Anecdotally yes. It underlies the broader sense of hopelessness and pessimism a lot of people in this generation feel in terms of never being able to afford th

Anecdotally yes. It underlies the broader sense of hopelessness and pessimism a lot of people in this generation feel in terms of never being able to afford things like housing. Going from "why can't I afford to live anywhere?" to "maybe I should try to organize" is not a particularly hard jump to make if you already feel so hopeless in your ability to move up by other means. Especially in modern retail / restaurant jobs, they're fucking brutal for the pittance they try to pay out. Really no wonder organizing feels like the only outlet to improve those jobs in particular considering how those companies like to treat their "peons". For hard numbers, a Gallup Poll made in the last year shows 71 percent of all Americans approve of labor unions more generally, the highest it's been since the twilight of the New Deal Coalition in the mid 1960s. Source: https://news.gallup.com/poll/398303/approval-labor-unions-highest-point-1965.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/398303/approval-labor-unions-hi...