United Farm Workers was dealt a key setback last week. An administrative law... MORE
Working · September 24, 2015
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California Court Ruling Could Make It Nearly Impossible for Farmworkers To Win Union Contracts
On May 18 in Fresno, California, the state's Court of Appeals for the 5th District ruled that a key provision of the state's unique labor law for field workers is unconstitutional. Should... MORE
Working · June 17, 2015
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Panama’s Dockworkers Fight Poverty Wages—With Support From American Unionists
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA—You see a lot of parked taxis in the parking lot at the Panama Ports terminal here. But they're not waiting to give rides to longshore workers&mdash... MORE
Working · April 2, 2015
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An Oil Worker & a Union Staffer Explain Why 1,000s of Oil Workers Across the Country Are On Strike
Oil workers in multiple states around the country, as In These Times has reported over the last two weeks, are on strike for the first time in a... MORE
Working · February 12, 2015
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Immigrant Recycling Workers Win Strike, Union Drive in East Bay
SAN LEANDRO, CA—Within days of each other last week, two groups of Northern California recycling workers declared they'd had enough of what they see as regimes of indignity and discrimination.... MORE
Working · October 31, 2014