Last month, major stoppages due to strikes resulted in 4.1 million missed work days, the highest monthly total since August 2000.
And that's even without the auto workers union.
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Unions in general have also been pretty poor at actually doing the things they claim in the last 23 years. Maybe enough people finally retired or died so unions are being forced to represent people with less than 20+ years of seniority. Or maybe unions finally learned that fucking over new members isn't actually a good idea.
That's been my beef with unions. Awesome idea in theory, terrible in practice. I swear my local union is more interested in recruiting and collecting dues then representing it's members. They let contracts negotiations lapse for years before doing anything, then fight for a paltry wage increase that's fallen behind because of the lapses between negotiations.
For existing unions, I can see that being a big thing. The retiring boomers were more than willing to throw new hires under the bus to keep their benefits. Now, without them there, there isn't anyone agreeing to not strike.
Also, you are starting to see new unions coming around.