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Attorney for the national employment law project. joseph, a striking taco bell employee. dorian warren, political science professor and tabby that, a burger king worker. >> what are the working conditions at the kfc that you are at? what is it about the working conditions there that prompted you to go out on strike today despite the risks you might be taking? >> just the fact the pay doesn't allow me to live day-by-day with the basic necessities is enough to do something about it. i have to tell you what it's like. i'm not always able to buy the food i need, choose to skip meals and save a cou...

>> that strike ended not long after dr. king assassinated. the city agreed to raise wages and recognize the sanitation workers union. today full time sanitation workers are mostly unionized and make an average salary around $18 an hour. they are still struggling with fair pay and benefits with two double digit hikes to their health care premiums. the struggle has certainly not ended. in 45 years, will we look back at today at this unlikely strike in new york city as the starting point of a struggle that will not end but that could lead to a more decent wage and dignity of work for these worker...

You are reminding not only memphis, but you are reminding the nation that it is a crime for people to live in this rich nation and receive starvation wages. >> joining the conversation is andrew mozell, spokespersons for the restaurant association, a registered lobbyist. i really really appreciate you coming here. >> thanks for having me. >> the restaurant industry has a lot of jobs and particularly in new york, and those jobs end to be low wage jobs, particularly at the level joseph is working. obviously you're not going to speak about the specific labor dynamics and specific firms in the res...

You are remind iing not onl memphis, but you are reminding the nation that it is a crime for people to live in this rich nation and receive starvation wages. >> joining the conversation is andrew mozell, spokespersons for the restaurant association, a registered lobbyist. i really really appreciate you coming here. >> thanks for having me. >> the restaurant industry has a lot of jobs and particularly in new york, and those jobs end to be low wage jobs, particularly at the level joseph is working. obviously you're not going to speak about the specific labor dynamics and specific firms in the re...

Be low wage jobs, particularly at the level joseph is working. obviously you're not going to speak about the specific labor dynamics and specific firms in the restaurant association, broadly, how do you think about how those wages should be set? how much is fair or is fairness not part of the equation? is it simply whatever the law or market bears? >> one thing i want to address, it's easy to sit on a panel like this and think every single job in the restaurant industry is a low wage job or federally mandated minimum wage job. that's actually not close to the case. only about 5% of the jobs ev...