![]() ![]() ![]() Sometimes the union waging the strike doesn’t have the option, at least not at that time, to have an open-ended strike. Thousands of Starbucks Workers United union members have been waging a series of one-day strikes at Starbucks locations they’ve organized nationwide since last November, but the union has yet to reach a tentative labor deal for any of the more than 200 stores where it represents workers. Many short-term strikers don’t have anything to show for their walkouts, at least in the near term. But these are definitely becoming more common.” ![]() (UPS) later this year or at one of the Big Three automakers. “We could see an open-ended strike of 350,000 Teamsters at UPS “I hesitate to say that this is a total transformation,” Kallas said. He cited a fixed duration three-day strike in September by 15,000 nurses in Minnesota that led to a contract by December. But he said there are numerous examples of strikers getting the contract they want a few weeks or months later. The short-term strikes don’t necessarily get the union members what they want right away as it did in this case, said Johnnie Kallas, a Cornell PhD candidate and project director of the school’s strike database. Meanwhile, strikes lasting five days or more increased just 16% to 135. Strikes lasting fewer than five days jumped 78% last year, from 158 in 2021 to 282, according to Cornell’s data. Los Angeles school workers and supporters rally in Los Angeles State Historic Park on the last day of a three-day strike this past week. Most of those short strikes started with both strikers and management knowing the length of the strike at the start. And nearly half lasted only one day - or less. Two-thirds of US strikes last year lasted less than five days, according to data from the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, which tracks work stoppages. I think we’re going to increasingly see these short strikes as a tool.” Just a taste of a what a strike can feel like can light a fire under negotiations. I think a lot of activists are discovering the effectiveness of these strikes. “They might be building towards a larger future action. ![]() “Strikes of this kind are a tactical tool,” said Todd Vachon, professor of labor studies at Rutgers University. And that’s the case of a growing number of strikes nationwide – not necessarily to win a contract immediately but to air a union’s grievances to the public, flex their muscle and thus step up pressure on management. “It was members’ dedication to winning respect from the District that made this agreement possible.” The LA Unified School District also issued a statement praising the agreement, which needs to be ratified by rank-and-file before it can take effect.īut technically, this was a strike to protest the school district’s labor practices, not over the state of the contract negotiations. “The agreement addresses our key demands and sets us on a clear pathway to improving our livelihoods and securing the staffing we need to improve student services,” said a statement from the union. The union said the deal will grant a 30% pay increase, raising the average annual pay of its members to $33,000 from $25,000, along with retroactive pay of between $4,000 to $8,000 per worker. Los Angeles Unified School District has reached an agreement in negotiations with workers union ![]()
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