This report covers important information about strikes in Illinois between 2021 and 2025. Workers in Illinois organized 123 strikes involving approximately 36,173 workers during this five-year period. For the purpose of this report, we only include a strike in the year in which it originated (e.g. a strike in 2021 that continued into 2022 will […]
Welcome to our first fact sheet documenting strikes by union and nonunion workers across Illinois. These data are derived from the Labor Action Tracker, a project started in 2021 that comprehensively documents strike activity in the United States. As of January 2024, the Labor Action Tracker is a joint project between Cornell University’s School of […]