John Wojcik at People’s World reports that there is no question 2023 was a year of record-setting victories for U.S. Workers and their Unions, with unprecedented numbers winning drives to Unionize their workplaces and huge increases in public support for Labor Unions and for the right of Workers to Unionize.  It is reasonable to expect that these victories will continue in 2024, but under the radar, for the public at least, are some major threats looming to halt these gains.  The positive results of some of the major labor struggles of the year that just came to a close are rather obvious.  Strikes by Auto Workers, Writers, Actors and Nurses and a threatened Strike by UPS Workers all led to significant wins in 2023.  People all over the country saw these wins and expressed support for the Workers who won them.  Even before 2023, unprecedented numbers of Workers won Unionization Drives at many companies, among which were the victories of young workers at Corporate Giants like Amazon and Starbucks, to name only two.  Continuing victories by many thousands of Workers in the year ahead, however, will require overcoming a second barrier which is much less obvious to the public than the first barrier of winning a Union at the workplace.  Even Workers involved in Unionizing Drives, fully aware of the Anti-Union challenge they must push through, are not fully cognizant of this second hurdle they must overcome - the refusal of companies to negotiate a first contract.

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