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American workers are striking at a pace not seen in nearly a quarter century. (archive.ph)
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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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[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.