10.5 Emerging Critical Perspectives on Worker Voice

10.5 Emerging Critical Perspectives on Worker Voice (Panel)—Breakout Stream 5 There has been an explosion in worker resistance and organizing amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic fallout. Over the last few decades scholars have documented newer forms of worker organizing and representation, though they often rely on last century's paradigms of "worker voice." With a focus on workers of color and workers in lower-status jobs, this session provides an in-depth examination of contemporary organizing practices that bolster worker voice and solidarity. These presentations challenge scholars to explicitly interrogate what counts as work, whose voices we include, and how we elevate worker voice. Moderator: Arrow Minster, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Panelists: Yaminette Diaz-Linhart, Brandeis University; Phela I. Townsend, Rutgers University; and Arrow Minster, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Discussant: Duanyi Yang, Cornell University