Timeline of strikes in 2024

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A number of labour strikes, labour disputes, and other industrial actions have occurred in 2024.

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Background

A labor strike is a work stoppage, caused by the mass refusal of employees to work, usually in response to employee grievances, such as low pay or poor working conditions. Strikes can also take place to demonstrate solidarity with workers in other workplaces or to pressure governments to change policies.

Timeline

Continuing strikes from 2023

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

List of lockouts in 2024

February

July

August

Changes in legislation

In March 2024, American judge J. Campbell Barker vacated the National Labor Relations Board's rule on joint-employer status that had been issued in 2023. The rule would have treated companies as employers of contract workers, requiring those companies to bargain with unions representing the contract workers. [68]

Following the Labour Party victory in the 2024 United Kingdom general election, The Observer reported that the new government ordered government departments in August not to implement the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023, with the intention of formally repealing the law later in the year. [69]

Commentary

The China Labour Bulletin recorded a rise in strikes in China in the first half of 2024, with 719 work stoppages recorded compared to 696 in the first half of 2023. Around half of the strikes were recorded in the construction sector. [70]

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