Rose Arrieta was born and raised in Los Angeles. She has worked in print, broadcast and radio, both mainstream and community oriented — including being 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 on social justice issues.
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In California, Farmworkers Take Strawberry Pesticide to Court
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Writers Guild Union Takes on the ‘Permalance’ Nonfiction TV Industry
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The State of Native America: Very Unemployed and Mostly Ignored
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Simple Justice? Lawsuit Slams Calif. High Speed Rail Project for Minority Discrimination
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San Francisco’s New Hiring Ordinance Aims to Keep Workers, and Their Wages, Local
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La Colectiva: Profiles of Domestic Worker Strength and Dignity
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Native and African-American Farmers Finally Get Their Due
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Check, Please! Workers, Activists Nationwide Take Action Against Wage Theft
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Women Begin Day 4 of White House Hunger Strike Over Border Region Poverty
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Dolores Huerta: Legendary Labor Activist Celebrates 80th Birthday
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Death is Top Occupational Hazard For Mexican Journalists
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After Failed Mexican Mining Strike—and NAFTA—A Push for New North American Union
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UFCW Union Moves Into Cannabis Industry, Organizes ‘Bud Tenders’
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Hard-Fought Victory for Locked-Out Borax Miners
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Commencement Speakers’ Boycott Gains Traction at University of Calif. Campuses
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Oakland Teachers Hit the Streets
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The Desert Lockout: Miners Continue Street Actions, as Negotiations Restart (Slideshow)
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So Long, NUMMI, and Thanks for All the Jobs
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California’s Workplace Safety Standards Under Fire
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Remembering Cesar Chavez
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Guestworkers Sue Employer, as Calls for Immigration Reform Grow Louder
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Chanting ‘Save Our Schools,’ Tens of Thousands Rally Across California
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Will Massive Statewide Protests Staunch Calif. Budget Bleeding?
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LA Mayor Goes on Offensive, as Job Cuts Loom, Fiscal Crisis Grows
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Enough is Enough: Janitors Hold One-Day Safeway Stoppage
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Indecent Exposure: Farmworkers Breathe Risky Air in Calif. Fields
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‘Reel Profits, Real Poverty’: Security Guards Organize in Hollywood
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‘Human Trafficking Prevention Month’ Aims to Stop $9 Billion Business
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2009: A Very Dangerous Year for Journalists
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SF Officials: New State Rule Locks Hardworking People Out Of Work
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Blacks, Latinos Bear Brunt of Joblessness
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Domestic Workers Go on Offensive With Ad Campaign, Conference
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Going for Green: Calif. Janitors Keep Pushing for Safety Standards
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In Inland Empire, ‘Temp’ Workers Demand Living Wage
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Janitors Challenge Grocery Chains on Health, Safety Standards
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New Approach, Same Targets
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New Film Spotlights Quiet Work of ‘Philosopher Kings’
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Service Workers Elbow-to- Elbow in Battle for Healthcare
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Scourge of Child Labor Continues Around World
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New Report: Latinos Have Highest Workplace Fatality Rate
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Toyota to Close Only Union Factory In U.S.
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ACLU Sues ‘Sheriff Joe’ for Racial Profiling, Worksite Detentions
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BART, Labor and a Grave Report
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Immigrant Workers: San Fran Designer Owes Us at Least $40K
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First-Ever National Union Contract for Private Security Officers Ratified
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California Health Workers Approve New Contract, Secure Wage Increases
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An Inconvenient Woman
Arizona public defender Isabel Garcia speaks out against U.S.-Mexico border policy.
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Roundups Ratcheted
Undocumented immigrants arrested en masse in new Homeland Security program
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