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> I think the plan was to create a poor labor market so they could demand RTO.

This is an extremely paranoid/conspiratorial way of thinking.

No it isn't, in fact I'd say not believing it plausible is the epitome of naivety, if not outright burying your head in the sand.

I'll use the ongoing writer's strike as an example: The studios outright said[1] they wanted them poor and in apartments so they'd have to take a deal.

[1] https://www.theroot.com/studios-reveal-cruel-plan-to-push-wg...

I'll grant that studios may have the ability to do what the article says they want to do -- after all the WGA has only 11k members.

But let's just take accountants -- there are 1.4 million according to the BLS. Realistically there's just no amount of coordination that will stop a significant portion of those who want to from WFH. And that's just one type of WFH-friendly white collar job.

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