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 Industrial and Labor Relations and the University of Illinois’ School of Labor and Employment Relations.
In this report you will find important information about strikes in Illinois between 2021 and 2023. Workers in Illinois organized 77 strikes involving approximately 25,820 participants from 2021 to 2023. Major findings include an uptick in the number of strikes from 2021 to 2023, with a particularly large increase in the number of workers on strike in 2023. More strikes occurred in the accommodation and food services sector than any other industry, though more workers were on strike in manufacturing than any other industry.
Read the full report here.