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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.
| 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 |
| 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. |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Striketober” Roars as Nearly 100,000 Workers Authorize Work Stoppages on TruthOut
- ↑ The week in US unions, October 9-16 by Jonah Furman on substack
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Thread of current US strikes on Twitter
- ↑ US inflation sees largest annual increase in 13 years as prices of gas, cars, food surge by ABC7 NY, owned by The Walt Disney Company
- ↑ The Intercept. The John Deere Strike Shows the Tight Labor Market Is Ready to Pop
- ↑ https://twitter.com/StrikeSpectrum
- ↑ https://unplugspectrum.com
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ "Tens of thousands of University of California workers strike for higher wages, better working conditions" (2022-11-15T08:34). Xinhua.