“Almost all of the workers interviewed by the Times had limited English; many are in the country illegally,” the report noted. “The combination leaves them vulnerable.” Manicurists usually pay a fee of $100 or $200 to begin working at a salon, and then they work without pay for weeks or months, before finally getting wages — of perhaps less than $3 an hour, supplemented by tips. That’s assuming that the workers are allowed to get either the wages or the tips without them being skimmed or withheld. The report tells the story of women living in overcrowded apartments, without time to care for their children. Their stories are heart-wrenching, if drearily predictable. These are women who often don’t know the language, don’t have any social support, have very few skills in an economy that increasingly demands them, and have little ability to complain about their working conditions, or anything else. What does anyone think is going to happen to them?
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/418235/price-cheap-labor-rich-lowry
“Almost all of the workers interviewed by the Times had limited English; many are in the country illegally,” the report noted. “The combination leaves them vulnerable.” Manicurists usually pay a fee of $100 or $200 to begin working at a salon, and then they work without pay for weeks or months, before finally getting wages — of perhaps less than $3 an hour, supplemented by tips. That’s assuming that the workers are allowed to get either the wages or the tips without them being skimmed or withheld. The report tells the story of women living in overcrowded apartments, without time to care for their children. Their stories are heart-wrenching, if drearily predictable. These are women who often don’t know the language, don’t have any social support, have very few skills in an economy that increasingly demands them, and have little ability to complain about their working conditions, or anything else. What does anyone think is going to happen to them? Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/418235/price-cheap-labor-rich-lowry
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