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With apologies to shakespeare for low wage earners in this country this has been their summer of discontent. fast food workers have walked off the job to protest among other things working conditions, low pay and for the right to join a union. there are about 4 million food service workers currently in the united states and they are among the lowest paying jobs in the country. i want to bring in our labor expert, his name is mike elk. he's on the labor beat for "in these times" magazine. mike always good to see you. >> always good to see you, too, buddy. >> fast food workers, $8.72 an hour, th...

Which by the way is 40 years women make 443,000 dollars less than men. we still make $0.72 of what men make. this is for ceo's and sdurgeons as well. >> times that by 40. >> we work for 40 years that is a long time. >> probably longer. >> i feel like we all need a vacation. >> right. let's go. >> time now to brew on this. there may be a lot of fighting in washington but one thing almost all americans dream on the american dream. a new poll finds 90 percent of people still believe in the american dream and putting in hard work to reach it. i agree. 9 out of 10 americans also consider themselves...

Workers earning the minimum wage protested to demand higher pay, the average worker in the food and beverage industry earns about $18,000 a year or $8.72 an hour. but for the millions in this country for whom work and an honest day's wage remains elusive at best, there are ha handful of americans who are doing just fine. they are doing incredibly better than anyone could possibly imagine. with income disparity at historic highs, what is unfolding in real-time is a story of two americans. in one america, folks are struggling to get by, bills ma thor and so do taxes. in the other america, things...

Works are went on strike in new york city, calling for $15 an hour and the right to unionize. the protests, organized bay group called fast-food forward, draw attention to low-wage jobs. according to the atlantic, borough of labor statistics estimate 7 out of 10 will be low wage fields. nationally, fast food workers earn $8.72 an hour, or a little more than $18,000 a year, according to the bls. to put that in perspective, poverty line for a family of four is over $23,000, according to the census bureau. contrary to popular belief the people working these jobs are not teenagers. they are people...

Generic lipitor pills taken in this country has shut down all production. the problem, ranbaxy can't figure out how glass particles the size of a grain of sand have gotten into the pills. the contamination has not led to patient problems, but consumers have been told to return the ranbaxy generics are popular. pills and get another brand. generics are popular. name brand lipitor costs $4.72. this is just the latest manufacturing problem for ranbaxy. earlier this year the u.s. government forbid the company from importing 30 drugs from some of its facilities in india because of bard record-keepi...