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Worker strikes and union elections surged in 2022 – could it mark a turning point for organized labor?

  • Written by Marick Masters, Professor of Business and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
imageWorkers such as these Starbucks employees in St. Anthony, Minn., increasingly went on strike in 2022.Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Workers organized and took to the picket line in increased numbers in 2022 to demand better pay and working conditions, leading to optimism among labor leaders and advocates that...

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