Author: David Bacon

David Bacon is a California-based writer and documentary photographer. A former union organizer, today he documents labour, the global economy, war and migration, and the struggle for human rights. He blogs at The Reality Check and tweets at @photos4justice.

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

In Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump is trying his best to reopen closed meatpacking plants, as packinghouse workers catch the COVID-19 virus and die. In Tijuana, Mexico, where workers are … Keep reading »

Labour, Latin America • May 18, 2020 • David Bacon
Barred from Striking, Airline Food Workers Sit Down in Traffic

Melieni Cruz, who helps prepare the meals passengers eat on airplanes, went thousands of dollars into debt because she couldn’t pay her soaring medical bills. “When the doctor found cysts … Keep reading »

Labour • March 18, 2020 • David Bacon
With López Obrador In, Workers Have the Confidence to Walk Out

Mexico’s new president has raised wages, and maquiladora workers have gone on strike along the border #Matamoros Keep reading »

Labour, Latin America • February 9, 2019 • David Bacon
A New Day for Mexican Workers

The López Obrador administration is changing the law so that workers can actually choose a union and vote on their contracts. Keep reading »

Latin America • January 14, 2019 • David Bacon