Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) addresses how minimum wage workers are people of dignity and who want to make a difference for their community and family.
Kennedy illustrates how minimum wage workers normally work more than one job to support their family and how raising the minimum wage will benefit children and women specifically. (2:02)
November 7, 2005
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