Workers across the US are rising up. Can they turn their anger into a movement? | Steven Greenhouse

So far, increasingly militant workers are lacking something vital: a leader who can unite them all. Will that change?

Throughout 2021, American workers stood up and fought back to an unusual degree. Workers went on strike at Kellogg's, Nabisco, John Deere, Columbia University and numerous hospitals, while non-union essential" workers - furious about how they've been treated - walked out at supermarkets, warehouses and fast-food restaurants. Workers have sought to unionize at Starbucks, Amazon, even the Art Institute of Chicago. And a record number of Americans have been quitting their jobs each month, more than 4 million monthly, fed up and eager for something better.

Millions of workers are angry - angry that they didn't get hazard pay for risking their lives during the pandemic, angry that they've been forced to work 70 or 80 hours a week, angry that they received puny raises while executive pay soared, angry that they didn't get paid sick days when they got sick.