the pandemic.. has shown to millions of workers who have been treated as most disposable, whose work had been most degraded, who were told that they were unskilled, that they were so easily replaceable, that they are, in fact, the most essential workers in our economy. They were labelled essential workers.
...now Amazon workers know how important they are to keeping people fed and keeping people clothed...It’s being organized online and in-person, but these are new tools that are being organized...Whether it’s nurses sent to care for patients with COVID-19, without what they needed to keep themselves and their family safe, there are so many enraged workers out there right now, rightfully and righteously enraged. And there is power in that if we can mobilize it. - How to Rebuild from the Disaster of Neoliberalism. Naomi Klein interviewed by Grace Blakeley Janata Weekly
Anupam Guha We need to examples out of those who are directly profiteering from implementing NPR or Aadhaar. Perhaps targeting them on social media. Anupam Guha: The way you hit the company where it hurts, is by getting their employees unionised. There is a Trade Union called FITE. There are multiple trade Unions - some are affiliated with political parties. We need to expand the scope of Trade Unions in IT sector. As Civil Society people are excellent organisers, you have the resources. you have the means to amplify such efforts. As a society if you have to police these companies, you have to get to their employees. . Of course there are other ways also. You can malign them, expose them, get people to avoid buying their products and other market based action etc. But nothing is more effective than direct action with their employees. These companies have laws and rules that you can't join a trade union, and all sorts of internal propaganda and nonsense precisely to prevent Unionisation. .https://youtu.be/KyK07mj8hIM