[binthere]

Yes, but you are not the only person working for that company. I for one fight for the right of every employee of the company I work for to be treated fairly and greatly. Just because YOU have a good relationship with your company (or more so with your manager) doesn't mean everyone is on equal foot. I feel extremely uncomfortable when my coworkers are crying for help and all I show is indifference.

[saltminer]

This is a point I think needs to be shouted from the rooftops. We should always have sympathy for our fellow workers and stand up for each other. Even if you are doing a technically demanding job, you should still look out for those doing janitorial work and other "low skill" tasks you couldn't bear to come into the office without.

Historically, the most successful unions in the southern US were those run by communists, because they didn't exclude people on the basis of their race. They correctly recognized that the liberation of the workers could only happen if everyone was united. It was often a hard sell to the white workers, being paid the same as a black man during Jim Crow, but the results ultimately spoke for themselves.

Unions which were whites-only were far less effective. When the white workers would go on strike, temp agencies would just round up a bunch of black men to break the strike. Turns out being able to see people who look like yourself on a picket line makes you much less likely to cross.

Source: "The Noir Forties" by Richard Lingeman