This article assesses one of the longest private sector strikes in Canadian history - the United Steelworkers (USW …

literature that stresses the importance of strikes and strongly criticizes the arguments that judges, legislators, and others … Article takes up this question. It affirms the crucial role that strikes have played in building the labor movement … verifies the integral role that strikes play in contesting the enormous power capitalism accords employers over the workplace …

, while headlines tout how more workers struck in 2018 than at any point in the last three decades, because “short strikes … account for short strikes' existence, employment law may better explain their surge. Public messaging, too, is a key motivator … culture may shape the future of short strikes just as much …

exception. The absence of reliable strike data constitutes a major obstacle for comprehensive research on strikes and as a … compilation process in Germany, the article explores how difficult it is to establish comprehensive statistics on strikes and … lockouts. An examination and discussion of such practical problems is offered by comparing statistics on official strikes …