more than a decade and were still making a single-digit hourly wage, because only 2% of the jobs are managerial. the vast majority are these front line positions where the pay is very low. if i were to take, seriously, the idea that we want to pay our workers the very largest amount, and make it completely unique among all employers, because i don t know any employers who want to pay the maximum amount, then wouldn t unionization, wouldn t the right to unionize be a way of reaching that goal? absolutely. and remember, this is in the memory of the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. and one of those demands was a $2 minimum wage, which would be about $13 and change today. so the workers like miss davis and their colleagues, they re right on the money, so to speak, in terms of what it will take to live a livable life. what difference would it make to you if you paid $15 an hour? i feel like i could take care of my daughter, i could go back to school, i wouldn t have to b