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“You can organize, but if the employer doesn’t agree to recognize the union or bargain, there’s nothing you can do about it. For workers, there’s nowhere you can go,” says Cathy Creighton, director of the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab.

“There are economic impacts to [laid-off workers], their families, to the businesses they would have bought goods and services from,” said Erica Groshen, a senior economics advisor at the ILR School and former commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

“If membership continues to defy the courts and the governor, we're in for a heck of a mess,” Lee Adler said.

This piece highlights the findings of the 2024 Labor Action Tracker, a joint project involving labor researchers at both Cornell University and the University of Illinois.

"They're not allowed to go out on strike, so this is not being sanctioned by the union. NYSCOPBA has not authorized this strike, but the members feel it's so important, they have no other choice than to try to get Albany's attention to make some changes," said Art Wheaton.

“This is great for employers — they have a nonfunctioning NLRB,” said Cathy Creighton, an NLRB attorney during the Clinton administration and the director of the Buffalo Co-Lab.