To ask capitalists to judge our claims or evaluate our pleas as if capitalists have some intellectual or moral stature entitling them to their authority legitimates a subservient position for ourselves and a domineering position for them, even if we extract some minor gains by doing so. In general, Moneybags practices cost-benefit accounting. If giving us a reform costs him less then enduring our opposition, he will give it. Otherwise, he will cling to every last shred of advantage. Moneybags never institutes changes that increase working people's bargaining power and reduce the bargaining power of capitalists without a fight.
Moral claims win nothing.
Actions that reveal our growing strength win everything. In a hierarchical workplace, workers start every battle from a position of institutional weakness. Workers in hierarchical firms have no mechanisms of inter-communication, of assembling and developing their views, of expressing their positions, of knowing the actual circumstances of production, and of rapidly mustering their strength behind preferred policies. In a more democratic setting, workers can use votes to secure institutional reforms for immediate benefit and to aid future battles. Democratically participating workers can institute a newsletter to publicize grievances and aims.