Why the U.S. is seeing a record number of labor strikes
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- It's being called the "hot labor summer." From Hollywood to hotels, workers have been walking off the job -- recent data from Cornell University shows around 119,000 U.S. workers were on strike as of May. Seth Harris, former acting U.S. Labor Secretary in 2013 under then-President Obama, joins CBS News to discuss what's driving the recent wave of strikes and how increased strike activity could affect the economy.
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Because people are fed up of being underpaid, poor, overworked and exhausted. There is no mystery.
yuppers, the class war has began!
I'm frankly surprised it's only 100k. For years, there were rumbles of a general strike that didn't materialize.
Inflation Depreciates the value of the dollar, and increase in minimum wage which raises the poverty line. ex. Dental assistant makes 20 before minimum wage increases and don’t see a raise but now closer to the minimum wage. Perfect storm for this
So what. Are you gonna make it perfectly high paying and comfortable for hundreds of millions individually? Yeah I wish you a great fcking luck pulling that off.
Welcome to Biden's America.
Quite frankly, I'm honestly not surprised at the strike. I'm just surprised that the employers were surprised.
Yeah they never thought they’d have to face their employees. I don’t think any employer no matter how pitiful they are ever expect to have to answer to their employees.
@TLDCHWTTOS I hope the people take it to the streets and have the employer scared...so scared they afraid of their life- and they should...
@@1thetvzone that’s what it’s going to take. It’s going to take mass insubordination to take their profits away before they will come to the table. It’s sad but it is what it is.
@@TLDCHWTTOS 100% Exactly right!
Same
_"When the rich rob from the poor, it's called business, but when the poor fight back, it's called violence."_
Bro, you speak the truth!!!😀😀😀😀WORD!!!!!
Anyone working a full time job shouldn’t be poor after paying all their bills. People shouldn’t be overworking themselves just to stay out of poverty. Our whole system is broken. The government, health care, education, etc. it’s all just so broken.
absolutely. if you work 40 hours a week you should not be struggling to make ends meet which we all know is far from the case these days
The government needs more housing ownership and rental programs to saturate the market and lower prices. I don’t need to spend $1000 on an iPhone. But $2,500 for a one bedroom in a city where the average job does not qualify you for it is NOT okay.
@@MannerofMagi007 The last thing we need is more Government programs and intervention.
@@jasonnichols8790 no, The government need to step in and heavily fine these companies.
After the lockdowns, companies were SHOCKED that employees didn't want to return to low-wage, no-benefit, jobs with worker shortages, employer time-theft and insufficient staffs. They expected everyone to just come back to work under the same exploitative conditions as before. Any business that can't survive by paying employees a living wage SHOULD shutter and close in disgrace.
Unfortunately there's greed involved and all the wealth is being imbalanced and transfered to the top. It needs to be redistributed. There's also a problem with the integration of technology either eliminating jobs or significantly decreasing the wages. We have a society based on consumerism and getting rich. That's why people have come from all over the globe to get a piece of the American dream but it's finite. Its not sustainable.
@@seedking40 It is finite and unfortunately, not accessible to a huge swathe of the population anyway.
@@hiker64 the trick is to be self reliant. Once you have land and real food most of life is solved. Most ppl walked away from homesteading to live a lie in the city. It has only been exploitation since
Time for business to restructure to 1-2 years Employment Contracts.
Income inequality is the highest it’s ever been since the 1960s, the worse it gets the greater labor unrest.
Way before when adjusted for inflation 😞 our productivity has skyrocketed. Even though most of what’s produced now gets sent to landfills as no one is buying all this crap..
It's also worth noting that in 1963 the top marginal tax rate was 91% on income over $400k. It's been falling ever since, and today is just 37%.
You and they voted for that with Biden.
Blaming Biden is stupid. His policies and actions have all been pro-worker.
The last guy was all about increasing income inequality.
@@superoldgamesaturday3277 If you're talking about the taxes, this is false. We can thank Reagan for that, top earners went from paying 70% to 50% in '82. The last rate decrease was in 2018, under the Trump administration.
Labor Unions are relearning to use their voice.
Speaking of unions. How are union busters legal. Wtf
@@TheUser808Citizens United is how.
@@merlintaylor2655 Even though we are both pro Union, I think you need to do a bit of research before you make more stupid comments. Ironworker Local #3, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. If an Ironworker is better informed than you, you need to check yourself.
Minimum wage doesn’t pay the bills.. ceo get high pay outs and bonuses!!! Things have to change
When times are good, workers get the same wage, CEOs get bonuses and raises.
