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‘Striketober’ has been a long time coming and is only the beginning
October 27, 2021
Some have taken to calling this month “Striketober.” Given that no one wants to risk their livelihoods by going on strike, the fact that tens of thousands of workers are now doing just that is an inspiring show of courage after a generation of stagnant wages and too little reward for doing some of the toughest jobs in America.
Are we heading for 1952? Ask anyone who has walked a picket line and subsisted on strike pay, gambling that the strength of their labor will win a better future, and the answer should be, “We hope not.”
Ed Smith, President & CEO