Why isn’t this happening here?

A total of 48,000 are on strike, making this the largest and most important strike in the history of American higher education. As labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein says, it could not only raise the incomes and the status of those who work in an “industry” that now employs more workers than the federal government, but also transform higher education itself.

Source: Psst: It’s the Most Important Strike in the History of American Higher Education | The Smirking Chimp