Everybody back at work. Those workers did more than change their own lives. They changed america. Within weeks, more than a quarter of a million textile workers throughout new england got wages. Within months, massachusetts became the first state in the nation to mass a minimum wage law. And today there are no children working in factfactories. We have a National Minimum wage and National Workers safety laws. Workers get paid overtime. And we now have a 40hour work. Thats right. Because of the workers right here in lawrence and across the country, we have weekends. The story of lawyerance rence iy about how real change happens in america. It is a story about power. Our power when we fight together. Today, millions and millions and millions of American Families are also struggling to survive in a system thats been rigged. Rigged by the wealthy and the well connected. Marred of hard working people are up against those who hold far too much power. Not just in our economy but also our demo
High wages, overtime pay, everybody back at work and those workers did more than improve their own lives, they changed america. Within weeks more than a quarter of a million textile workers throughout new england got raises. Within months, massachusetts became the first state in the nation to pass a minimum wage law [cheers and applause] and today there are no children working in factories. [cheers] we have National Minimum wage and National Worker safety laws. Ewould get paid overtime and we now have a 40hour week. Thats right. Thats right. Because of the workers here in lawrence and all across the country, we have weekends. [cheers] the story of lawrence is a story about how real change happens in america. It is a story about power. Our power when we fight together. [cheers and applause] today millions and millions and millions of American Families are also struggling to survive in a system thats been rigged. Rigged by the wealthy and the wellconnected. Hardworking people are up agai
Senator warren and an enthusiastic crowd in lawrence, massachusetts today, she promised to fight corruption, calling it putting a cancer on our democracy. And she took aim at the current president. The Trump Administration is the most corrupt in living memory. But even after trump is gone. It wont do just to do a better job of running a broken system. We need to take power in washington away from the wealthy and well connected. And put it back in the hands of the people where it belongs. Warren is trying to move past an earlier controversy. Shes apologized several times, recently for being of native american descent. Now shes joining a number of hopefuls. Three other u. S. Senators. Cory booker, Kirsten Gillibrand and sherrod brown. Joining us now, Emily Tisch Sussman a former staffer on president obamas 2008 campaign. Ill start with you, no surprise Elizabeth Warren laying out a progressive agenda, walking out on to the stage as we showed, announcing her candidacy to Dolly Partons 9 t