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Illinois Amazon Drivers Just Went on Strike

Luis Feliz Leon Labor Notes
This week, Amazon drivers organized with the Teamsters in Skokie, Illinois, went on strike over the company’s violations of labor law. The workers are demanding Amazon recognize and bargain with their union.

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Strikes Are Meant To Be Disruptive

David Moscrop Jacobin
Critics of new anti-scab legislation in Canada are worried about the ability to “get things done.” But halting production is the very purpose of strikes — to create disruptions that force bosses to negotiate.

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Strikes and a Boycott Win a Better Deal From Macy’s

Lisa Xu Labor Notes
Local 3000 is the largest local in the UFCW with 50,000 members in grocery, retail, and health care. It has been the most prominent local advocating reform of the union, backing the campaign by Essential Workers for Democracy (EW4D).

King Dream Rooted in Labor’s Rising

Bob Hennelly InsiderNJ
This Martin Luther King Day comes just weeks after a year that’s been dubbed ‘the year of the strike’ because in 2023 there were well over 300 such work stoppages involving 450,000 union workers willing to take the risk of walking out . . .

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Strikes in 2023

Drew DeSilver Pew Research Center
2023 saw some of the biggest, hardest-fought labor disputes in recent decades

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