It takes work and cooperation, to be sure, but the experience of high road partners is that the results are worth it. When communities use the right tools, the resulting high road has room for everyone and all parts of the economy. Unlike some other strategies, high road development does not just benefit the already highly skilled and highly paid, but all sectors, from entry-level on up. The benefits accrue not only to the workers, but to the entire community. Everyone in the community gains access to education and training.
More people begin to rise in meaningful careers.
The entire community participates in molding the region's economy, and ensures that the economy includes jobs with futures and living wages. Opportunity and income are more fairly distributed, reducing social inequalities and social tensions. But, the high road doesn't build itself. It requires an entire community working together to change direction from low road to high road. America's unions have the capacity to change the road, and they can learn to use that capacity.