... they also cut into the profits of the companies by enforcing higher standards in the aforementioned areas. This makes forming unions very difficult, especially when industry monopolies limit job options, and the risk of being fired (a common company strategy for deterring unions), is too great a risk for the working poor. In "Nickel and Dimed" Barbara Ehrenreich takes on the role of millions of Americans who, ... unless they're working two jobs or share housing and/or incomes, totter precariously on the brink of poverty ... and homelessness. This is a dilemma is in large part a result ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... for minimum wage jobs. When people are working minimum wage jobs and not earning enough, it is hard to get by. One example of this was researched by a woman working a minimum wage job in today's working world. "Nickel and Dimed" is a research story by Barbara Ehrenreich. Ehrenreich wrote about her experiences as a low wage worker in Florida, Minnesota, and Maine. She quickly discovered that the amount of money she ... earned was not enough to support her and her rent for a trailer near the ... ...

• Word Count: 2054
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: High School