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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Monday, December 20, 2004 ::
Minimum wage America Elizabeth Schulte, Socialist Worker
BEHIND THE brightly colored Christmas decorations and overflowing shelves of marked-down merchandise at the local Kmart, you could see the desperation on people’s faces.
“It seems like all I do is work, and I don’t get anywhere,” said one employee at a Chicago-area store. Maria was shopping with her daughter--and scrambling to take advantage of the store’s huge 50 percent-off sale. Still, she said, “It gets harder every year.”------------------------------------------- posted 1:19 PM :: reference link ::
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