The great working class awakening

Breaking Points discusses how Richard Wolff framed it as such. The pandemic relief measures provided the working class who lost their jobs with enough to get by so that they can now have some measure of security in choosing which jobs to go back to and for what pay. 

Employers are complaining that now that the economy is re-opening they need more employees but not enough people are applying. This is related to the above in that workers are demanding better wages and safety measures or they'll just stay on government relief. And apparently it's working to some degree as employers are realizing they need to meet worker demands if they want to fill their jobs.

Granted the countermeasures in Repugnacon States is to stop all the relief money and force workers to go back to work for low wages under poor conditions. But if enough employers right now start to increase wages and employ more of the workforce it will set the standard for employers going forward, especially when said arrangements prove to not only help workers but also increase business sales, efficiency and productivity. It took a pandemic to create a working class awakening but it's an awakening nevertheless.