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Hispanic farmworkers harvest Ranunculus bulbs at the Flower Fields, Friday, March 23, 2007 in Carlsbad, California. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)

Tentative deal on immigration farm workers

By Erica

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A tentative deal has been reached to resolve a dispute between agriculture workers and growers that was standing in the way of a sweeping … Read More

American labor leader and co-founder of the United Farm Workers (formerly known as the National Farm Workers Association) Cesar Chavez (1927 - 1993) speaks at a rally, Coachella, California, mid to late 1970s. (Photo by Cathy Murphy/Getty Images)

Immigration reform revives Cesar Chavez’s icon status

By Erika L. Sánchez

The closest thing Latinos have to a national holiday is Cesar Chavez’s birthday on March 31st. Cesar Chavez’s birthday is already celebrated in ten states, … Read More

Peru Archeology

Telemundo Latin America news roundup- February 27, 2013

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The latest Latin America news in under 59 seconds. Mexico's teacher's union leader was arrested for allegedly embezzling millions of dollars from union … Read More

Humpback whale breaches water. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Telemundo Latin America news roundup – February 26, 2013

By NBCLatino Staff

The latest Latin America news in under 59 seconds. Authorities are searching for a California couple that went missing while on a cycling trip in Peru. The … Read More

Chief instructor Larry Baumann, left, answers questions for students in a professional cook class at the Culinary Academy of Las Vegas, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Unions flourish in Nevada with immigrants’ help

By Associated Press

LAS VEGAS -- The future of the American labor movement may lie just off the Las Vegas Strip, inside a squat building huddled in the shadow of the Stratosphere … Read More

From left, Marakah Mancini and Georgia McCree join other protestors in the lobby of Cadillace Place over the Right to Work issue in Detroit, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Protests are taking place a day after Republicans converted Michigan from a seemingly impregnable fortress of organized labor into a right-to-work state. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Daniel Mears)

Opinion: The union debate in Michigan affects Latinos too

By Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto

Latinos aren’t the first group that comes to mind in a discussion about unions, especially with regards to a rust-belt state such as Michigan.  But it turns … Read More

Supporters of a recall effort against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker continue to sing a union solidarity song outside the State Capitol Building after polling results begin show a victory for Walker in statewide recall elections Tuesday, June 5, 2012.

Opinion: Not looking for the union label

By Esther J. Cepeda

CHICAGO -- As observers outside Wisconsin attempt to divine what the failed attempt to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker means for November's presidential … Read More