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June 18, 2023

In Obama’s Working, There Is No Way Out

Alex N. Press Jacobin

Barack Obama abandoned his commitments to unions, and many top staffers went to work for the gig economy. In his Netflix series Working, the former president bears witness to workers’ suffering as if it were immutable.

May 13, 2021

The US Restaurant Industry Is Lacking in Wages, Not Workers

Saru Jayaraman and Mark Bittman The Guardian

The industry bemoans benefits, but workers don’t want jobs where pay is low and risks high, say Saru Jayaraman, president of One Fair Wage, and author Mark Bittman.

books

January 8, 2020

A Howl of Protest about Plight of the Poor

Emma Brockes The Guardian

Poverty means bad jobs, bad credit and bad housing – but even worse is the assumption you aren't trying hard enough, as Tirado's angry, coruscating memoir proves.

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