Jasmine Kerrissey
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Jasmine Kerrissey is an associate professor of sociology and director of the Labor Center at UMass Amherst.
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This year’s historic Hollywood and UAW strikes aren’t labor’s whole story — the total number of Americans walking off the job remained relatively low
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Waves of strikes rippling across the US seem big, but the total number of Americans walking off the job is dwarfed by past labor actions.