The Digital Transformation of Labour Activism: A Structural Break in Bargaining Power.
2023 will go down as a potent year of industrial action. Several forces have collided with labour market polarisation and a growing precariat class to shift bargaining power to labour dramatically.
The actions and outcomes of the United Auto Workers Union (UAW) strike of 2023 are paradigm-shifting.
Organised labour has harnessed digital inclusion for the first time and all the network effects, coordination and efficiencies that come with it.
Shawn Fain, who has led the UAW since March 2023, has revolutionised the modern strike in just six months.
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