In her book, Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich is faced with many struggles as she lives a minimum-wage life. Ehrenreich experiences the same struggles in all three of her locations. She is forced to work under harsh management, to work and live in bad environments, and trying to survive on a low-wage budget. Her time spent in these situations opened her eyes to the world of poverty because she was living in it. She knew what it was like to try to survive off of low-wage incomes, how hard it was to find jobs and housing, and just how difficult it is to get by.
Questions for Discussion: number 9- I think low wage workers are reluctant to form labor organizations due to fear of the possibility of losing their job. With little or no job opportunities these people are forced to stay with their job. Rather then protest or strike, I think employees should work together to try to improve their work conditions, try to talk to their bosses or management and see what they have to say about it, and if they don't do anything about it, protesting or going on strike is always an option. As long as a large group of employees band together to try to get something changed, management may be more reluctant to firing people and may try to make some changes.
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