Comment by tdeck

Employers could always have outsourced white collar work. I remember in 2002 when "all the programmer jobs were going to India". Coming together to push for better working conditions you care about is exactly what building power looks like for any group of workers. The problem is not pushing for remote work, it's that most people do it individually so they aren't creating any kind of social structure that helps them keep some of that power when the pendulum swings back.