California Farmworker: Picking Peas Should Bring a Better Life
*I hope you read beyond the headline. It’s a worthy read, a first person account of working in the fields, picking peas, for a miserable wage. Rosalia Martinez is a […]
Economy added 280,000 jobs in May, Latino unemployment at 6.7 percent
*This appears to be good news on almost all counts. [tweet_dis]There was a slight dip in the unemployment rate for Latinos, from 6.9 percent to 6.7 percent.[/tweet_dis] The overall unemployment […]
Thousands of Farmworkers in California Can’t Make a Living
*”In northern San Diego County, many strawberry pickers sleep out of doors on hillsides and in ravines.” This is beyond reprehensible. VL By David Bacon, New America Media NAM editor’s note: […]
Latinos, African-Americans in retail jobs paid less and promoted less frequently than whites
*[tweet_dis]A study by DEMOS and the NAACP found that Latino retail workers are paid 75 percent of what their white counterparts earn.[/tweet_dis] VL By Associated Press/Fox News Latino WASHINGTON (AP) […]