In many ways, it was the usual protest scene. Dozens of striking mental health care workers chanted and marched Tuesday outside a Kaiser Permanente medical center on a busy strip of Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. Passing cars honked in support. People vigorously waved homemade signs.
But a few of the striking workers sat quietly under a tent, conserving their energy and mixing electrolyte drinks – their only planned sustenance for five days.
I think you actually nailed the point perfectly. Part of the social contract is that an employer will provide enough money to meet the basic needs of the employees. When the employer fails to do that, employees can feel like “wage slaves”, or prisoners, who are being mistreated.