that will not receive a raise. kwanzaa brooks works at a corporate store. maybe she gets to $8.25. taxpayers stay picking up the bill because mcdonald s is not picking up their social responsibility. we re going to have the largest mobilization of low wage workers in history on april 15th. this seems to be a huge concession from one of the largest multi national corporations in the world. that s right. i just want to take a second and congratulate jessica on her new raise. it s a significant win for a workforce that has been trying really hard for more than a year now to turn their mcjobs into real opportunities. it s also a really interesting sign about what s happening in the labor force. as you mentioned, the last jobs report was pretty disappointing but even before that under more robust growth we weren t seeing the kind of wage gains in the economy that usually accompany wage growth and economic growth