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7. We can see the Economic Justice and for equality in the workplace are unfulfilled. As Asian American justice, we see the bravery of so many workers, from all backgrounds to come forward to fight for their workplace rights, to fight for minimum wage, to be paid over time and be granted meal and rest breaks. Im proud to say that over the last several years our organization has recovered 1. 5 million in under wages for our workers. I want to acknowledge one of my colleagues amy bond who is in the audience. She meets with workers everyday to inform them of their rights and to bring wage claims ...

An emancipation proclamation. They didnt know there would be a civil war yet they built families. Do you know that there were only 388,000 africans who were brought to the United States in the whole history of the slave trade. You know how many were brought to brazil . Rose how many . Five million. The 42 million African Americans today grew, thats what the phrase was, were going to grow our own slaves out of this body of 388,000. So that means these people, despite the fact they were slaves, believed in the principles of democracy in this great republic. Rose a look at the golden age of telev...

They didnt know there would be a civil war yet they built families. Do you know that there were only 388,000 africans who were brought to the United States in the whole history of the slave trade. You know how many were brought to brazil . Rose how many . Five million. The 42 million African Americans today grew, thats what the phrase was, were going to grow our own slaves out of this body of 388,000. So that means these people, despite the fact they were slaves, believed in the principles of democracy in this great republic. Rose a look at the golden age of television and a look at African Am...

Never be brought into the public square. Culturally we value the role of religion in public life stipulated. So the big difference, of course, is do we respect the right of everyone, irrespective of faith, including those who have no faith, those who are athei atheists, who are unbelievers, to follow their consciences precisely in matters of faith . We believe in that very strongly. We did from the beginning in the United States. Its written into our constitution. Even before we had a first amendment, our constitution has a prohibition of religious tests for public offices. Anybody of any fait...

Going on across the country. Theres a federal law that allows employers to pay some workers with disabilities paced on their level of productivity and ability. Some are unable to be competitive due to their disability. Section 14c of the fair lay portion standards act has been amendmented twice since it passed in 1938. The law changed in 1966 to make sure workers with disabilities were paid 50 of the federal minimum wage but in 19 1986, the last time that wage was updated it was removed. 420,000 of the nations 6. 6 Million People with disabilities work in centers that fay special minimum wages...