I think it's hard to say. There are some intangibles on an organizing campaign that are difficult (for me anyway) to track on a macro-level: things like mood/feeling of momentum, a broad feeling of unity/purpose, agitation. On some level the agitation post-COVID has seemingly waned, but I think it's more likely that workers now relate to work in a fundamentally different way than they did pre-COVID. The 'anti-work' sentiment has really bloomed and overall support for unions has risen; the economic situation is far worse than it was before for many workers.
Whether that will translate into on-the-ground organizing gains in recognition or contractual wins remains to be seen, and if I had to hazard a guess I would say we're about to see a tapering off. But I think there will likely be another upsurge yet as workers and unions rebound and try out new strategies.
Thank you for your feedback. We're interested in what other people are seeing and/or sensing. [The poll question asked stems from some of the articles posted above, indicating there *might* be a return to 'balance,' based on the economy cooling.]
I think it's hard to say. There are some intangibles on an organizing campaign that are difficult (for me anyway) to track on a macro-level: things like mood/feeling of momentum, a broad feeling of unity/purpose, agitation. On some level the agitation post-COVID has seemingly waned, but I think it's more likely that workers now relate to work in a fundamentally different way than they did pre-COVID. The 'anti-work' sentiment has really bloomed and overall support for unions has risen; the economic situation is far worse than it was before for many workers.
Whether that will translate into on-the-ground organizing gains in recognition or contractual wins remains to be seen, and if I had to hazard a guess I would say we're about to see a tapering off. But I think there will likely be another upsurge yet as workers and unions rebound and try out new strategies.
This recent Organizing Work article has some good thoughts on changing how we think about and measure strike waves: https://organizing.work/2022/10/have-we-learned-anything-since-striketober%ef%bf%bc/
Thank you for your feedback. We're interested in what other people are seeing and/or sensing. [The poll question asked stems from some of the articles posted above, indicating there *might* be a return to 'balance,' based on the economy cooling.]