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How many strikes are there in the United States? It’s a question with obvious importance to labor activists, yet there is no readily accessible answer. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases an annual work stoppage summary in February reporting the number of strikes and lockouts over the prior year—but only those that involved at least 1,000 workers and lasted an entire

How many strikes are there in the United States? It’s a question with obvious importance to labor activists, yet there is no readily accessible answer. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases an annual work stoppage summary in February reporting the number of strikes and lockouts over the prior year—but only those that involved at least 1,000 workers and lasted an entire

Translation: Detention of Takeout Driver Advocate Highlights Digital-era Labor Abuses Posted by Josh Rudolph | Mar 4, 2021 The strike comes after Xiong Yan, who headed an unofficial union formed by workers for the food delivery app Ele.me and other services, was detained in Beijing last month. His whereabouts are still unknown. According to several people familiar with the situation, Ele.me workers have been on a go-slow or refusing to work at all since Xiong’s “disappearance,” resulting in a sharp rise in timed-out orders. A person familiar with the situation who gave only a surname, Z...

AFP Food delivery riders are taking industrial action in China over low pay and the recent detention of an unofficial labor leader, RFA has learned. "Meituan food delivery workers protest against lower rates by going on strike in Shenzhen," the Hong Kong-based China Labour Bulletin (CLB) said on its Strike Map on Monday. Hundreds of workers are demanding a pay increase and better conditions, it said. The strike comes after Xiong Yan, who headed an unofficial union formed by workers for the food delivery app Ele.me and other services, was detained in Beijing last month. His where...