Tag: Labor
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.
“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.
Operating a Train in a Pandemic
Josh Fradistern, a New York transit worker, explains the limits of TWU’s conciliatory leadership and advocates a rank-and-file approach as the only way for workers to survive the pandemic.
A COVID-19 Survival Guide
Kathleen Brown and Robin Zheng explain how socialists are fighting for life over profits in Southeastern Michigan.
Postcards From the Pandemic
“Postcards from the Pandemic” is a cartoon published by and for Amazon workers, in eight languages, by Amazon Workers International (AWI), a global network of Amazon workers’ organizations.
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.
The Only Way Out of the Crisis Is to Fight for Open Borders
Justin Akers Chacón argues that all movements emanating from this crisis must begin with the call for open borders. What does this call mean in practical terms for the class struggle to come?
COVID Capitalism
Tithi Bhattacharya and Gareth Dale argue that COVID-19 reveals capitalist system’s stark prioritization of profitmaking over lifemaking. Within such a system, crises like the present one will become the norm, rather than an anomaly.
Learning from Las Vegas
Alex Doris discusses Bernie Sanders victory in Nevada’s Democractic Party primary in terms of the Culinary union there, health care, “fortress unionism,” mass COIVD-19 layoffs. and their lessons for the left.
Transit Workers’ Struggle in a Pandemic
A transit worker writes on the demand for PPE’s broader political potential.