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"the new york times." he has been on the story. he joins us tonight. mr. greenhouse, good to have you with us. >> nice to be here, ed. >> the sciu and workers recently had a protest which the mayor called the largest labor demonstration in pittsburgh in 20 years, going back to the issues with the steel industry. did this get a lot of attention? will it have an impact on the medical center? >> ed, i think it got a lot of attention in pittsburgh. it did not get a lot of attention nationwide. what the they're doing in pittsburgh is kind of novel. it's kind of innovative. they're trying to mount a huge amount of pressure on this huge hospital system with 62,000 employees and 22 hospitals to try to pressure them to raise their wage floor to $15 an hour from $11 an hour. nationwide they're trying to make this whole idea of a $15 an hour minimum acceptable. it's doing that by pushing the fast food campaign.