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Politics : Stop the War!

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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (17809)5/27/2003 6:11:07 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER  Read Replies (1) of 21614
 
Follow-up....

The Betrayal of Work: How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 35 Million Americans

by Beth Shulman


amazon.com

Editorial Reviews
E. J. Dionne, Jr.

An impassioned and well-documented book.

Book Description

How the United States turns its back on the working poor.

An astonishing 35 million Americans work full time but do not make a living wage. They are nursing home staff, poultry processors, pharmacy assistants, ambulance drivers, child care workers, data entry keyers, janitors. Indeed, one in four American workers lives in or near poverty. Despite the great wealth of the United States, these low-wage employees have lower living standards than comparable workers in other industrial nations.
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