Strikes spiked in July, as workers seek higher wages to keep up with inflation – WaPost
“Workers and union members are looking at their loss of income — because of high rates of inflation — plus employers doing very well, and they’re looking to catch up on lost income,” Kochan said. “Employers are looking ahead and saying we may go into a recession, so we have to be as conservative as possible….
“There’s a level of ambition here,” Lichtenstein said. “Most strikes [since the 1980s] have been defensive, where the company wants to take away something. The unions want to preserve and advance.”
The Yellow Corp. bankruptcy: A brutal attack on the working class – WSWS
“Over the last four decades, the US bankruptcy courts have been used to strip workers of their livelihoods and ensure the continued enrichment of the financial oligarchy. The list of employers that have filed for bankruptcy includes Continental, Eastern, United, American and other airlines; countless steel, auto parts and coal companies; major auto firms such as GM, Chrysler, Delphi and Visteon; and the city of Detroit, where the pensions and retiree health benefits of city workers were gutted and public assets were sold off in the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history a decade ago…”
Three ways labor unions contributed to Yellow trucking’s demise – WaExaminer
How Trucking Giant Yellow Collapsed: What Went Wrong – WSJ