We see this nonstop whenever strikes are imminent or even suggested. We saw this last year with the congressional and White House intervention on behalf of capital and management in the then pending rail strike. And so we hear time and again the simple message that strikes are disruptive and therefore they must be averted. Most people don't, or I don't know about most, but a lot of people don't read past the headline.
In this public News Brief, we break down media coverage of the potential UPS strike––and the trend more broadly in labor coverage––that paints a strike as something that harms "the consumer" or "the economy" rather than what it is: the only thing that gives workers any power.
Our guest is writer and media analyst Teddy Ostrow, host of The Upsurge podcast.