Balance - New England

A blog devoted, in part, to pointing out pieces of truth, injustice and those little-known stories that don't necessarily make the headlines, but demand our attention nevertheless.

Tuesday, April 13, 2004

Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans

Here's a book to consider borrowing from your local public library: in The Betrayal of Work: How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans, the author, Beth Shulman, states what countless Americans already know to be true--working hard doesn't necessarily mean you'll be rewarded for your labor.

Shulman traveled the country to talk with the invisible working poor so that we would have the opportunity to read about how America's returning to ancient and failed serfdom capitalism is affecting intelligent, hard-working people--like the janitor who made $6 an hour after working for the same company for 8 years and got fired when she and others asked for a raise. Unfortunately, this story is not unique in America's greedy capitalist environment today.

Learn more about the book, The Betrayal of Work: How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans by clicking HERE. Or, go to your local public library and borrow it.



Click HERE if you'd like to purchase this book.