'They are fed up': US labor on the march in 2021 after years of decline

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(Guardian UK) In 2021 workers appear to have had enough.

Amid constant claims from some industries of labor shortages as the economy recovers from Covid-19 shutdowns, workers have been pushing employers and elected officials to raise wages, improve working conditions and benefits such as paid sick leave through walkouts, protests, rallies and strikes.

The last few months of 2021 saw workers quit at record or near record rates, while an uptick of strikes occurred around the US in October and November 2021.

“I’ve been traveling a lot to picket lines all over the country in the last couple of months, been in so many different states and across all industries. But the one thing that’s been really consistent is the sentiment of the working people who are out there taking the risks is that they are absolutely fed up,” said Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO, the main union federation in the US. .........(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/21/labor-organizing-pandemic-decline

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1. I like this...Workers are "absolutely fed up"!

About time since the republicans and the 1% won't even pay decent living wages...