Auto workers, writers, actors, Starbucks workers, Amazon workers, UPS drivers, flight attendants – labor isn’t a ‘special interest’. It’s all of us
by Robert Reich, The Guardian
America is in the midst of the biggest surge in labor activity in a quarter-century.
The United Auto Workers (UAW), the Writers Guild of America, the actors’ union known as Sag-Aftra, Starbucks workers, Amazon workers, the Teamsters and UPS, flight attendants. The list goes on.
More than 4.1m workdays were lost to stoppages last month, according to the labor department. That’s the most since 2000. And this was before the UAW struck the big three.
Some worry about the effect of all this labor activism on the US economy, and view organized labor as a “special interest” demanding more than it deserves.
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