From health care to Hollywood, nearly 100,000 American workers are either striking or preparing to in an effort to improve working conditions.
and Nabisco employees who recently ended a weekslong strike."We've definitely seen an uptick in late September and October," said Johnnie Kallas, a Ph.D. student at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, or ILR, whoacross the U.S.
"Strikes can be contagious for unions and workers," she said."There are shared issues that are pushing workers to go on strike — and workers are looking at each other and getting inspired." Catherine Fisk, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, who specializes in employment and labor law, agreed.
Fisk said social media has helped their efforts by democratizing communication and helping workers not only to get their messages out but also to leverage the reach of the companies they work for and appeal to consumers for support. She said the media are paying more attention to inequalities of wealth and connecting them to low labor standards and wages.
"This wave has been a long time coming. I think it'll carry into the midterm elections, because workers are also fed up with the political system, which doesn't deliver results," Schlittner said."Working people are going to be looking for candidates that are aligned with their values, including the right to organize."
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