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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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‘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 »
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As Negotiations Loom, Janitors From Across California March in LA
This year, collective bargaining contracts covering 30,000 of SEIU-United Service Workers West's 40,000 members. This includes office janitors, security more »
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Construction Work: Still Deadly, Still Badly Regulated
SAN FRANCISCO—Raul Zapata never had a chance. When the carpenter and construction worker eased down more »
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Worker Unrest Returns to Foxconn Factory in China
After Foxconn Technology Group announced it was going to close an assembly line for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 more »
