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R. M. Arrieta
R.M. Arrieta was born and raised in Los Angeles. She has worked at three daily newspapers and two television stations and is a former editor of the Bay Area’s independent community bilingual biweekly El Tecolote. She currently lives in San Francisco, where she is a freelance journalist writing for a variety of outlets.
Most Recent Articles
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California Domestic Workers Win Long-Sought Bill of Rights
Governor Jerry Brown signed The Domestic Worker Bill of Rights (AB241) today, making California the third state in more »
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Wal-Mart Workers Take Demands for Change to Marissa Mayer’s Penthouse
SAN FRANCISCO—With Bob Marley’s “Get Up, Stand Up For Your Rights” blasting more »
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Demanding Better Pay and Workplace Safety, BART Workers Go On Strike
San Francisco and surrounding cities braced for a tangle of commuter woes today as Bay Area Rapid Transit more »
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‘E-Verification’ of Mi Pueblo Workers Sparks Fear and Ire
OAKLAND, CALIF.—Bay Area activists have launched a boycott against the Northern California grocery chain Mi more »
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Native Women and Sex Trafficking: An Overlooked Crisis
Many people have read or heard reports of the global crisis of sex trafficking and prostitution. But few more »
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In Memoriam: Mike Welch, Organizer and Unsung Hero of Labor Movement
SAN FRANCISCO—The labor movement is filled with thousands of unsung heroes. Those whose names don&rsquo more »
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San Franciscans Clash With U.K. Grocer Over Labor Practices, Job Creation
SAN FRANCISCO—A British-owned grocery chain with a history of unfriendly labor relations in the United States more »
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Immokalee Workers and Allies ‘Fast for Fair Food’ in Florida
Publix supemarket chain is latest target in long-running campaign to boost tomato picker wages Appealing to grocery giant more »
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What Alabama’s Anti-Immigrant HB56 Has Wrought
Not just fear among the undocumented. A new study says the law will cost the state billions Three more »
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Berkeley Workers ‘March For Dignity’ After DHS Audit Slashes Steel Plant Workforce
BERKELEY, CALIF.—More than 200 workers fired after a Department of Homeland Security's I-9 audit at Pacific more »
