America is about to witness the biggest labor movement it’s seen in decades, writes @stevelevine. http://read.medium.com/4h2FUon ">https://read.medium.com/4h2FUon&q...

Across the U.S., cashiers, truckers, nurses, burger flippers, stock replenishers, meat plant workers, and warehouse hands have become heroes, and they are successfully protesting. http://read.medium.com/4h2FUon ">https://read.medium.com/4h2FUon&q...

The past four decades have been perhaps labor’s weakest since the Industrial Age.

For a half century, those working for hourly wages have won almost no real gains. http://read.medium.com/4h2FUon ">https://read.medium.com/4h2FUon&q...

Revival of worker activism started before Covid-19, via actions like the 2018 and 2019 West Virginia teachers& #39; strikes.

If this shows what& #39;s coming, Amazon, fast food restaurants, hospitals, and gig companies have a long, hot few years ahead. http://read.medium.com/4h2FUon ">https://read.medium.com/4h2FUon&q...

Tragic stories are part of what is giving new labor its resonance, like that of Leilani Jordan, a 27-year-old grocery clerk who kept working despite feeling sick, and died from the coronavirus. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/grocery-store-worker-leilani-jordan-died-coroanvirus-kept-working-wanted-to-help-people/">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/groc...

. @EdelmanPR recently surveyed people in 12 countries on what companies should do during coronavirus. 89% responded “protect your employees.”

If you can get ahead of worker activism and look after your employees now, says CEO @richardwedelman, the public will begin on your side.

The gig economy is one of the top probable targets for a post-Covid-19 reckoning from workers.

Tremors will also be felt by tech at large, the biggest fish of all in terms of tech unionization being Amazon. http://read.medium.com/4h2FUon ">https://read.medium.com/4h2FUon&q...

For the previous generation of labor, the goal post was the 40-hour week.

New labor’s immediate aims are straightforward: a sensible face mask, a bottle of sanitizer, and some sick days.

The question is what happens next.

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