What's the Reason for the Labor Notes Conference?

Two elements of the conference. One is a real seriousness about improving the material conditions of work s. The other is a fixation on what could be called a diversity equity inclusion type concerns, or safety concerns around masking and covid o,. Things like using pronouns, like indicating your pronouns to people. You argue that these these two things aren't necessarily connected and aren't, facts, at conflict with each other at some level. Why do people at the labor notes conference think they go together? What's their reasoning for thinking that these two things should be united?