laboraction.bsky.social
Labor Action Tracker from Cornell ILR and LER at Illinois https://striketracker.ilr.cornell.edu/. Comprehensive data on strikes in the US, 2021-present. ✊ Report a strike or labor protest 👉 http://tinyurl.com/dtw7tkje
👤 Joined on 27 July 2023
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@ilrlaboraction.bsky.social@ilrlaboraction.bsky.social → @laboraction.bsky.social@laboraction.bsky.social has been providing a valuable service, tracking labor militancy with a depth and precision we have never seen before. Congrats on five years!
Show PostOur thoughts on the last five years of strikes in America. Happy May Day! ✊🍞🌹 @laboraction.bsky.social
Show PostAlso, as I mentioned in the original post, @epi.org references the @laboraction.bsky.social report, which documented 298 strikes last year. So the BLS measurement misses a lot.
Show PostA thread on this nerdy data question: Why did the BLS report more workers on strike in 2025 than the @laboraction.bsky.social, despite the Labor Action Tracker documenting strikes of all sizes and the BLS only documenting those involving 1,000+ workers?
Show PostWill have a bit of a nerdy data point later today about the BLS annual work stoppage report documenting more workers on strike than the @laboraction.bsky.social in 2025, despite only looking at a fraction of total strikes.
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