The Great Resignation has employers sweating. It’s time to escalate the pressure | Erika Rodriguez

This is a once-in-a-generation take this job and shove it' moment - which gives workers an upper hand. Let's demand better hours, pay and work-life balance

Despite quizzical think pieces on the motivations behind the Great Resignation, anyone who pays rent or a mortgage knows why this labor shortage" is under way. After years of inflation and stagnant wages, the pandemic has revealed the value of labor, the worthlessness of commutes and office culture, and the importance of finding personal comfort in times of increasing precarity.

In other words, we are living in what labor economist Lawrence Katz calls a once-in-a-generation take this job and shove it' moment" - which gives workers a once-in-a-generation upper hand.