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David Bacon: Unions
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For twenty-five years David Bacon was a Silicon Valley factory worker, and a union organizer for the United Farm Workers, the United Electrical Workers, the International Ladies' Garment Workers, and the Molders Unions. Most of the unions to which he belonged were ones in which immigrants were a big part of the workforce.
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For twenty years, Bacon was a labor organizer for unions in which immigrant workers made up a large percentage of the membership. Those include the United Farm Workers, the United Electrical Workers, the International Ladies’ Garment Workers, the Molders Union and others. Those experiences gave him a unique insight into changing conditions in the workforce, the impact of the global economy and migration, and how these factors influence the struggle for workers rights.
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The strawberry industry's organizing drive in Watsonville was historically important because the AFL-CIO was involved, signaling new President John Sweeney's commitment to low-wage, immigrant workers, Bacon said. The fight for a contract and better wages and conditions went on for years -- it's still not over -- resulting in both disappointments and successes for the union. Bacon spent weeks over the course of several years photographing union activists, blacklisted workers and spirited organizing meetings.
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