https://www.rt.com/usa/339472-verizon-union-strike-bernie/ https://www.rt.com/usa/339472-verizon-union-strike-bernie/ Check this out. Now imagine software eng

https://www.rt.com/usa/339472-verizon-union-strike-bernie/ https://www.rt.com/usa/339472-verizon-union-strike-bernie/ Check this out. Now imagine software engineers at Amazon, Netflix or wherever they are being treated unfairly had the chutzpah to stage a massive walk out, where suddenly the collective objective of the union becomes more important than continued employment under the current conditions, whatever those may be? Yes, this kind of collective bargaining can be abused selfishly, but if you don't even have this kind of unity as engineers, then I ask you - how will you find out what is possible if you don't put up a fight through the best means known to man - mass disobedience and non-cooperation? Look in the mirror, dear colleagues, and ask yourselves tonight - what do these Verizon workers have that I do not? Whom do I have to be so I can inspire my peers to follow my example rather than have them only look out for #1? What sacrifice do I/we have to make individually to contribute to the betterment of the whole? How will I tighten my and my family's belt next week, month or a year down the road so that this kind of action becomes possible? Yes, you may be fired for this, or worse, bribed or promoted to get you to back down. Hell, you may even be killed, Hoffa style. The question then becomes - what is sacred and sancrosanct to me? What do I value more than my own life? There is no heuristic, no algorithm to answer this for you. It's just the mirror and whatever higher cause you believe in.