The CIO wasn't built by having a protest and then going home. Rather, it was built by such actions as workers engaging in a general strike in San Francisco; major protests and strikes by Teamsters in Minneapolis in 1934; and auto workers occupying plants in Flint, Michigan in 1936. These and countless similar actions built the labor movement of the 1930's, which in turn resulted in the creation of the largest middle class in world history.

Some of the demands of the protesters may seem a bit silly but that is true of all significant social movements at the start. For that reason I refuse to disavow this movement simply because they put forward something I may not entirely agree with. Instead I embrace the movement and support it. They are not perfect, but they are on the right track.