Re-reading this... Workers have been energized--not just any workers, but those in industries still largely considered unorganizable, due to high turnover rates and bosses from the board room to store offices who are well-practiced in retaliating against any worker brave enough to take a stand. These are also industries where workers are disproportionately female, young, Black, Latino, and earning just above minimum wage, if not right at it--and it should go without saying, but these demographics are central to organizing any working class rebellion in the United States, where capitalist exploitation has always been buttressed by the oppression of women and racial minorities.
Posted on: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 00:51:47 +0000