2023: The Year of the Strike

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🗓️ 13 October 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Americans are walking off the job at a rate not seen in years. The U.S. has lost seven million workdays to walkouts so far this year. WSJ’s David Harrison on the factors that are making this year one of the best in recent memory to strike. Further Listening: -‘We’ll Strike All Three’: The UAW’s Historic Walkout -Meet the Man Who Has Detroit on Edge -The Case of the Hollywood Shutdown Further Reading: -UAW Joins Wave of Union Strikes Looking for Big Wins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This year, there's been something happening around the country.
0:16.4	Hotel employees, including bell hops, front desk attendants, and cooks, walked off the
0:21.3	job in Los Angeles today.
0:23.0	Thousands of workers started to walk out at 6am local time.
0:26.9	Had Jacob lining Google's brewing company, members of the Screen Actors Guild, graduate
0:31.5	students, workers, hotel workers, TV and movie writers, going on strike, going on strike,
0:37.7	on strike, on strike.
0:39.9	And more strikes keep being announced.
0:45.6	Walkouts this week included workers at Mac Truck, and at Walgreens Pharmacies.
0:51.7	Some workers at Casinos in Detroit and at Defense Contractor General Dynamics are gearing
0:57.2	up for walkouts, while auto workers and Hollywood actors continue their week's long strikes.
1:05.6	All of this has made 2023 a standout.
1:10.4	There have been more work days lost to strikes this year than any year in two decades.
1:19.1	Welcome to the journal, our show about money, business and power.
1:23.9	I'm Kate Limebaugh, it's Friday, October 13th.
1:32.3	Coming up on the show, 2023, the year of the strike.
1:47.2	Time's running, a business can feel like cycling uphill, with square wheels.
1:56.5	But zero online accounting software can help predict the future cash flow of your business.
2:01.8	So you can stay one step ahead, soon as it'll feel more like freewheeling downhill.
2:06.5	Woohoo!
2:07.5	On a tandem!
2:08.5	What, Mike?
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