Typically, the US is not considered a hotbed of labour unrest. Yet this is precisely what we are seeing as, during the month of October, more than 100,000 workers have either threatened to strike or have actually walked off the job to demand wage increases, improvements in their working conditions, and basic human dignity.
Dubbed “striketober” by activists and pundits alike, this strike wave is occurring across the country, in various industries. From workers at a John Deere factory in the midwestern state of Iowa, which produces farm equipment, to nurses at Kaiser Permanente in California and Oregon, people in diverse professions are taking matters into their own hands and demanding changes to improve their lives.
‘Striketober’ can be a turning point for the US Labour movement | Workers’ Rights | Al Jazeera
