Tag: COVID-19
Crisis and the Global Factory at the US-Mexico Border
In light of the precarity of maquiladoras, Gabrielle Solis looks at the condition of workers along the border during the pandemic.
NYC DOE: The Death of Educators
John Wilson, a NYC high school teacher, reports on the Department of Education’s deadly response to COVID-19, and the extreme attack on public education amidst the pandemic.
The COVID-19 Crisis and the End of the “Low-skilled” Worker
Mark Bergfeld and Sara Farris on the COVID-19 crisis and its dismantling of hierarchies of skill as an opening for class struggle.
Teaching Through a Pandemic (With Very Little Help)
Flavia D’angeli, an Italian teacher and feminist, discusses the politics of COVID-19.
“Essentially” Expendable: Construction Work in COVID Times
In an unsparing first-person account, Megan Kinch writes on the endemic and pandemic dangers of construction work, the failures of union leadership, and an uncertain future. You can find her @meganysta on twitter.
My Fight as a Worker and as a Feminist During COVID-19
The pandemic has highlighted the contradictions between production and social reproduction, making both the various forms of oppression and the cracks in the system more apparent. Maddelena Manca tells the story of women workers who, in addition to facing the choice between health and work, have to carry the burden of domestic labor and childcare.