Large work stoppages increased nearly 50% between 2021 and 2022, continuing a trend of renewed labor activism in the wake of the pandemic, according to newly released figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
is far from a complete picture. The report only counts work actions involving over 1,000 people, leaving out most of last year's strikes. A report released this week from the Cornell Institute of Labor Relations paints a fuller picture, showing nearly a quarter of a million workers went on strike last year, an increase from the year before.
The uptick in strikes wave coincides with a surge of public approval for labor unions, which are the most popular they've been since 1965, according to
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