Email Author David Bacon

1998 Stories by David Bacon

• Standing on the Corner

  published October 15, 1998

  I'm going to sing you a story, friendsthat will make you cry,how one day in front of Kmartthe migra came down on us,sent by the sheriffof this... More >>

• Strawberry Jam

  published September 24, 1998

  WATSONVILLE - Last year, when the AFL-CIO engineered the sale of Gargiulo Corp., the largest strawberry grower in the Pajaro Valley, to a pair of... More >>

• Irvine plant closed after workers

  published August 20, 1998

  Maria Villela and her husband, Raquel, spent a combined 32 years working at Friction, an auto-parts plant in Irvine. They worked there when the... More >>

• First Strike

  published June 11, 1998

  TIJUANA, Baja California - As dawn broke over Tijuana on May 22, dozens of rough-clad workers began gathering in a narrow road facing an old... More >>

• Tijuana maquiladora labor strike deepens

  published June 11, 1998

  TIJUANA - The effort to crush an unprecedented strike of Tijuana maquiladora workers is provoking international reaction, and within the city has... More >>

• Forcing the Issue

  published March 12, 1998

  TIJUANA - When Norberto Cordoba left his home and family to seek steady work, he landed a job at the Han Young plant in Tijuana, making truck... More >>