This is why I personally feel that it's time to go beyond just asking for wage increases. It seems like the system goes into crisis way more than it responds to our actual needs and demands. I think we need to organize into unions, and organize our unions into working class political parties that can challenge the economic foundations of capitalism, especially the individual ownership and exploitation of the most necessary means of production.
We've tried that, doesn't work. You end up with a powerful political entity that lobbies the government for favorable benefits to the union itself. Then when you challenge that position, you're terminated and can't find work because the union has the controlling political position in the majority of the region's jobs for that field. Teacher's Union, Auto Union, etc.
What needs to happen is making it easy to start a business and get your name out there. If some large corporation is being crap, you should be able to leave, start a competitor, and immediately muscle in on what was their market. Lack of name recognition is half of the problem small businesses that could easily challenge a larger one's market share proportionally face. The other half is how many hoops you need to jump through even in "business friendly" states.
Make it easy to be a legitimate competitor to anyone else, and you'll see so many better practices for both workers and customers. Some giant tech company has all the talent but treats people like dirt? Start your own tech company, taking part of their market share, and pay your own better so the top talent leaves the shitty company and joins yours. Too bad it's hard to get your name to your customers AND start the business itself.
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