Labor advocates have been feeling their oats lately, what with a surge of successful union organizing drives at Starbucks stores, the hint of union interest at Amazon warehouses, higher minimum wage standards in cities and states across the country, and a nudge up of average wages across the board.
These trends have inspired some to proclaim the advent of a new era of worker power.
"The labor market is experiencing a Great Upgrade," the progressive Roosevelt Institute declared in February.
