For it’s one, two, three strikes and you’re out... of stuff

🏥 Thousands of Minnesota nurses walked out yesterday. Some 15,000 nurses from more than a dozen hospitals in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region began a three-day strike yesterday; union organizers said they’re seeking higher pay and solutions to issues around short-staffing, retention, and patient care. It marks the largest private-sector nursing strike in US history.

🛤️ Railroad operators are prepping for a mass strike this week. Several major US railroads – including Amtrak – have begun warning passengers/companies of upcoming service interruptions due to the possibility that 66,000 employees could go on strike when their contracts expire this Friday. The US economy would lose ~$2 billion every single day that trains aren’t moving, per a recent industry report – though Congress has the power to block the strike from happening altogether if a deal isn’t reached by the end of the week.

🚚📦 One of the biggest strikes of all-time is brewing at UPS. Many labor experts are predicting an upcoming strike of ~350,000 Teamster Union employees at UPS, the world’s biggest package courier, when their contracts expire next June. An estimated 6% of America’s entire GDP is moved via UPS trucks every year.

+Extra, extra: The proportion of Americans who support labor unions (71%) is at its highest point since 1965, per recent polling from Gallup.