When times are tough, workers get laid off, and CEOs get bonuses and raises.
And people wonder why workers are upset?
Maybe just maybe we should appoint the worker to become ceo.
See if they would change anything. 😂
We told you so.
@@superoldgamesaturday3277No you didn’t. This has been a problem building up for decades.
@@Coryo61827 Yes, we did. We're in a God damn recession right now, thanks to Biden, and we warned you. We also warned you that he'd start World War III.
None of these strikes would've happened if employers paid employees fairly. I hope that answers the question.
Problem is capitalism requires continual growth and is antithetical to fair distribution.
@@mwm2545 in a model it works but not in reality.
Because prices have quadrupled and wages are stagnant. It’s pretty simple math.
Don't expect Democrats to understand that. They all flunked Algebra.
@@Lp78Ch I don’t expect anything short of juvenile temper tantrums and narcissistic behavior out of them. Most of my family are democrats. I know they’re lacking mentally.
This guy took 5 minutes to pronounce the word "greed".
OK! lol That's really all it is.
Reminder Capitalism is built from Greed. Capitalism _requires_ Greed.
Greed is willingness to do harm for _profit._
Pilot for Southwest here. After a 99% vote for a strike authorization, the company appears to not think we're serious. It has been two months since the vote and even this last week, negotiations went backward. They pulled their offer for improved parental leave, which we affectively do not have. We want industry standard disability. As it stands, when you run out of sick pay on STD, you are effectively excommunicated. You lose all benefits including health care; you go on COBRA. Keep in mind, if you so much as break your foot, you cannot work as a pilot until you can function fully without a cast or brace. So needing STD is not only very likely, but financially crippling if you do. That's why the union has requested to end meditation. Under the railway labor act, we cannot just strike. It has to go through channels, and the government can intervene. And I'm really hoping that Biden and congress will support us (because they can prevent us from striking). Until then, we continue to work with the same income as 2020. On the off chance that we join the movement, I would be careful who you buy plane tickets from as all the other airlines have at least an agreement on principle.
The fact that the government can stop a strike is just gross.
Former A&P for southwest… I love the company but the horrible working hours, work expectations and despite the significant pay bump lots of guys felt like they didn’t negotiate in good faith for our contract… hoping the best for you pilots
I hate to hear this, being a loyal Southwest customer for decades. Thank you for getting your story out. I will be paying attention to this and making sure SWA knows this is not ok with their customers.
It’s simple. The old ways of doing things in terms of employee and employer relationship is over. The days of loyalty both ways is over. The days of living off one regular income are over. The days of fairer wages are over. Workers are fed up and done with corporate America because the last 40 years corporate America has been winning and Americans have been losing.
👏👏👏
The Bahamas isn't too far behind either.
Why? uh....corporate greed?
This is what happens when income inequality becomes unrealistic. So glad this is happening!
Because corporate CEO greed and inflated stock value at employees detriment is out of control.
People are tired of being worked to death and not getting anywhere. Debt keeps piling up, food prices are ridiculous and housing is out of the reach of most people.
I see another France coming here to USA, good, maybe they will listen then, the working people mean business
Rich narcissists are FILTHY wealthy. Dirty. As in BATHING in resources. Meanwhile, 99% of everyone else is barely, barely, BAAARELY able to even continue this nonsense. 😠 I hate it. It sucks.
They are also former associates of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
If non-unionized workers could strike, the number of current strikes would probably rise ten-fold. It's non-unionized workers who are facing most of the abuse by unethical, greedy employers. Also part of the problem is unethidal shoppers who support unethical businesses such as Amazon, Nike, big oil, etc. not to mention the labour attrocities in places llike China and poor nations.
Hopefully this pushes more to create more unions and or join one
You don’t need a Union to strike. Union just makes it easier because they’re a large group of workers
Honestly everybody should walk off job that not makeing a good wage. Houseing wheather renting or owning is the worse.
@DanielGoldMcduckRose we need what's called a general strike
Non-unionized workers cannot go to strike, because there is no protection in face of union. They can be fired as individual employees. Unions prevent this sort of capitalistic manipulation.
"Trade unions are created with the aim of representing and protecting the rights and freedoms of workers in labor relations, as well as the socio-economic interests of organization members, with the possibility of wider representation of the proletariat."
Good, keep it up. Keep up the fight against corporate greed
Considering that the average job doesn’t pay enough for a person to rent a one bedroom (income 3x the rent) no one should be surprised. What’s the incentive to work for a company that doesn’t pay you enough to put a roof over your head
Soon your housing will depend on your job. Employer provided housing as a benefit. A small box to sleep in. A d it'll be a huge chunk of your compensation. They are working us slowly into slavery. Bit by bit.
