David Bacon is a photojournalist, author, political activist, and union organizer who has focused on labor issues, particularly those related to immigrant labor. He has written several books and numerous articles on the subject.
Bacon's parents were strong supporter of unionism and his early interest in labor issues began with union organizing activities. He was involved in organizing efforts for the
United Farm Workers
The United Farm Workers of America, or more commonly just United Farm Workers (UFW), is a labor union for farmworkers in the United States. It originated from the merger of two workers' rights organizations, the Agricultural Workers Organizing ...
, the
United Electrical Workers
The United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), is an independent democratic rank-and-file labor union representing workers in both the private and public sectors across the United States.
UE was one of the first unions to be ...
, the
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), whose members were employed in the women's clothing industry, was once one of the largest labor unions in the United States, one of the first U.S. unions to have a primarily female membe ...
, the
Molders' Union and others.
David Bacon: Biography
immigrant-movement.us
Books
* The children of NAFTA : labor wars on the U.S./Mexico border 2003
:: (translated by Gemma Galdon as ''Hijos del libre comercio'') 2005
* Communities without borders : images and voices from the world of migration 2006
* Illegal people : how globalization creates migration and criminalizes immigrants 2008
* The right to stay home : how US policy drives Mexican migration 2013
:: (translated as ''El derecho a quedarse en casa cómo las politícas de Estados Unidos influyen en la migración mexicana'') 2013
* In the Fields of the North / En los campos del norte (2017)
* More Than a Wall / Más que un muro (2022)
Exhibitions and articles (partial list)
Every worker is an organizer : Farm labor and the resurgence of the United Farm Workers.
WorkingUSA.Volume 2, Issue 6, pages 67–76, March–April 1999. 1999
* David Bacon, Fotografien: IG Metall-Galerie Frankfurt am Main, 3. März bis 28. April 20002000
Christmas at Woodfin Suites: When Woodfin Suites fired its immigrant workers, was it obeying the law or dodging a living-wage ordinance?
East Bay Express, 24 Jan 2007. 2007
Immigration and the Culture of Solidarity
''in'' Globalization and Migration (AFSC). Pages 58–66. 2008
Uprooted and Criminalized: The Impact of Free Markets on Migrants
''in'' Globalization and Migration (AFSC). Pages 69–91. 2008
Displaced, unequal and criminalized : fighting for the rights of migrants in the United States
2011
Living on the Streets of Oakland
East Bay Express. August 6, 2014.
‘You Came Here to Suffer’
The Progressive. June 1, 2018
References
External links
The Reality Check: Stories and Photographs by David Bacon
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1948 births
Living people
American photojournalists
American activist journalists
Trade unionists from California
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America people