This is a watershed moment for American democracy. Millions of people feel that the economy is not creating enough good jobs to provide economic security. And there’s well-founded concern that global forces of trade and technology are not benefiting the average American family, even as they enrich the largest corporations and the 1 percent.
http://www.salon.com/2016/05/13/verizon_strikers_vs_the_american_oligarchy_why_the_telecom_giants_anti_worker_practices_represent_everything_wrong_with_our_economy/