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From cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, this is Stay tuned in brief. I'm Preet Bharara.

Labor strikes in the US, with roots in the colonial period, have historically held the power to paralyze industries and trigger major economic, societal and political repercussions.

Last week, UPS and the Teamsters Union, which represents roughly 340,000 UPS workers, negotiated a pivotal agreement.

The tentative deal averts a nationwide strike that could severely impact the economy and your deliveries.

Union members have now a few weeks to ratify the contract.

Meanwhile, President Biden, who has called himself the most pro-union president, has faced the challenge of balancing his position with the likely economic fallout of his strike.

The UPS deal comes as other major strikes persist, like the actors and writers strikes in Hollywood, which have halted many productions indefinitely with no agreement in sight.

Union membership, meanwhile, has steadily dropped since its 1950s peak.

But perhaps we're in a period of inflection. Are unions making a comeback?

Lauren Kaori Gurley is the labor reporter for the Washington Post.

She's been closely following these strikes and some broader US labor market trends.

Lauren, welcome to the show.

Thanks for having me on, Pete.

So there are a lot of different issues I want to talk about with the economy and with striking and labor and unions generally.

But let's begin with the most recent news.

I don't know if you were surprised that there was a resolution or a seeming resolution of the UPS Teamsters dispute.

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