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Hot strike summer? The year in labor

SAG-AFTRA members and supporters chant outside Paramount Studios on day 118 of their strike against the Hollywood studios on Nov. 8, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
SAG-AFTRA members and supporters chant outside Paramount Studios on day 118 of their strike against the Hollywood studios on Nov. 8, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Was 2023 the year of the strike? Hard to say, given that only 6% of private sector workers were unionized in 2022.

Lauren Kaori Gurley, labor reporter at the Washington Post, joins Here & Now‘s Robin Young for more.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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