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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 consciousness]] 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> This class consciousness could very well be due to the high inflation rates in 2021.<ref>[https://abc7ny.com/inflation-rate-gas-prices-housing-costs-us-economy/11125213/ US inflation sees largest annual increase in 13 years as prices of gas, cars, food surge] by [[WABC-TV|ABC7 NY]], owned by [[The Walt Disney Company]]</ref>
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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 [[Strike action|labor strikes]] in the [[United States of America]], which is indicative of a heightened sense of [[class consciousness]] inside the [[Imperial core|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> This class consciousness could very well be due to the high [[inflation]] rates in 2021.<ref>[https://abc7ny.com/inflation-rate-gas-prices-housing-costs-us-economy/11125213/ US inflation sees largest annual increase in 13 years as prices of gas, cars, food surge] by [[WABC-TV|ABC7 NY]], owned by [[The Walt Disney Company]]</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.  
Nearly 100,000 [[Proletariat|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 [[Dictatorship of the proletariat|proletarian power]] over the [[Dictatorship of the bourgeoisie|bourgeois dictatorship]] of the United States.  
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[[Category:Labor strikes]]
[[Category:Labor movement in the United States]]

Latest revision as of 21:01, 13 June 2023

The 2021 strike wave or Striketober[1][2] refers to a series of labor strikes in the United States of America, which is indicative of a heightened sense of class consciousness inside the imperialist west.[3][4] This class consciousness could very well be due to the high inflation rates in 2021.[5]

Nearly 100,000 workers are involved in these strikes.[1] 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 bourgeois dictatorship of the United States.

2021 Strikes
Strike Est. number of workers involved Start date Strike Fund links Specific cause Outcome
2021 John Deere strike 10,000 factory workers October 13, 2021[6]
2021 Kellogg's strike 1,400 factory workers October 5, 2021
2021 Nabisco strike unknown number of factory workers August 10, 2021
2021 Spectrum strike[7][8] 18,000 electrical workers
2021 Warrior Met Coal Mine strike 1,100
2021 St. Vincent's Nurse strike 800 nurses
2021 Sunrise Northeast Inc. caregivers strike unknown number of caregivers
2021 Redbank Valley School District strike unknown number of teachers
2021 Heaven Hill 420 distillery workers
2021 Reno Bus Drivers Strike
2021 IATSE strike[9] 60,000 film and television workers October 18, 2021
2022 strike wave
Strike Estimated number of workers involved Start date Specific cause
University of California academic workers' strike 48,000 academic workers[10] November 2022 Higher wages and better working conditions.

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