I've recently been promoted to an executive position at my company. I'm currently working on fair pay and capacity issues. A lot of stuff here is bashing employers, but it should really be bashing leaders at these employers. If you're leaders aren't listening, keep that in mind and REPLACE them (if you can).
I've made suggestions and improvement discussions based upon reducing capacity and increasing compensation and I'm looked at like a wizard. The fight isn't just in the proletariat, but with those people that can effect organizational change.