In the Industrial Revolution, there was definitely a sense of communal hatred due to the proximity of your coworkers that later led to the 8 hour work week. France has protests weekly because of how their cities are compared to USA's garbage suburb/city/car system. With WFH, what's stopping isolated workers who are pretending they're working all day from being on instagram and liking reactionary memes?

  • Chapo_is_Red [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Many of the jobs with the most potential for organizing never became wfh. These include warehouse workers, logistics workers, big box store employees, food service, healthcare workers etc. (i.e. the essential workers)

    Many of the jobs that became work from home were the kind of pmc jobs that are resistant to organizing generally.

    The former jobs category, if organized, are often at choke points of capital or inconvenience the bourgeoisie in a way the latter category of jobs usually don't.

    In short, I don't think the current wfh situation has really changed much in terms of organizing. The situation is bad for reasons unrelated to wfh.