In These Times, July 25, 2013, Thursday

In These Times

July 25, 2013, Thursday

In These Times (full article)

Thank You, Strike Again

The strikes have typically been sudden and short, lasting just long enough to broadcast their message. A few campaigns have won union recognition; more have won small victories like a pay raise or a scheduling change. But taken together, the campaigns have surprised experts like Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of labor education research at Cornell University, who says she could not have imagined such an upsurge even two years ago.