Why Empowering Workers Is a Form of Reparations
Slavery was the ultimate labor distortion. A crucial part in the discussion on reparations today should center on reshaping the labor relationship between employers and employees.
YES! Media’s coverage of labor includes reporting on organized labor—the power and pitfalls of unions, for instance—as well as visions of a future beyond the commodification of human labor currently enforced by racial capitalism. We lift up voices integral to emergent labor movements, as well as calls to change the way the world consumes labor and prioritizes it above human, environmental, and planetary well-being. Ultimately, our coverage envisions a world where labor is not compulsory for survival.
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