(Originally published by The Washington Post on February 28, 2024)

In some respects, 2023 was the year of labor unions, putting to rest the widely held idea that labor organizations are dinosaurs of the forgotten past. Successful strikes (or the threat of them) last year produced handsome collective bargaining agreements with double-digit wage increases, working conditions enhancements and the restoration of cost-of-living increases for unions such as the United Auto Workers and the Teamsters. In Hollywood, lengthy strikes produced new protection against AI for writers and actors.

You would think these gains signaled a rebirth of the labor movement.

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