I'm surprised it's taken this long for some tech enabled labor platform to emerge. Power is gained by coordinating some portion of the value chain into a single node. Amazon is powerful because they can centralize demand into a single node (Amazon.com) and then force suppliers to play their game. Saudi Arabia is powerful because they can centralize the supply of oil into a single node (AramCo) and then force buyers to pay their price via OPEC.
Labor doesn't have a centralizing node, and is consequently powerless. Even engineers, relatively well paid as they are, are somewhat powerless. The high salary commanded here is due to autonomous market forces, not a coordinated strategy.
Unions used to be strong before the 70s but they've gotten successfully defanged by political parties.
There's definitely room for building MASSIVE and powerful without the political corruption of yesteryear's unions.
Labor doesn't have a centralizing node, and is consequently powerless. Even engineers, relatively well paid as they are, are somewhat powerless. The high salary commanded here is due to autonomous market forces, not a coordinated strategy.
Unions used to be strong before the 70s but they've gotten successfully defanged by political parties.
There's definitely room for building MASSIVE and powerful without the political corruption of yesteryear's unions.