Javier Alava, 27, shows his check for about 50 hours of work at an auto store in Long Island, New York, May 30, 2013. Alava works for an auto store and makes just above the national minimum wage, not exceeding eight dollars an hour. Alava commutes daily from Brooklyn by subway to Long Island which takes him about an hour. Picture taken May 30, 2013. Picture taken May 30, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]