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Federal minimum wage. a lot of the, the statewide republican nominees, don't believe that there should be a minimum wage. whereas democrats are trying to raise it so people can feed their families on it. i mean this is a really stark contrast for a midterm. i think that the more we spend time communicating to the folks who didn't usually tune in during the midterm that it matters to them the better off weave will be. >> crystal. i would be remiss, if i've didn't mention there was one man on the bus tour, congressman john tierney of massachusetts. who need women to turn out for him. women can h...

On social media that say these workers, this is just temporary work. they should get a better job if they want to make more money. this is a career for you if i understand it. what do you say to those folks? >> i just say to them that we're bread winners. we're mothers. we're fathers. we're trying to take care of our family. if you go into a mcdonald's, you can count on one hand how many teenagers there are working to buy sneakers. we're trying to take care of our families and pay rent and put food on the table and mcdonald's doesn't believe that we're serious about our fight. we'll keep growi...

They give us what we're asking for. >> there are some people i see on social media that say these workers, this is just temporary work. they should get a better job if they want to make more money. this is a career for you if i understand it. what do you say to those folks? >> i just say to them that we're bread winners. we're mothers. we're fathers. we're trying to take care of our family. if you go into a mcdonald's, you can count on one hand how many teenagers there are working to buy sneakers. we're trying to take care of our families and pay rent and put food on the table and mcdonald's d...

We'll continue to grow until they give us what we're asking for. >> there are some people i see on social media that say these workers, this is just temporary work. they should get a better job if they want to make more money. this is a career for you if i understand it. what do you say to those folks? >> i just say to them that we're bread winners. we're mothers. we're fathers. we're trying to take care of our family. if you go into a mcdonald's, you can count on one hand how many teenagers there are working to buy sneakers. we're trying to take care of our families and pay rent and put food ...

Working families. our goal is to make sure as we have a 21st century workplace, that we're building it in a way that is designed to enis this ur that the 21st century worker thrives. we have about 14 deans of our nation's most prominent business schools to come and share with us and brainstorm with us on best practices for making sure that we're doing everything possible to train the leaders for tomorrow. as you know, women now compose half the work force. they are graduating from graduate school at a higher rate than men. and two-thirds of all families have either single head of household who...