It's one the biggest questions facing families today as we fight our way through recession and decades of stagnant wages, rising debt and an uncertain future.

The Financial Times takes on the debate with an in-depth feature of two SEIU members who are doing everything they can to support their families in hard times: Mark Freeman, a hospital worker in Minneapolis, MN, and Shareen Miller, a home care worker in Falls Church, VA. Read what they have to say on FT.com here.

MSNBC Interviews SEIU Member on Rebuilding the American Dream

Yesterday on MSNBC, Dylan Ratigan interviewed Mark (an SEIU Healthcare Minnesota member) and his wife Connie about the economy and the American Dream. Watch the interview:

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