This is happening with artist too. I've seen 2d art shows that massively underpaid the artist because upper management always gets the big cut.
And I didn't know hotel workers were going on strike.
I stand with All Strikers ! ❤✊
Companies should have seen this coming once the term "Quiet quitting" became a thing
Quiet quitting was made up by corporate media to cover up the fact that workers no longer wanted to be exploited by working extra hours and additional job duties without an appropriate increase in pay and benefits.
I don't know what's in store in the future of the world but I'm glad I'm single with no kids. This type of news hits us single people a little softer than people with whole entire families.
Facts
More crime
Same here, I'm 43. . Catching up on the going-ons
I can barely afford to keep a dog. This economy is impossible.
Me too. No kids. So glad I'm not worried about the much lower standard of living my kid will have and AI taking jobs. :)
It’s time for a rebirth of labor unions in this country 💪
Wages have not kept pace with inflation since 1980. Corporations and the 1% haven’t been taxed the way they should be since the 70s. COVID-19 was the catalyst. Corporate profits are the highest since the 1950s. Inflation is at record levels. Income inequality is worse than in France before the 1789 revolution.
Reagan is the worst president EVER
Is this true? My god, what a joke.
because the rich people keeping all the money
Case in point, Biden.
They are all former associates of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
@@superoldgamesaturday3277 do shut it
Workers sick of greedy companies
Cheaper for me to live with my parents at 31 with no job than having a job and out of their house. I moved back in because they were sick of worrying and I was sick of being constantly stressed and uncomfortable and unhappy. American dream huh
B-E-T-AA !!!
lol
@@fisher326 beta: a rank in a system used by animals.
Republicans are animals. Vote Humans 2024
Grab a weapon and stand a post you baby. You are exactly the problem. 31 and no job?
@@GothamsFinest younger, broke, happier, and family. Spot on GothamsFinest
Puh-leeze...these arrogant CEOs are overpaid and there needs to be more trickle of the profits down to the workers. If it wasn't for the workers corporate America would collapse. Time for change.😮
Corporate greed has to be curtailed. There's too much money and too much power in the hands of too few. Why is it that the ones who actually do the work always have to make the concessions?
10,000 baby boomers retire every day,
and they aren't coming back to the job market. Corporate America better start investing in robots, or sharing profits with their workers. And ribots don't buy cars, houses, or diapers, do you understand what i nean Mr. CEO?
What's lazy socialist idea
@@GarrettGuerraYeah, people working and wanting to be able to afford living are lazy
Along with the smart Gen-Xers. I'm done competing with a bunch of 20-something airheads with college punch cards.
Exactly. Ai bs to replace us is not going to buy consumer goods and houses and start small businesses. Government needs to step up or they doing to see a revolution
As a former union member I am thrilled to see labor is having a good run. But don't forget the past. Prepare for the backlash because it always comes. The corporate overlords will fight back dirty.
It’s about time we started striking again
Inflation. Had the same problem with labor strikes in the 1970s.
The real problem is predatory capitalism and trying to maintain a waged based economy while technology is advancing at a rapid pace.
We need to adopt a UBI and universal healthcare or there's going to be a complete collapse of the middle class.
Agreed!
Your overlords at the WEF don't care about your health 😂
@Viz1111That's not how UBI works...it's a minimum. If you want to go out and have a career, you can still make more.
I think something like is going to be necessary...AI will be so advanced that there won't be many human jobs left.
@Viz1111 You're assuming that (1) everyone can work and work the same amount (what about the ill, physically/mentally disabled, etc.?) and that (2) everyone has access to jobs that pay enough to cover their basic needs. OP is saying that AI will make things difficult for people to find and hold jobs, which is why establishing a UBI should be considered. This individualistic mindset needs to end. Humans *need* community support to survive and thrive. These labor strikes are example of that: people working together and supporting each other to demand a better future for themselves and their community. I would not mind chipping into a UBI to ensure that everyone (myself included if needed) can cover their basic needs while working to earn more income for myself and my family.
@Viz1111you don’t understand… Robots are taking over. We have no say or control. Robots will be taking over human jobs as they have been doing for decades. Elon Musk is behind a plan for UBI. No matter how much we don’t agree this is happening. We are in big trouble.
