The data is in. More union strikes occurred in the fourth quarter of 2021 than at any time in the previous decade. Strikes have increased each quarter since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. I’m not surprised. The labor climate is changing. The combination of the Great Resignation and President Biden’s overwhelmingly pro-union labor agenda, newly…

Strikes take two forms: “economic” and “unfair labor practice.” Economic strikes are work stoppages to protest wages, hours, working conditions, or other mandatory subjects of bargaining. By contrast, unfair labor practice strikes are a work stoppage to protest an unfair labor practice committed by an employer. The right to strike is not limited to employees…

As covered before, the National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel, Richard Griffin, believes that intermittent strikes deserve legal protection – and announced he is seeking test cases to bring before the Board. Intermittent strikes fall into murky legal territory. Workers who strike more than once or twice run the risk of being fired for it.…