LOL. Maybe the professional class (doctors, lawyers) but most real working-class people do not bucket themselves in the category as the professional class. Yes, you are all salaried, but they don't get 6 figure RSU's or bonuses.
Instead of scrapping with someone who makes twice your wage for half your work, we should all be scrapping with those who own the capital, who are profiting from our labour, who even allow for such crappy jobs in the first place. We should ALL be paid well and have respectful work accommodations.
And that investment is the capital for someone else's business.
And you don't have a large surplus at that salary, you are also a fool.
If you want to talk about income levels, "working class" isn't a term you should be using; it's too big of a bucket.
Do you not work, just get your income from investments and portfolios? Then you aren't working class.
Hedgies are trying to take a cut of both of their wages so they can buy more cocaine.
Obviously theyd prefer us to think we're special little creative snowflakes who don't need union membership like a common old factory workers. Or Tom Cruise. Or the hollywood writers who just won a massive victory.