One of these struggles is being waged at 85 Broad Street, the headquarters of investment banking firm Goldman Sachs - one of the oldest private partnerships on Wall Street until it went public last year. In legend at least, the firm is supposed to hire bright Ivy League grads who are trained to subordinate their individual ambitions to the corporate good - for which they are rewarded mightily. The majority are immigrants from Latin America. Many have worked at Goldman for years. Employment is fairly stable, but workers can be fired at will.
Workers say their managers are frequently unreasonable, insulting and abusive.
Customers can sometimes be demeaning as well. But to them you are nothing. You are only a servant because they have money. Last summer, an overwhelming majority of the workers signed an open petition in favor of running a card - check election for the union.