migrant workers

Striking dining hall workers at Harvard University say they have the support of much of the student body and faculty on campus.

Harvard has a $35 billion endowment. Its dining hall workers are on strike for a $35,000 minimum salary.

It's the first workers strike at Harvard University in 33 years. Dining hall workers walked off the job in early October, looking for better wages and health insurance coverage.

Harvard has a $35 billion endowment. Its dining hall workers are on strike for a $35,000 minimum salary.
A farm worker in California's Central Valley picks fruit by hand. An estimated 98 percent of California farm workers are foreign born, the majority of them unauthorized.

Farmers continue to wait (and wait) for relief on immigration reform

Farmers continue to wait (and wait) for relief on immigration reform
Vegetables at a Whole Foods Market in La Jolla, California. Much of its produce comes from the state’s Central Valley, where it's picked by migrant farmworkers.

How the produce aisle looks to a migrant farmworker

How the produce aisle looks to a migrant farmworker
Laborers work at a construction site in Doha on June 18, 2012.

Foreign workers face exploitation and death while building Qatar's World Cup sites

Foreign workers face exploitation and death while building Qatar's World Cup sites
Molly Crabapple

What life is like for a construction worker in Abu Dhabi, through the eyes of an artist

What life is like for a construction worker in Abu Dhabi, through the eyes of an artist
A family in a car

The new film 'Cesar Chavez' retells the start of his movement in Delano, California

About 50 years ago, Cesar Chavez started a movement for farmworker rights that brought together the Filipino and Mexican communities in California and led to vast change. A new film, one of several, brings powerful scenes and memories, especially for those who were part of the movement.

The new film 'Cesar Chavez' retells the start of his movement in Delano, California

Teatro Campesino

Teatro Campesino