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And the union’s win is just the latest reason why short strikes are happening more and more. That’s up 86% from the number of short strikes in the same period of 2021. There have been only 98 strikes lasting more than a week so far this year, or half the number of short strikes, a more modest 20% increase from 2021. The short duration strikes pain on employers while not forcing union members to give up as much. “Sometimes the shock of the short strike produces the movement at the table.
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But technically, this was a strike to protest the school district’s labor practices, not over the state of the contract negotiations. Most of those short strikes started with both strikers and management knowing the length of the strike at the start. 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. Sometimes the union waging the strike doesn’t have the option, at least not at that time, to have an open-ended strike. Workers on strike sometimes receive strike benefits but they’re not eligible for unemployment benefits from their state.
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