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Protesting low pay and bad working conditions and not enough hours even if their pay were better. so it doesn't matter what unions are involved or not. it's the workers themselves who are making this case. and i think they are giving real voice to the anxiety that most americans feel about the explosive income inequality we have in this country, about the growth of low-wage jobs, and the decline of wages generally. and these workers are giving a public voice and a public face to what millions and millions of americans are feeling at their kitchen tables every single night. that's why the minim...

Even at just over $10 a minimum wage increase would result in fewer of those jobs and higher costs for consumers. diane mass can heed so joins ing us live as always. >> it is quarter to the top of the hour. holiday cheer gives way to chaos as the fate breaks out and it is all caught on camera. what sparked this drama at the christmas tree lighting. >> he gets a lesson on being a rocket. goes behind the scenes of the radio city christmas spectacular. first let's join our own rocket steve doocy to see what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> good morning to you, ladies. coming up on "fox & frie...

The time to raise a minimum wage that in real terms right now is below where it was when harry truman was in office. >> i want to put the minimum wage in perspective with the charts. if you take inflation into account, the real value of minimum wage is $7.25, about where it was in 1960, but if you had to grow it at the same rate of the income of the top 1%, it would be $25.18 today, congressman. we can't get your colleagues to bring it up to $10. >> look, the minimum wage, and i think the u.s. senate is going to act on a minimum wage increase, and then it will be on the house to hopefully take...

I believe the labor movement in this city is not only working in the interest of the people of the city, doing the work everyday, keeping the city going, and a lot of folks, by the way, work for the city of new york don't get paid so well. >> oh, yes, that income inequality thing. speaking with clarity put him over the top. he was never in a gray area. you always knew where de blasio stood. next, boston, the long-time labor leader. this guy name marty walsh beat john conley by 4 points. walsh has been a union president and fought tirelessly for working for the people in the city of boston. it'...

Where is the minimum wage? where is the federal minimum wage? where is the state minimum wage? president obama called for an increase in minimum wage. nobody thinks that's going anywhere. if these strikes start to gain steam, if they exert the pressure that forces some of these companies to rethink their own practices, will it change the political posture these companies have. right now any time a minimum wage increase comes on the agenda, corporate america is opposed to it. if they face protests bigger than this, will corporate america say maybe it would be better if we did this across the bo...