Alejandra Quintero is a labor organizer and communications strategist. She runs the account Allthingslabor on all platforms and is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America-Los Angeles.
The assault on and arrest of California labor leader David Huerta during the brutal immigration crackdown in Los Angeles this weekend is part of a broader attack on unionized workers by Donald Trump’s deportation machine. Unions are mobilizing in response.
Mexican autoworkers in the city of Emiliano Zapata’s burial just voted to join a new independent union, breaking from the company-friendly unions that dominate the country.