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Why unions have had a 'summer of strikes'

Why unions have had a 'summer of strikes'

CBC
Tuesday, September 19, 2023 12:40 PM GMT

After decades of declining membership, unions seem to be having a moment in North America. 

Over the decades, the number of Canadian workers who belong to unions has shrunk. In 1981, 38 per cent of workers in the country were unionized, according to a recent study by the Angus Reid Institute. Last year, just 29 per cent of Canadian workers belonged to a union.

"Strikes have been virtually non-existent for most of the past 30 years or so," said Barry Eidlin, a labour expert who studies social movements at McGill University. "Those more collective solutions to people's problems at work just haven't been as much on the agenda."

But from the Canadian federal workers strike to actors and writers in Hollywood to port workers in B.C. — not to mention broadcasters at TV Ontario, city workers in Saint John, N.B., and employees at Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries — it's no wonder this has been dubbed the "summer of strikes".

Experts say unions are being more aggressive at a time when their popular support is high. 

"Two big breakthroughs in recent years were the election of new leadership in the Teamsters Union, which is one of the largest unions in North America," said Eidlin. "And then more recently, earlier this year, the election of reformers in the United Auto Workers Union."

Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers, has taken a hard line in negotiations with the big three auto companies: Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, which owns Jeep and Chrysler. 

Fain has been outspoken about his union's demands, advocating for a 40-per-cent increase in wages, a four-day work week while getting paid for five, better retiree benefits and more. 

"There has been an unprecedented amount of transparency at the direction of the new leadership within the UAW," said Harley Shaiken, a labour economist at Berkeley University. 

"The new leadership has been very combative in terms of how they presented their demands to the Detroit automakers, but they're not manufacturing this discontent — they're channeling it."

They're holding rotating strikes, where workers go on strike at different plants at different times. It's a rarely used tactic designed to inflict chaos on the companies while allowing the union to extend the strike as long as necessary. 

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"This is going to turbocharge the power of the UAW bargainers by keeping the company off balance," said Shaiken. 

Fain's approach comes as the perception of unions in North America remains strong and the number of labour actions is on the rise.

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