Two years into the coronavirus pandemic, union workers who have helped their employers survive the global emergency are now asking companies to repay the debt for that loyalty.
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Strikes have been erupting across the United States, from the Kaiser health worker demonstrations in California to the Kellogg's factory strikes in Michigan, laborers are asking to be compensated for the struggles they endured while working through the pandemic.
"It has been profits over people, and it’s time for that to change," said Heather Greene, a cereal worker who has been a Kellogg's employee in Battle Creek, Mich. for over 15 years. She has been striking at the cereal maker's headquarters in the cold winter morning, asking Kellogg's to satisfy its labor demands and end the two-tier wage system.
As so-called "Striketober" continues into November, what will happen to America's labor force as we deal with the aftermath of the pandemic?
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