Strikes rose sharply this past year as more workers turned to organized labor to address their concerns about pay and working conditions.
There were 374 worker strikes in 2022, according to researchers at Cornell University, a hefty 39% increase from the year before. There were several factors at play in the growth, a major one being that workers had far more leverage this past year due to mass labor shortages.
Earlier in 2022, an Amazon warehouse in New York became the first to vote in favor of unionizing, an REI store in New York did the same, and a Trader Joe’s in Massachusetts became the first to file for a union election. Bowling, who teaches labor and employment courses, said the new wave of unionization across the country is coming in part because more highly educated younger people are entering the workforce and is happening in workplaces different from the ones typically associated with unions, such as the auto factories and mines of decades past.
Having President Joe Biden in office has also helped the organized labor movement. Biden has styled himself as the “most pro-union president” and has frequently played up his support for unions.More than 70% of people say they approve of labor unions, according to Gallup polling. That number is up from 64% before the pandemic and is the highest level of support recorded since the 1960s. The growth has been rapid, as fewer than half of the country indicated support for unions in 2009.
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