Current：Home > ScamsThe never-ending strike -FinanceCore
The never-ending strike
View
Date：2025-04-17 10:56:58
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！ (4368)
Related
- Rylee Arnold Shares a Long
- Kate Hudson Details “Wonderfully Passionate” Marriage to Ex Chris Robinson
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Chow Down
- Mississippi’s 2024 recreational red snapper season opens Friday
- Finally, good retirement news! Southwest pilots' plan is a bright spot, experts say
- Sites with radioactive material more vulnerable as climate change increases wildfire, flood risks
- Russian general who criticized equipment shortages in Ukraine is arrested on bribery charges
- The Latest | UN food aid collapses in Rafah as Israeli leaders decry war crime accusations
- Most popular books of the week: See what topped USA TODAY's bestselling books list
- Shop 70% Off Zappos, 70% Off Kate Spade, 70% Off Adidas, 20% Off Tatcha & Memorial Day Deals
Ranking
- Realtor group picks top 10 housing hot spots for 2025: Did your city make the list?
- Defrocked in 2004 for same-sex relationship, a faithful Methodist is reinstated as pastor
- More endangered Florida panthers have died in 2024 so far than all of last year: These roadkills are heartbreaking
- Hawaii court orders drug companies to pay $916 million in Plavix blood thinner lawsuit
- 'Squid Game' without subtitles? Duolingo, Netflix encourage fans to learn Korean
- Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis wins Georgia Democratic primary
- Lauryn Hill’s classic ‘Miseducation’ album tops Apple Music’s list of best albums of all time
- Caitlin Clark announces endorsement deal with Wilson, maker of WNBA's official basketball
Recommendation
Skins Game to make return to Thanksgiving week with a modern look
He traced his stolen iPhone to the wrong home and set it on fire killing 5. Now, he faces prison.
Rudy Giuliani pleads not guilty as Trump allies are arraigned in Arizona 2020 election case
Defrocked in 2004 for same-sex relationship, a faithful Methodist is reinstated as pastor
Which apps offer encrypted messaging? How to switch and what to know after feds’ warning
Mad Max 'Furiosa' review: New prequel is a snazzy action movie, but no 'Fury Road'
Mauricio Pochettino leaves Chelsea after one year as manager of the Premier League club
Effort to ID thousands of bones found in Indiana pushes late businessman’s presumed victims to 13