The "sharing economy" is merely the next generation of that: there's no workplace to picket and a "flexible" supply of labour willing to cross the picket anyway.
(source in german)
http://www.zeit.de/karriere/beruf/2017-04/crowdworking-click...
As a human who is also an employer, I take great second hand pleasure in seeing people refuse to take that shit
There's also a general message carried by the medias and politicians that neoliberalism is the only possible solution. People are discouraged to go on strike (or even to vote for alternative parties) even when they see their wages and their social benefits declining. They feel that the medias may be right after all, and even if they aren't, there's not much to do anyway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_is_no_alternative
Which is why some people in the UK hate the NHS so much, purely on ideological grounds, as it is an example of a popular, avowedly socialist, organisation that does work.