As one myself I've got nothing but respect for the working class
*ANSWER: Labor strikes happen when the cost of living is sky-rocketing and economic policies are hurting the working class. There, I just saved you A LOT of time.*
Fast food workers are severely underpaid for the amount of work they do
How about we as labor shut down the economy until we get our fair share? Be damned what the precious shareholders want, people over profits.
There is an ongoing class war and people are suffering. We need to unite and support one another to win.
Sag member. Work a lot & have been scanned for Ai already. It was coercive and I want my likeness back but have no recourse. Please pay attention ❤
what does scanned for AI mean exactly?
After a world pandemic working people realize what they are worth as a collective group. Capitalism will need to discover the word “sharing profits.”
Unions have been taking a beating for some time.
The Time has come. There is a critical mass of resentment in the Labour movement.
Shop local; avoid corporate crap like Wal-Mart
I wasn't a front line worker I worked at a restaurant fir most of the height of the pandemic I left my job after the 600 dollar boost was gone I got unemployment for about 5 months with the 200 dollar boost my boss had 3 restaurants under 3 different llcs even though they were the exact same restaurant just in different spots I looked up he got 3 different ppp loans 2 for 250 grand and 1 for 350grand so almost a million bucks...he never once offered to pay anyone extra or if we git covid we had to file unemployment fir the cpl wks or w.e ppl were out he didn't put a dime into his restaurants so he basically pocketed all that money..best thing that ever happened to me I work for me now and he's down to 2 stores and the one in my city looks like a ghost town when I drive by karma
I was fortunate to work 35 years at a company that considers their employees as members and shares profits with them. The responsibility of the members is to find waste in the processes and work to eliminate it. In essence they can increase profits through the elimination of waste and by doing so, all of the members receive a semi-quarterly profit sharing payment with an equal amount going into their 401K retirement plan. This is in addition to a % of their salary every pay period going into the 401K. Since the % is applied company wide against a member’s salary, it behooves all members from the CEO to the lowest line member working together instead of against each other to drive the company’s success.
This was the system set-up by the company founders nearly 75 years ago and practiced still.
This is not difficult. People are FED UP.
People work more than they enjoy themselves and still can’t afford to live comfortably there’s no question because the answer is there for all to see
Short answer: corporate greed
Low wages. No benefits. Unpaid overtime. Extra work loads.
It's a wonder....
Because the working class is getting fed up with everything rising in price except their pay.
Greedy CEOs and executive staff are more concerned with billionaire mega wealth status than paying staff a living wage.
Workers are tired of it and not having it anymore. Goverment may need to step in and make companies pay employees a 3% cost of living increase every year. Or based on the companies earnings.
It's been more apparent how the the money is staying at the top and I applaud them for standing up.
It's very simple economics ........We the people need to be receiving a LIVING WAGE....... Corporate criminals have bought up all the housing and have priced us out of a place to live. Oh & let's not forget everytime WE THE PEOPLE go to the grocery store & realize we can't even afford to eat. Like I said very simple economics.......❤️☮️🙏🇺🇸
All these issues can easily be fixed by federal legislation but congress “refuses” to do what’s necessary because they’re legally bribed by lobbyists to do nothing. This is why Congress refuses to end the filibuster because it would make it easier for congress to pass modern labor laws.
Workers need to organize to start competitive, employee owned businesses.
They can’t thanks to ridiculous regulations and minimum laws no Mom & Pop shop can really compete in today’s market without pushing the price on the consumer, which lets be honest, we all go to where the deals are best
Get rid of regulations & minimum wage laws and you’ll see a rise in family owned businesses
@@cesarhernandez769 one thing that I've seen in several industries is that when enough people in a company get upset they basically recruit each other to start a competing business. They dont actually go to market until the non-competes expire but when they do take huge market share. I've seen this happen in healthcare and agriculture.
You mean a co-op? I've run across a few of those.
employers will pay when they want to hire people. it's a job
This is such a disingenuous "interview". There is no mystery here. There is no revelation. Labor has been suppressed for generations. Whether it be laws, or monopolies in ownership, or new business models that have purposely squeezed out labor. All of this is by design while people get less and prices go up and their employer's profits go up. Labor isn't do this, employer greed is. They will not be happy until employees pay employers to work for them.
40 years of lost wages and trickle down economics the back will eventually break.
"We have a president that is very pro union" except when he told the railroad workers to get back to work with less vacation pay days. LMAO
100% correct with this comment!
“Our capital was at risk” at risk of more than bankruptcy? Or a bad quarterly earnings statement? Workers took the real risk and got no reward and are tired of being taken advantage of
I’m tired of being underpaid go strikes GO!
