"It’s taken a long time for labor activists to build and rebuild organizing efforts since the ‘80s. But, as previously stated, strike activity has recently been picking up again — and it’s not going unrecorded."
https://blog.datawrapper.de/hot-strike-summer/
via @datawrapper
@stefan @datawrapper So in 1981 strike activity dropped dramatically. I wonder what else started happening around that same time. I can't quite put my finger on it. 🤔
(that's me in strong support of strikes, in case the sarcasm wasn't clear!)
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