"IMHO, the biggest obstacle to the labor organizing in this country is that mental workers do not see themselves as workers but as "middle class" in the same league as their bosses and owners - and thus being exempt from the pressures experienced by manual workers. I recall my TA experience from Rutgers when I discussed Harry Braverman's thesis on deskilling - only one student who worked as a cashier at a supermarket saw the relevance of it, the rest of them though they were exempt."
I agree with you. But consider that what's happening right now, being that it's initiated and implemented by the ruling class will result in : a yuppie/techie/arrogant class created in India; immiseration here, with the affected population being just as likely to turn into protectionist fascists as into socialists.
Joanna