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Last month, major stoppages due to strikes resulted in 4.1 million missed work days, the highest monthly total since August 2000.
And that’s even without the auto workers union.
$73 of GDP is produced for every hour worked in the U.S. — https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/labor-productivity-per-hour-pennworldtable
The $7 minimum wage and $15 joke that the media calls a “living wage” are so far off the mark that strikes are the only tool that makes sense.