notices . They , too , have on occasion gathered in the main square to demand their back pay . The workers “ have to take to the streets ! ” they wrote in an open letter to Mr. Putin .
( Part III ) Sometimes it seemed that they were , like me , just slightly spoiled Americans , imbued with unreasonable boomer expectations for autonomy , glory , and ascension , and that their grievances were more theoretical than actual , more media - induced than experience - related . Before the rally in San Jose on June 2nd , I talk to a group of construction workers , each of whom is in some state of layoffpersonnel.endposition.na: current , recent , chronic . One , who ’s hoping to get a job working construction on the Wall , rails against millennials , the unions , a minimum - wage hike for fast - food workers , and “ these people ” who get fired , then turn around and sue . I ask for examples .