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Inflation prevents any gains in wage or benefits to make impact on the value of workers assets
Guida 21 Victoria Guida an economics reporter covering the Federal Reserve, the Treasury Department and the broader economy. She has spent her Washington career writing about bank regulations, monetary policy and trade negotiations. A Dallas native, she graduated from the University of Missouri with a double major in journalism and political science. , 6-4-2021, "Biden’s back door to wage hikes," POLITICO, https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/04/bidens-back-door-to-wage-hikes-491911
Increased strikes sabotage the economy – they cause major disruptions and lower income for workers.
Grabianowski 6 Ed; Author and freelance writer. He’s worked as a contributing writer for io9, HowStuffWorks, and Sweethome. His fiction has appeared in Black Static, Fear Project, and other publications and anthologies, including Fear After Fear; “How Strikes Work,” HSW; 3/24/06; https://money.howstuffworks.com/strike.htm
Strikes fail and spark backlash – this turns the contention because they’re more marginalized
Grant and Wallace 91 Don Sherman Grant; Ohio State University; Michael Wallace; Indiana University; “Why Do Strikes Turn Violent?” University of Chicago Press; March 1991; https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2781338.pdf?refreqid=excelsior3Aca3144a9ae9e4ac65e285f2c67451ffb