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Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity? Cesar Chavez Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/cesar_chavez.html#Tulcm5yRkeujJH93.99

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Cesar Chavez's isn't widely known but actor turned director Diego Luna hopes this feature film on the Mexican-American leader will change that.

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State agencies will be prohibited from considering prior criminal histories when making employment decisions.

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Now Available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD.

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Walmart isn’t the only retailer bumping its minimum wage to $9 an hour.T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and other department stores owned by TJX Companies said Wednesday that they would increase pay for their lowest-paid workers to $9 an hour in June. ...

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No, fast food employees should not, all across the nation, be elevated to $15 a hour. There should not be a national minimum salary because the cost of living varies greatly….

Synopsis: Robert Frost believes that there should not be a federal minimum wage of $15 an hour across the nation because he believes that every job is deserving of different pay rates depending on the tasks. He also believes that fast food jobs are not meant to provide a living wage and are meant to be part time or supplemental jobs, so if they are being used that way, it is a result of a broken system. 

Response: I disagree with Robert Frost because the reality is that people in our economy do depend on these jobs because our economy is so bad right now. I believe that it is the responsibility of these companies who make millions of dollars to treat their employees with more financial respect. 

Connection: This connects to our unit question: "What are the different rights that different groups in the workforce have and why? (CEO, line cook, dentist, teacher, mechanic…)" because fast food workers are having to fight to get paid a decent wage when other occupations have no problem. whatsoever. A 2009 study found that CEOS made approximately 185 times as much as the average worker.

Question: Should there be a national federal minimum wage? 

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I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser."

Mother Jones