Fuerza Unida was founded in 1990, following an overnight shutdown of the Levi Strauss jeans factory in San Antonio leaving hundreds of workers without jobs and unable to meet the daily needs of food and housing. The mostly immigrant women working at the three Levi...
Renowned photojournalist David Bacon is known for using photography to humanize the realities of life on the U.S.-Mexican border. His work beautifully highlights the tragedies most people don’t see behind the persistent rhetoric that America needs bigger,...
On Labor Day weekend 2022, organizers for labor, immigrant and gender justice gathered at the Friends Meeting House of Austin for an event produced by Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera. The well attended workshop event was titled Border...
Attendees of this Spanish-English bilingual webinar heard from activists in the Comité Fronterizo de Obreras, including long time CFO coordinator Julia Quiñonez, as well as from Ben Davis of the United Steelworkers Union. Speakers focused on how COVID-19 has...
The COVID-19 Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic exposed vast inequities in society and has generated much talk about the need for a stronger focus on equity in the vaccination roll out, especially for those who were placed at a greater risk due their employment or status....
What does organizing at the border look like during the pandemic? On International Workers’ Day, May 1, 2021 at 12 noon CST, Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera is hosting a Spanish-English bilingual webinar where speakers will address the impact of COVID-19 and the...
