Current：Home > MyThe never-ending strike -VisionFunds
The never-ending strike
View
Date：2025-04-14 17:31:10
The average strike lasts just over 40 days, according to Bloomberg Law. But some last much longer. In Brookwood, Alabama, coal miners have been on strike for over 600 days, and they don't have any intention of backing down anytime soon.
Today, Stephan Bisaha of the Gulf States Newsroom joins us to explain how global macroeconomic forces can converge to keep a labor strike going for so long, and what it takes to sustain it.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: Twitter / Facebook / Newsletter.
Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, PocketCasts and NPR One.
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
veryGood！ (7436)
Related
- 'We're reborn!' Gazans express joy at returning home to north
- Israel moving thousands of troops out of Gaza, but expects prolonged fighting with Hamas
- Rays shortstop Wander Franco arrested amid allegations of relationship with minor, AP source says
- 4 dead, 2 in critical condition after Michigan house explosion
- Which apps offer encrypted messaging? How to switch and what to know after feds’ warning
- Barbra Streisand shares her secret for keeping performances honest
- Is Social Security income taxable by the IRS? Here's what you might owe on your benefits
- The Endangered Species Act at 50: The most dazzling and impactful environmental feat of all time
- Backstage at New York's Jingle Ball with Jimmy Fallon, 'Queer Eye' and Meghan Trainor
- NFL is aware of a video showing Panthers owner David Tepper throwing a drink at Jaguars fans
Ranking
- Civic engagement nonprofits say democracy needs support in between big elections. Do funders agree?
- Mexican actor Ana Ofelia Murguía, who voiced Mama Coco in ‘Coco,’ dies at 90
- Powerful earthquakes leave at least four dead, destroy buildings along Japan’s western coast
- See How Stars Celebrated New Year's Eve
- Why we love Bear Pond Books, a ski town bookstore with a French bulldog 'Staff Pup'
- Brazil’s economy improves during President Lula’s first year back, but a political divide remains
- Is Social Security income taxable by the IRS? Here's what you might owe on your benefits
- Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s New Year’s Eve Kiss Will Make Your Head Spin ’Round
Recommendation
Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
Raise a Glass to Ryan Seacrest's Sweet New Year's Shout-Out From Girlfriend Aubrey Paige
Taylor Swift duplicates Travis Kelce's jacket for New Year's Eve Chiefs vs. Bengals game
Powerful earthquakes off Japan's west coast prompt tsunami warnings
Google unveils a quantum chip. Could it help unlock the universe's deepest secrets?
Israel-Hamas war will go on for many more months, Netanyahu says
Zapatista indigenous rebel movement marks 30 years since its armed uprising in southern Mexico
Niners celebrate clinching NFC's top seed while watching tiny TV in FedExField locker room