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Strikes have become a much weaker tool for unions, while management continues to lock out workers as a way to call the shots at the bargaining table.
A rarely used U.S. government data set shows that the rate of all private sector strikes arising from union contract negotiations has declined by over 60% since the 1990s.
Cynthia Nixon, who is challenging Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic nomination for governor, has called for eliminating the strike ban for New York State public workers.
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