South LA groundskeeper wants something better for his sons

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In this series, we hear from the people who make Los Angeles run--the night shift workers, the minimum wage employees, and the undocumented laborers. 

Eric Jones is just like his father. They both became handymen and his father taught Jones everything he knows. Jone's father struggled worked  to support his family until he died at 56. Now Jones fears the same fate. As he approaches his own 56th birthday, Jones reflects the upon the cycle of minimum wage jobs in his family and hopes for his children.