Yup. To all of this. We had decades of strong union activity that kept these ideas alive--that a business is only as good as its employees and those employees deserve to be well-compensated.

Not just 'living wages' but wages that reflect the growth of the company.

We need to get back to this. For too long, workers have bought into that shit about being greedy if they wanted more. Of course they should want more! They're worth it. We have to keep trying to make them believe it.

We built a vibrant middle class by demanding incomes and benefits that corporate America had to be dragged kicking and screaming into recognizing. When they succeeded in making unions pariahs (Thanks, Reagan), when they took their business overseas rather than capitulating, we lost our grip and never got it back.

Maybe now...