As the title above: How can strike work affect short-term inflation?
This has nothing to do with rights.
Strikes will reduce current supply while strike lasts. If it is a significant and coordinated strike prices may skyrocket for a short period (as the demand remains the same). This happened in Brazil in 2017.
So, strikes may increase inflation. But not for long time... prices will get back to normal when strikes ends.
Exactly when the demand of essential goods are remain unchanged but shorten the supply is lead to short term or temporary inflation.
Right to strike should not be limited only to industrial dispute but also economic, social and political dispute too. People are striking for different reasons like high wages, against corruption,inflation, racism etc.All strikes had their own motive.It's essential for securing all human rights, it provides an essential voice for minority group and it exposes the flows in governance etc.
But here the temporary inflation mostly affected by poor people so we should consider their livelihood too. Because everyone have right to strike "peacefully". When a protest or strike turns violent or obstruct public movement it defeat the very purpose of the protest.