We went from hot girl summer to hot labor summer 😂
Because everything is going up, except our paychecks.
WE NEED MORE UNIONS
Why? Cause companies have been greedy af
Is it because the rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer?
Unions have tremendous backing from Bernie, as well! Always have
How many illegals take care of his mansions?
Because we are tired of being poor and slaves. Legalized slavery with wages that meet nothing in the costs of living.
I wonder if these people on strike can find a better paying job elsewhere...
You would think, FedEx, USPS, DHL would be out of business.
Yup
Are you offering them a job or just spitting out your thoughts? The grass is always greener somewhere else, you could probably find a better city, a better state, a better country elsewhere… but a lot of people have years invested into the job they’re at, just like the city, state, or country they live in. Every single person has their own motivations in life and nothing is as simple as throwing the towel in and quitting. The difficult part is starting all over again. As for those who stay and fight for future generations, they’re the strong ones. Some people love their jobs but hate the hours, or the working conditions or some aspect that needs to be improved upon. You can live in Chicago for example and love it, but you hate the crime. Sure, you can go elsewhere, to another city, possibly leave your family and friends, the job you have, the house you live in, or you can do something about it, remain and help to better the city that you love. These labor movements are a demand for justice in corporate America and the demand for fair pay, decent, livable wages and better working conditions. Just like the Jefferson’s, everyone wants to move up, and there ain’t nothing wrong with that…
Let’s not act confused. people are tired of working like slaves and still can’t afford to live. What’s the point 🙄 #strike
Lest we not forget the Railroad workers.
Nurses are treated horribly as well.
Corporations own the US government. Look at black rock and vanguard holdings. Then look deeper
What were the highest tax rates in
1950 ?
1960 ?
1970 ?
1980 ?
2020 ?
Do you understand how a Progressive Tax system works ?
I pay as many $ in USA Federal Taxes, on my first $59,000 earned as Mark Zuckerberg. He only pays the higher amount on his income above $ 20 million, or $40 million, depending on the bracket. This is not too complicated to understand, is it ?
This is before UPS announced they're striking.
As someone who is a member of a Union, I am excited for the support and want for Labor Unions in the country. In my field especially (Plumbing/Pipefitting) the future is looking bright on the Union front.
Maybe because no body wants to be a cheap labor worker, and now finally people understand that employment = exploitation which we were trying to say for 70 years
Just the tip of the iceberg? The government will say nothing to worry about. Inflation is under control and unemployment is at record lows.
I tried to ask for raises for me and all my coworkers and got fired under a pretense that didnt allow me unemployment. Cooperations wont last like this.
Layoff?
Inflation and the cost of living is the reason for the strikes.
Why? Is because people we are waking up! We are realizing that we deserve to be treated like human beings and deserve better for our hard work!
PAY US!
Profits over people that’s just always been the name of the game..
Me personally it’s because our work culture sucks how they demanded extremely professionalism until it’s stressful to work.
Inflation for the poor. Inflated stock prices for the rich. FED's job is done.
This type of news analysis just shows how out of touch corporate media is. They're wondering about something that is clear to us. Why is the U.S. seeing a record number of labor strikes? Because the Working Class will never be suppressed!
Umm inflation is way up and pay is way down. Doesnt take a genius on why there are strikes and so many people job hopping
I say what’s wrong
.1 Joe Biden
.2 Joe Biden
.3 Joe Biden
4. The long nose tribe
Cost of living is just ridiculous now duh
Blame the US Labor for not raising Minimum Wage Mandatory, now the workers are tired of not being compensated for living check to check.
How did this turn into a Biden campaign ad? Lol
Large corporations still keep on building more restaraunts,stores etc,without thinking about how to staff it. That then is left to the franchise owner or manager. Top execs do not care once it reaches that point. We now see the poor service we get by way of long wait times in line, not getting the correct order, no one at working at idle registers when busy,being herded like cows thru mazes up to the open registers.
Glad these strikes are happening
Everything is going up and we all are struggling
I blame the Biden administration and the unwanted Covid lockdowns.
Too bad unions are extremely weak & aren't wide spread in the US
Because the conditions have become unbearable. Asked and answered. It's time for employers to learn compromise.
And part with their huge,huge profits and bonuses
What do these US corporate leaders think when you keep pushing workers and taking away benefits and not keeping wages adjusted for inflation are going to be fed up.
Fact: the top 1% owns more than 46 trillion dollars. The bottom 50%, between 2-4 trillion... according to IRS data when I checked last year.