What are some of the points you’re explicitly vocal about?
(1) I'm a strong believer that anyone with a job should be easily able to get health insurance and be able to send their children to university (i.e. even if law doesn't enforce it I think a decent minimum wage for all employees is appropriate)
(2) people doing work of similar value should get similar compensation in the same organization/on the same team (i.e. location based pay adjustments should be minimal at most)
(3) hiring should be diverse w.r.t. background/class/education (i.e. search widely and resist hiring people's friends)
I think these are not just moral issues, I think a culture of fairness also benefits morale and gives people more confidence to contribute and feel heard. And I think these kinds of issues become especially important when considering public organizations and non-profits.
I have a feeling the type of progressiveness that people are concerned about is this kind:
> "Sixteen percent [of progressives] have tried to have something banned, versus a seven percent national average.
>"We asked whether it is “fair or unfair for people who say grossly offensive things to be at risk of losing their livelihoods?” Nationally, 48 percent believe it is “fair,” but this figure rises to 65 percent for social democrat-aligned Labour voters, compared with 39 percent for right-leaning Conservative voters."
>"Our polling found that while the most popular word selected, from a list of nine, by Conservatives to describe people “with strongly different political views to my own” was “honest” (39 percent), the most popular among Labour voters was “closed minded” (28 percent)"
They are... you might just be confusing an actual progressive activist with someone whose sociology degree comes from Twitter.