Workers are not destroying progressive movements

By Kaitlyn Ramirez Borysiewicz and Doris Quintanilla

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As two longtime nonprofit practitioners, we have experienced our fair share of neglect and abuse within advocacy organizations. Between us both, we have suffered traumatic workplace brain injuries, been placed on probation for asking leaders for help, and have had leaders throw objects at us in meetings—all in progressive institutions that hide behind the velveteen curtains of their justice-oriented missions.

Until very recently, workers like us with marginalized identities were made to feel as if we had to roll with workplace punches, knowing that our ability to cover life’s basic needs was tied to whether we stayed silent. But due to a confluence of forces—slowed wages, increasing inflation, lack of certainty about the future, the climate crisis, a global pandemic, and unaffordable housing—workers are standing their ground and demanding more from workplace leaders. 

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