Are strikes becoming more common?
“Strikes are contagious. Workers get courage from other workers, and strikes and organizing go in tandem,” said Kate Bronfenbrenner, the director of labor education research at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
Earlier this week, 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers from California to Washington D.C. walked off the job, making it the largest health care worker strike in U.S. history.From the Writers Guild of America strike to the United Auto Workers union strike, employees are demanding action.“We both have a strike wave and an organizing wave happening simultaneously after a period where the labor […]
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