The actions taken by people in management have a greater influence on the common worker than one would originally think. The way management treats their workers and the wages they pay them affects the entire lifestyle of the workers they pay. In the article, they speak about greed. The people running these businesses are holding all the money at the top for themselves instead of letting the money trickle down through the workforce. They are being “Morgans” rather than “Wilmerdings”. This can also relate to The Jungle. The people running the corporations in Packingtown are holding all the money at the top of this so called “working pyramid” and allowing none to flow through to the workers. These actions are in turn affecting the workers by not allowing them the salary they need to support their families causing death and starvation along with the already horrible conditions they have to face at work. This leads us to our next point. The article also speaks about unions. Workers are sick and tired of the way they are being treated so they are banding together to speak out against these issues and unfair labor policies. These working unions have had to endure so much but now they are also faced with the task of changing society. According to the article, many unions have risen up …show more content…
These businessmen don't see the unions as a threat, but more of a game. They see them as a bunch of angry children who will run the second they shake their heads at them or wag a finger. They only care about themselves. It doesn't matter to them whether or not you can afford to have a roof over your head. It doesn't matter to them whether or not you can afford to feed your family. And it sure doesn't matter to them whether or not you survive. To the people who run Packingtown and the “Morgans” of the world, the common worker is nothing but a pawn used by them to attain power and