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Belabored: Essential Workers in Crisis, with Elizabeth Lalasz and Jia Lee
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As we wind 2022 and our COVID-19 series to a close, our struggles around pandemic work are anything but over. We’re seeing upticks in unionization, strikes, and other forms of workplace resistance. We’re also seeing workers quitting so-called “essential” jobs at record rates, leaving their former coworkers in the unenviable position of picking up the slack while also battling to improve their conditions—and those of the people they care for. Teachers and nurses have been at the heart of all these struggles, on top of pre-pandemic labor shortages and constant admonitions to “do more with less,” so to wrap up our year and our in-depth COVID-19 reporting, we invited two rank-and-file leaders from those fields to join us for a live episode, recorded December 15 via Zoom.
Elizabeth Lalasz is a registered nurse, union steward, and professional practice committee member with National Nurses United. She has worked three times on COVID-19 units over the course of the pandemic. Jia Lee has been a special education teacher for over twenty years in the New York City Department of Education and has served as a union chapter leader since 2005. She is a steering member of the Movement of Rank and File Educators (MORE), a caucus within the United Federation of Teachers, and a steering member of Black Lives Matter at Schools, NYC.
Thank you for listening to our 262nd episode! If you like the show, you can support us on Patreon with a monthly contribution, at the level that best suits you.
If you’re interested in advertising on the show, please email ads@dissentmagazine.org. And as always, if you have any questions, comments, or tips, email us at belabored@dissentmagazine.org
Conversation
Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen, Belabored: Is it Safe to Go Back to School? Dissent
Sarah Jaffe, What If Nurses Ran the Healthcare System? Dissent
Sarah Jaffe, How the New York City School System Failed the Test of Covid-19, The Nation
Michelle Chen, For Some Workers, Schools Never Closed, The Nation
Sarah Jaffe, The Great Ungrieving, The New York Review of Books
Michelle Chen, Educators March to Get NYPD out of NYC Schools, Dissent
Sarah Jaffe, Schools Reopen — and Teachers Fight for Their Lives, Their Students, and the Future of Public Education, Rethinking Schools
Michelle Chen, Teachers’ Aides Adjust to the COVID Classroom, Dissent
Sarah Jaffe, How the Attack on Teachers Threatens the Future of Public Schools, Rethinking Schools
Michelle Chen, Deregulated Under Trump, Nursing Homes Are Becoming COVID Morgues, Truthout
Sarah Jaffe, First, Nurses Saved Our Lives—Now They’re Saving Our Health Care, The Nation
Michelle Chen, The Bereavement of Elder Care, Dissent
Sarah Jaffe and C.M. Lewis, Nurses Are Striking Across the Country Over Patient Safety, The Nation
Thanks to the Ford Foundation of Social Justice for sponsoring this series.
The post Belabored: Essential Workers in Crisis, with Elizabeth Lalasz and Jia Lee appeared first on Dissent Magazine.
266 episodes
Manage episode 350602418 series 88932
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As we wind 2022 and our COVID-19 series to a close, our struggles around pandemic work are anything but over. We’re seeing upticks in unionization, strikes, and other forms of workplace resistance. We’re also seeing workers quitting so-called “essential” jobs at record rates, leaving their former coworkers in the unenviable position of picking up the slack while also battling to improve their conditions—and those of the people they care for. Teachers and nurses have been at the heart of all these struggles, on top of pre-pandemic labor shortages and constant admonitions to “do more with less,” so to wrap up our year and our in-depth COVID-19 reporting, we invited two rank-and-file leaders from those fields to join us for a live episode, recorded December 15 via Zoom.
Elizabeth Lalasz is a registered nurse, union steward, and professional practice committee member with National Nurses United. She has worked three times on COVID-19 units over the course of the pandemic. Jia Lee has been a special education teacher for over twenty years in the New York City Department of Education and has served as a union chapter leader since 2005. She is a steering member of the Movement of Rank and File Educators (MORE), a caucus within the United Federation of Teachers, and a steering member of Black Lives Matter at Schools, NYC.
Thank you for listening to our 262nd episode! If you like the show, you can support us on Patreon with a monthly contribution, at the level that best suits you.
If you’re interested in advertising on the show, please email ads@dissentmagazine.org. And as always, if you have any questions, comments, or tips, email us at belabored@dissentmagazine.org
Conversation
Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen, Belabored: Is it Safe to Go Back to School? Dissent
Sarah Jaffe, What If Nurses Ran the Healthcare System? Dissent
Sarah Jaffe, How the New York City School System Failed the Test of Covid-19, The Nation
Michelle Chen, For Some Workers, Schools Never Closed, The Nation
Sarah Jaffe, The Great Ungrieving, The New York Review of Books
Michelle Chen, Educators March to Get NYPD out of NYC Schools, Dissent
Sarah Jaffe, Schools Reopen — and Teachers Fight for Their Lives, Their Students, and the Future of Public Education, Rethinking Schools
Michelle Chen, Teachers’ Aides Adjust to the COVID Classroom, Dissent
Sarah Jaffe, How the Attack on Teachers Threatens the Future of Public Schools, Rethinking Schools
Michelle Chen, Deregulated Under Trump, Nursing Homes Are Becoming COVID Morgues, Truthout
Sarah Jaffe, First, Nurses Saved Our Lives—Now They’re Saving Our Health Care, The Nation
Michelle Chen, The Bereavement of Elder Care, Dissent
Sarah Jaffe and C.M. Lewis, Nurses Are Striking Across the Country Over Patient Safety, The Nation
Thanks to the Ford Foundation of Social Justice for sponsoring this series.
The post Belabored: Essential Workers in Crisis, with Elizabeth Lalasz and Jia Lee appeared first on Dissent Magazine.
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