The sudden rash of strikes this month has even led some to coin the word"Striketober," a neologism since embraced on social media even by prominent progressive Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.During the pandemic, workers say, they often had to bear extra burdens to make up for others who were staying home.
Osborn, the president of a local chapter of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers union , said workers object to a two-tier pay system that leaves some newer employees making far less than older workers. "The strike can go however long it takes," Osborn said."All we have to do is hold out one day longer than the company."Most of the strikes are motivated by demands for better working conditions, said Kate Bronfenbrenner, who specialises in union and labor issues at Cornell University in New York.
The exact number of strikes now underway is difficult to know, as the US government keeps track only of those affecting more than 1,000 employees.
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