Because of active union-busting efforts, which have made it hard for these workers to organize collective action. Walmart: https://www.theatlantic.com/business

Because of active union-busting efforts, which have made it hard for these workers to organize collective action. Walmart: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/06/how-walmart-convinces-its-employees-not-to-unionize/395051/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/06/how-wal... Whole Foods (post-acquisition): https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/27/amazon-whole-foods-training-video-union-busting-efforts-staff https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/27/amazon-whol... Uber: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/22/uber-lyft-ipo-drivers-unionize-low-pay-expenses https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/22/uber-lyft-ip... Amazon: https://gizmodo.com/amazons-aggressive-anti-union-tactics-revealed-in-leake-1829305201 https://gizmodo.com/amazons-aggressive-anti-union-tactics-re... This is not a new problem; low-wage workers have always had the collective power to force change, and businesses and business-friendly have always worked tirelessly to disrupt that collective action.