Lola Loustaunau
Biographic Data
| ID | 165397 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lola Loustaunau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lola |
| FAMILY NAME | Loustaunau |
| SIGNATURE | LOUSTAUNAU L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7598-9461 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
At the Intersection of Productive and Reproductive Labor: Latina Apple Packers’ Pandemic Struggles
Analyzing 2020 wildcat strikes by Latina fruit packers in a mid-size agricultural region in Washington State, this article demonstrates how Social Reproduction Theory illuminates productive sphere struggles, not only reproductive labor fights. The COVID-19 pandemic intensified a preexisting social reproduction crisis, catalyzing collective action across seven facilities. Workers sustained strikes while building “care-centered communities” that me…
Persistent Unpredictability: Analyzing Experiences with the First Statewide Scheduling Legislation in Oregon
Based on 98 in-depth interviews with workers and managers, the authors analyze the effectiveness of Oregon's Fair Workweek Act, the first statewide scheduling legislation. Overall, findings show limited evidence of the law's efficacy to improve workers' schedules. The authors discuss three factors that are likely to explain this shortcoming: lack of adequate funding for education about the law and for enforcement, the inclusion of provisions that…
Chinese contract labor, the corporeal rift, and ecological imperialism in Peru's nineteenth-century guano boom
Building on the theory of ecological imperialism in the context of the Peruvian guano boom, this analysis explores the metabolic rift in the human relation to external nature and the corresponding corporeal rift in the destruction of human bodily existence. Guano capitalists robbed Peru of the manure deposited by seabirds, while British imperialism introduced a system of racialized expropriation (the 'coolie trade'), referred to by Karl Marx as '…
Fighting the "Immigrant Threat" Narrative
Ruth Milkman's latest book is a strong scholarly response to the "immigrant threat" narrative that has been central to U.S. politics in the last decades. In Immigrant Labor and the New Precariat, the distinguished labor and migration scholar has a clear goal: to reframe the conversation about migration and increased inequality in the United States, reversing the causal relation that blames migration for the U.S. working class's current perils
No Choice but to Be Essential: Expanding Dimensions of Precarity During Covid-19
Under COVID-19, low-wage service sector workers found themselves as essential workers vulnerable to intensified precarity. Based on in-depth interviews with a sample of 52 low-wage service workers interviewed first in Summer 2019 and then in the last two weeks of April 2020, we argue that COVID-19 has created new and heightened dimensions of precarity for low-wage workers. They experience (1) moments of what we call precarious stability, in which…
Impossible Choices: How Workers Manage Unpredictable Scheduling Practices
A total of 16 percent of hourly workers and 36 percent of workers paid on some other basis experience unstable work schedules due to irregular, on-call, rotating, or split shifts, which negatively impact workers’ ability to manage family responsibilities, finances, and health. Primarily drawing on data from in-depth interviews conducted in Oregon in 2016, this study expands research on how workers navigate through “bad jobs” by exploring the ways…
Impossible Choices: How Workers Manage Unpredictable Scheduling Practices
A total of 16 percent of hourly workers and 36 percent of workers paid on some other basis experience unstable work schedules due to irregular, on-call, rotating, or split shifts, which negatively impact workers’ ability to manage family responsibilities, finances, and health. Primarily drawing on data from in-depth interviews conducted in Oregon in 2016, this study expands research on how workers navigate through “bad jobs” by exploring the ways…
Chinese contract labor, the corporeal rift, and ecological imperialism in Peru's nineteenth-century guano boom
Building on the theory of ecological imperialism in the context of the Peruvian guano boom, this analysis explores the metabolic rift in the human relation to external nature and the corresponding corporeal rift in the destruction of human bodily existence. Guano capitalists robbed Peru of the manure deposited by seabirds, while British imperialism introduced a system of racialized expropriation (the 'coolie trade'), referred to by Karl Marx as '…
No Choice but to Be Essential: Expanding Dimensions of Precarity During Covid-19
Under COVID-19, low-wage service sector workers found themselves as essential workers vulnerable to intensified precarity. Based on in-depth interviews with a sample of 52 low-wage service workers interviewed first in Summer 2019 and then in the last two weeks of April 2020, we argue that COVID-19 has created new and heightened dimensions of precarity for low-wage workers. They experience (1) moments of what we call precarious stability, in which…
Persistent Unpredictability: Analyzing Experiences with the First Statewide Scheduling Legislation in Oregon
Based on 98 in-depth interviews with workers and managers, the authors analyze the effectiveness of Oregon's Fair Workweek Act, the first statewide scheduling legislation. Overall, findings show limited evidence of the law's efficacy to improve workers' schedules. The authors discuss three factors that are likely to explain this shortcoming: lack of adequate funding for education about the law and for enforcement, the inclusion of provisions that…
Impossible Choices: How Workers Manage Unpredictable Scheduling Practices
A total of 16 percent of hourly workers and 36 percent of workers paid on some other basis experience unstable work schedules due to irregular, on-call, rotating, or split shifts, which negatively impact workers’ ability to manage family responsibilities, finances, and health. Primarily drawing on data from in-depth interviews conducted in Oregon in 2016, this study expands research on how workers navigate through “bad jobs” by exploring the ways…
Fighting the "Immigrant Threat" Narrative
Ruth Milkman's latest book is a strong scholarly response to the "immigrant threat" narrative that has been central to U.S. politics in the last decades. In Immigrant Labor and the New Precariat, the distinguished labor and migration scholar has a clear goal: to reframe the conversation about migration and increased inequality in the United States, reversing the causal relation that blames migration for the U.S. working class's current perils
No Choice but to Be Essential: Expanding Dimensions of Precarity During Covid-19
Under COVID-19, low-wage service sector workers found themselves as essential workers vulnerable to intensified precarity. Based on in-depth interviews with a sample of 52 low-wage service workers interviewed first in Summer 2019 and then in the last two weeks of April 2020, we argue that COVID-19 has created new and heightened dimensions of precarity for low-wage workers. They experience (1) moments of what we call precarious stability, in which…
Persistent Unpredictability: Analyzing Experiences with the First Statewide Scheduling Legislation in Oregon
Based on 98 in-depth interviews with workers and managers, the authors analyze the effectiveness of Oregon's Fair Workweek Act, the first statewide scheduling legislation. Overall, findings show limited evidence of the law's efficacy to improve workers' schedules. The authors discuss three factors that are likely to explain this shortcoming: lack of adequate funding for education about the law and for enforcement, the inclusion of provisions that…
Chinese contract labor, the corporeal rift, and ecological imperialism in Peru's nineteenth-century guano boom
Building on the theory of ecological imperialism in the context of the Peruvian guano boom, this analysis explores the metabolic rift in the human relation to external nature and the corresponding corporeal rift in the destruction of human bodily existence. Guano capitalists robbed Peru of the manure deposited by seabirds, while British imperialism introduced a system of racialized expropriation (the 'coolie trade'), referred to by Karl Marx as '…
At the Intersection of Productive and Reproductive Labor: Latina Apple Packers’ Pandemic Struggles
Analyzing 2020 wildcat strikes by Latina fruit packers in a mid-size agricultural region in Washington State, this article demonstrates how Social Reproduction Theory illuminates productive sphere struggles, not only reproductive labor fights. The COVID-19 pandemic intensified a preexisting social reproduction crisis, catalyzing collective action across seven facilities. Workers sustained strikes while building “care-centered communities” that me…
Economics (4 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)