agree, this is by far the most interesting part of all this. it’s not about “my working conditions” but about whether or not my employer “agrees with my views.”
I think this is partly because people understand the power and influence their organizations have in the world.
When many migrant restaurant workers are working 80
hour weeks or don’t keep their tips, it makes it easier to see the radical privilege of tech workers, and their unawareness.
I think it is also generational. We now have in the workplace a few generations of workers who grew up being told their opinions mattered and that speaking up is a virtue. I don't think it is necessarily a bad thing.
Us old-timers were taught the opposite, your opinions don't matter much, no one will listen to you until you prove yourself, etc.
So I think the generational shift has something to do with it.
I also think labor organizers are exuberant because they finally have a way to build a wedge between highly-paid employees who were formerly resistant to unionizing and their management.
I think this is partly because people understand the power and influence their organizations have in the world.
When many migrant restaurant workers are working 80 hour weeks or don’t keep their tips, it makes it easier to see the radical privilege of tech workers, and their unawareness.