Robert ReichFeb 24, 2023

2021: 140,000 workers went went on strike

2022: 224,000 workers went on strike

That’s a 60% increase.

My message to workers everywhere: Keep fighting for the dignity and pay you deserve. Solidarity!

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https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/02/us-labor-strikes-52-2022-worker-activism-rises
U.S. labor strikes up 52% in 2022 as worker activism rises | Cornell Chronicle

Strike numbers rose in 2022, reflecting a trend of more U.S. work stoppages in recent years by workers and activists in the labor movement, according to a report published Feb. 21 by the ILR School.

Cornell Chronicle
Feb 24, 2023 at 10:00pmWeb
Show threadBG McKay (Brian) 🇨🇦Feb 24, 2023
@rbreich
part of CN rail is currently
considering strike action in Canada.
Show threadDoug BostromFeb 25, 2023

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Happily these people are ignoring advice from successfully highly organized people to the effect that disorganization is successful.