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Do Strikes Work? The Economic Evidence on Labor's Ultimate Weapon
What the Numbers Say About Walkouts, Wages, and Winning

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Do Strikes Work? The Economic Evidence on Labor's Ultimate Weapon For generations, the strike has been mythologized as labor's nuclear option—or dismissed as economic suicide. *Do Strikes Work?* finally settles the argument with data, not dogma. Drawing on half a century of payroll records, bargaining registries, corporate balance sheets, and longitudinal studies across industries and borders, this book delivers the first comprehensive empirical reckoning of what happens when workers walk out. From the immediate wage premium to the ten-year earnings trajectory, from pension clawbacks to automation acceleration, from the "shadow effect" of strike threats to the spillover wages that lift non-union shops, every claim is stress-tested against the numbers.

The findings shatter certainties on both sides. Some strikes deliver transformative, compounding gains that rewrite a workforce's financial future; others evaporate into pyrrhic victories where break-even takes decades—or never comes at all. The analysis reveals how capital quietly retaliates through underinvestment, two-tier contracts, and strategic relocation, but also how credible strike threats extract concessions without a single day lost. Separate chapters dissect public-sector illegal walkouts, wildcat resurgences, gender and racial disparities in strike outcomes, and the solvency of union strike funds—equipping organizers, executives, policymakers, and workers with the unvarnished ledger they need to calculate the true cost of conflict.

Written in clear, jargon-free prose, *Do Strikes Work?* transforms the picket line from a theater of symbolism into a measurable economic instrument. Whether you're negotiating a contract, advising a board, drafting labor policy, or deciding whether to vote "yes" on a strike authorization, this is the evidence base you've been waiting for. The numbers have a story to tell about power, pain, and payoff—and it's nothing like the folklore.

Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: The Strike Paradox: Power, Cost, and Perception
  • Chapter 2: The Wage Premium: Measuring Immediate Post-Strike Pay Gains
  • Chapter 3: Lost Time and Lost Pay: The Arithmetic of Break-Even Analysis
  • Chapter 4: The Shadow of the Walkout: How the Threat of Strikes Alters Bargaining
  • Chapter 5: Beyond the Paycheck: Healthcare, Pensions, and Benefits Under Pressure
  • Chapter 6: Working Conditions and Job Control: Economic Value of Non-Wage Demands
  • Chapter 7: The Long Run: Tracking Worker Earnings Ten Years After a Walkout
  • Chapter 8: When Capital Flees: Plant Closures, Relocation, and Strike Frequency
  • Chapter 9: Public Sector Showdowns: Measuring the Outcomes of Illegal Walkouts
  • Chapter 10: The Replacement Effect: Permanent Replacements and the Shift in Bargaining Power
  • Chapter 11: Firm Performance and Stock Prices: Who Really Pays for a Work Stoppage?
  • Chapter 12: Inflation, Price Shocks, and Real Wage Erosion Post-Strike
  • Chapter 13: The Spillover Economy: How One Factory's Strike Reshapes Regional Wages
  • Chapter 14: Short Bursts vs. Long Sieges: Strike Duration and Economic Win Rates
  • Chapter 15: General Strikes and Mass Mobilizations: Political Goals vs. Material Gains
  • Chapter 16: Automation and Technological Adaptation in the Wake of Labor Actions
  • Chapter 17: The Industry Factor: Manufacturing vs. Service Sector Strike Outcomes
  • Chapter 18: The Decline of the Strike Wave: Explaining Fifty Years of Diminishing Activity
  • Chapter 19: International Evidence: Cross-Border Lessons on Strike Success
  • Chapter 20: Unequal Burdens: Gender, Race, and the Distribution of Strike Wins
  • Chapter 21: Union Finances, Strike Funds, and the Solvency of Resistance
  • Chapter 22: Legal Frameworks and Injunctions: How the State Tips the Scales
  • Chapter 23: The Modern Resurgence: New Organizing and Unofficial Wildcat Walkouts
  • Chapter 24: The Psychology and Cohesion of the Picket Line: Intangibles in Economic Data
  • Chapter 25: The Balance Sheet of Labor: Does the Strike Still Deliver?
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Maria K. Cooper

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