Book description
How essential workersâ fight for better jobs during the pandemic revolutionized US labor politicsÂ
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 revealsâŚ
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Sociologist Jamie K. McCallum traces labor actions throughout the coronavirus pandemic and what they revealed about the shocking precarity and poor working conditions frontline workers faced and continue to face.
The book shows how and why the crisis sparked an uptick in labor struggles thatâs helping to revitalize the American labor movement today. McCallumâs voice and narrative sensibility are compelling, but what I really love about this book is that it transforms everyday working-class people from abstract category (âessential workersâ) to dynamic human characters with agency and power.
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