When I hear of a group of courageous workers engaged in a historic struggle, it is important to me to show that I am with them. I am with you in every step of this struggle. No American should be working full time and still living in poverty.

Just stop at one of these construction sites and look and see who those workers are. They're all Hispanic, ... And I bet you they're illegal.

Our No. 1 priority should be to guarantee that all American workers get the benefits they have earned -- everyone should get back what they worked so hard to put into the system. Changing the Social Security system to drain the trust fund and cut benefits simply does not make sense,

We cannot have these lower wages dragging everyone else down. We've got to bring Connecticut workers up.

Bring Connecticut workers up

For the first three years it was, it was a very, very hard struggle. You know, I'm telling you about the good times that happened. But the rough times . . . like I think in any start-up business almost destroyed us. But because we were all so close as friends, you know, we would push each other.