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The '''2021 strike wave''' or '''Striketober'''<ref name=":0">[https://truthout.org/articles/nearly-100000-workers-authorize-work-stoppages/ “Striketober” Roars as Nearly 100,000 Workers Authorize Work Stoppages] on [[TruthOut]]</ref> <ref>[https://whogetsthebird.substack.com/p/weekly42 The week in US unions, October 9-16] by Jonah Furman on substack</ref>refers to a series of ongoing [[Strike action|labor strikes]] in the [[United States of America]], which is indicative of a heightened sense of class warfare inside the imperialist west.<ref>[https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/10/14/pers-o14.html The strike wave in the United States heralds a new stage in the global class struggle] by [[World Socialist Web Site]] on Oct 13, 2021</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/BernieToVest/status/1448646680371351553?s=20 Thread of current US strikes on Twitter]</ref> Nearly 100,000 workers are involved in these strikes.<ref name=":0" /> These demands for better conditions, while not centrally organized by a revolutionary party, could indeed lay the early basis for the establishment of proletarian power over the bourgeoisie dictatorship of the United States
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|[[2021 John Deere strike]]
|10,000 factory workers
|October 13, 2021<ref>The Intercept. [https://theintercept.com/2021/10/17/john-deere-strike-labor-market/ The John Deere Strike Shows the Tight Labor Market Is Ready to Pop]</ref>
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|[[2021 Kellogg's strike]]
|1,400 factory workers
|October 5, 2021
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|[[2021 Nabisco strike]]
|unknown number of factory workers
|August 10, 2021
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*[https://www.gofundme.com/f/bctgm-local-364-strike-support Portland, OR]
*[https://www.gofundme.com/f/bctgm-local-358-strike-support Richmond, VA]
*[https://www.gofundme.com/f/bctgm-local-1-strike-support?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer Chicago, IL]
*[https://www.gofundme.com/f/bctgm-local-42-strike-support?utm_source=atldsa Norcross, GA]
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|[[2021 Spectrum strike]]<ref>https://twitter.com/StrikeSpectrum</ref><ref>https://unplugspectrum.com</ref>
|18,000 electrical workers
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|[[2021 Warrior Met Coal Mine strike|2021Warrior Met Coal Mine strike]]
|1,100
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|2021 St. Vincent's Nurse strike
|800 nurses
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|2021 Sunrise Northeast Inc. caregivers strike
|unknown number of caregivers
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|2021 Redbank Valley School District strike
|unknown number of teachers
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|2021 Heaven Hill
|420 distillery workers
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|2021 Reno Bus Drivers Strike
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|[[2021 IATSE strike]]<ref>[https://www.breakthroughnews.org/post/60-000-film-and-tv-workers-in-the-us-set-to-strike-on-monday 60,000 film and TV workers in the US set to strike on Monday] written by Monica Cruz on People's Dispatch (republished on Breakthrough News) </ref>
|60,000 film and television workers
|October 18, 2021
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== References ==
[[Category:Labor strikes in 2021]]
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[[Category:2021 strike wave in the United States]]

Latest revision as of 19:19, 25 January 2022