'Striketober' continues as thousands of workers hit the picket line nationwide

Thousands have hit picket lines in several states amid a nationwide labor shortage, seeking better pay, benefits and working conditions. There's even a name for it: "Striketober." Lilia Luciano is in Los Angeles with more

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[rougecampos]

Yes kaiser permanente wants to cut the wages of the nurses yet the ceo makes 16 mill a year...my fiance works their and they treat nurse like crap ... support the nurses

[merriemelodiesfan]

Good for them. All businesses had to do was give them pay raise among other things and none of this would have happened.

[imanamatullah]

A lot of these workers are striking over vaccine mandates too. I hope they hold firm until they get their demands - especially to overturn vaccine mandates.

[TheGoodfellas]

There is a massive shortage of workers because of the jab mandates!

[ProgressiveTnKr]

And the worker are wondering were there president is supposed to be most pro union president didn’t even show up

[williamcoburn]

She forgot to mention it's for a mandate as well...

[thesmokingyogini]

Good, its BS. Everyone with money, seems to have breezed through the pandemic, but quickly forgot, there's a whole bunch of ppl suffering and becoming homeless while working fulltime even. Housing costs, inflated costs, and so much more are making it impossible for ppl.

[JonahEby]

500 USW member striking against Arcelormittal in Shelby, Ohio. Dont forget the smaller towns and locals out on strike for better pay and benefits!

[AndresSanchez-frbq]

Just give better condition to workers, especially school children I guess...

[ronruggieri]

[PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WJAR) — Pawtucket police said five union workers were arrested Friday morning after a confrontation broke out between officers and workers on a picket line.

Video shows both the striking workers and police pushing and shoving each other at Friday's protest.

NBC 10's Molly Levine five union workers were arrested during a strike event on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022.

DHL delivery workers, who belong to Teamsters Local 251, have been gathering to protest DHL partner Northeast Transportation for almost 12 weeks now. Couriers said they are asking for better pay, more affordable health insurance and a pension. ]
NOTE : The cop violence against working class people fighting for LIFE on picket lines in Pawtucket, Rhode Island and elsewhere in the United States of " OUR democracy " is hardly a surprise to American labor historians. And no surprise at all to this long time independent democratic socialist .

[mynintendogamingfeed]

Let's bust the unions. Once and for all!