Jamie K. McCallum: Essential, How The Pandemic Transformed the Long Fight for Worker Justice

Schedule

Thu Feb 02 2023 at 06:30 pm

Location

The Green Arcade Books Ideas Goods | San Francisco, CA

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The Labor & Community Studies Department of City College of San Francisco & The Green Arcade presents, Jamie K. McCallum author of Essential: How the Pandemic Transformed the Long Fight For Worker Justice.
How essential workers’ fight for better jobs during the pandemic revolutionized US labor politics
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, essential workers lashed out against low wages, long hours, and safety risks, attracting a level of support unseen in decades. This explosion of labor unrest seemed sudden to many. But Essential reveals that American workers had simmered in discontent long before their anger boiled over.
Decades of austerity, sociologist Jamie K. McCallum shows, have left frontline workers vulnerable to employer abuse, lacking government protections, and increasingly furious. Through firsthand research conducted as the pandemic unfolded, McCallum traces the evolution of workers’ militancy, showing how their struggles for safer workplaces, better pay and health care, and the right to unionize have benefitted all Americans and spurred a radical new phase of the labor movement. This is essential reading for understanding the past, present, and future of the working class.
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The Green Arcade Books Ideas Goods, 1680 Market St,San Francisco,CA,United States

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