Waves of strikes rippling across the US seem big, but the total number of Americans walking off the job remains historically low
- Written by Judith Stepan-Norris, Professor Emerita of Sociology, University of California, Irvine
Striking members of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union in New York City in 1958.AP PhotoMore than 323,000 workers – including nurses, actors, screenwriters, hotel cleaners and restaurant servers – walked off their jobs during the first eight months of 2023. Hundreds of thousands of the employees of delivery giant UPS would...