Jasmine Kerrissey

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  • Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Labor Center, UMass Amherst
SAG-AFTRA captain Mary M. Flynn rallies fellow striking actors on a picket line outside Netflix studios in November 2023. AP Photo/Chris Pizzello

2023’s historic Hollywood and UAW strikes aren’t labor’s whole story – the total number of Americans walking off the job remained relatively low

Judith Stepan-Norris, University of California, Irvine and Jasmine Kerrissey, UMass Amherst

Two labor scholars argue that the balance of power between workers and employers, which has been tilted toward employers for nearly a half-century, is beginning to shift.
Striking members of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union in New York City in 1958. AP Photo

Waves of strikes rippling across the US seem big, but the total number of Americans walking off the job remains historically low

Judith Stepan-Norris, University of California, Irvine and Jasmine Kerrissey, UMass Amherst

Many of the reasons for strikes now – low compensation, technological change, job insecurity and safety concerns – mirror the motives that workers had for walking off the job in decades past.
Black and Latino essential workers are more likely to experience food, child care and housing insecurities than their white co-workers, in addition to safety concerns. Jumping Rocks/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Black and Latino essential workers experience greater safety concerns than their white counterparts

Jasmine Kerrissey, UMass Amherst; Clare Hammonds, UMass Amherst, and Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, UMass Amherst

Stress and physical conditions make essential work unsafe, especially for Black and Latino employees.

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