A year that started out with bleak prospects, including a widely predicted recession, shaped up to be a boon for the average American worker — and one of the most triumphant for organized labor in a generation.
More than 525,000 workers in the United States walked off the job in 2023, according to Bloomberg Law’s database of work stoppages, making it one of the three biggest strike years since 1990. Many of those strikes led to big concessions from employers, such as the landmark deal reached by the UAW in October.
Some plague doctors extended the lives of some patients.
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Oh I fully support almost every Union, I just think that their “victories” are attempts to slow the damage and limit the suffering. The number of strikes is a good sign labor is starting to stick up for itself, but it’s also a depressing sign of how bad things have become.
I feel you, this post is glorifying the union wins as a “boon” when in fact we are far behind in wages and these “wins” are still not enough.
Im happy unions are winning their fights, but they arent asking for enough imo. We need bolder unions with better leadership (or no leadership)