Low-wage Employees:
Neglect Is All That They Know
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Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich makes every one of its readers reflect on his or her own financial position. The situations that Ehrenreich presents also make the reader emphasize and/or sympathize with what low wage workers go through every day. The physical stress low-wage workers are forced to go through has harmful effects on their health.
The consistency of working 12-hour shifts in one job, then changing jobs to work the same number or hours, but just at a different time, takes its toll. Many employers detach themselves from their employees by providing long shifts that have little or no breaks in between, and the back-breaking work. The issue of poor health care shows itself in low-wage environments because of the the simple fact: they are literally forced to work themselves to death. When Ehrenreich works for The Maids, she reports that “Ted doesn't have much sympathy for illness ... one of our......

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Title: Nicked And Dimed
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