The problem with that is that pushes towards collective action come when people feel weak - which is exactly the time at which they have the least leverage. Goo

The problem with that is that pushes towards collective action come when people feel weak - which is exactly the time at which they have the least leverage. Good bargaining power comes from a place of strength, like what SWEs had 5 years ago. But in that environment, it's easy to think of your boss in non-adversarial terms, because they're incentivized to keep you happy because they know someone else could poach you. Tech workers, and SWEs in particular, mistook their market power for virtue on their employers' part. When it's a sunny June day, it's too easy to blow off why anyone would ever want a jacket.