Strikes up 50% in 2022, with workers exerting leverage in tight labor market

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Against the backdrop of hot inflation and a tight market, strike activity spiked by about 50% in 2022, and the number of workers involved jumped 60% year over year, according to a report. Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the headline.

Last year America's picket lines showed more activity as the country emerged from the coronavirus pandemic.

But education workers put the biggest stamp on labor action. About 60% of the workers striking in 2022 were educators, meaning the spotlight continues to be on frontline sectors after healthcare workers drove most of the action 2021, during the height of the pandemic. Historically, worker activism rises when the unemployment rates are low, shifting the power dynamic toward workers, according to Harry Katz a professor at ILR.

 

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