The COVID-19 Project

What do workers have to say about the global pandemic that we have come to know as COVID-19? How is this issue relevant to Black Lives Matter? Why is it important for there to be writing, art and music published by and about workers and students, as well as their rights and experiences?

A Letter from the Editors

Posted August 2, 2020

Introducing the COVID-19 Project, a special issue of Labor Writes ... MORE

COVID-19

When a virus started going around in China in January, it was just a blip.

Untitled by Alex Pastuizaca

COVID-19 is a pandemic that has reshaped the way all of us live.

Copper Tubing

I don’t think anyone was prepared for this.

COVID-19 Fears

The thing I miss most about my daily life is interaction.

Lessons from COVID-19

The way I see it, the world will learn from this pandemic.

3000 Masks

I am a first-year apprentice, and I was laid off at the end of March.

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Music Video: "Under Construction" | August 3, 2020
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Door | August 3, 2020
Covid-19 | August 2, 2020
Coronavirus and Me | August 3, 2020
The Inequality Divide within the U.S. Health Care System | August 3, 2020
Untitled by Daniel Cassino | August 3, 2020
Untitled by Jon Gil | August 3, 2020
Untitled by Joshua Reed | August 3, 2020
Surviving Covid-19 | August 3, 2020
Essential Work Must Continue | August 3, 2020
Untitled by Brian Mansfield | August 3, 2020
It’s Time to Bring Pharmaceutical Production Back to the United States | August 3, 2020
COVID-19 | August 3, 2020
How COVID-19 Has Impacted Me | August 3, 2020
Haikus | August 3, 2020
Untitled by Timothy Lewis | August 3, 2020
Untitled by Tobias | August 3, 2020
Untitled by Stephen Waters | August 3, 2020
Photo: Unnamed | August 1, 2020

LABOR WRITES 2020

The COVID-19 Project

The Harry Van Arsdale Jr. School of Labor Studies
SUNY Empire State College

Editor in Chief
Rebecca Fraser, PhD

Art Editor
Barrie Cline, MFA

Associate Editor
Summer Minerva, MA

Consulting Editor
Emily Lawless Taffe, BA