After 40 years of economic deregulation and workplace reform Millennials* are faced with a job market which expects them to work for nothing, pay for their own education, work on short-term contracts with no sick leave or annual leave, work overtime without pay, be on call 24/7, and forgo lunch breaks and holidays out of fear.
Millennials have copped the full brunt of the draconian changes brought in by the conservative politicians who do the will of their corporate masters.
This situation was largely brought about by the refusal of Generation X to support unions in the workplace.
Their mass defection has resulted in the loss of wages and conditions experienced by everyone since 1984.
This is why the Millennials are politically active.
They should be encouraged to support their unions if they wish to have any rights at all in the workplace.
Let's hope they are more intelligent than Generation X.
(*Millennials are those born around the Millennium - 1996 - 2010)
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