08 Jun Question Dear CedWriter, This week I only have to post a discussion
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Dear CedWriter,
This week I only have to post a discussion to the discussion board of this module #4.
Please provide me with the answers to the questions posted bellow. This should be approximately une page and a half to two pages in length.
Professor’s Introduction to Module 4
With the reading for this module, we complete the book by Ehrenreich, and therefore the portion of the course devoted exclusively to the situation of low-wage workers in contemporary America. In the reading, Ehrenreich tries to make sense of her experience, and to analyze what it says about the U.S. today and how it treats its lowest paid workforce. For this module, we also view the video, “Eyes on the Fries,” looking at young workers occupying some of those low-wage jobs.
Ehrenreich makes her case very clearly, and there is not much for me to add extra commentary here. She believes that, for many in low-wage jobs, a job is not a ticket out of poverty; that there definitely is no “free market” at the low end of the job market when labor shortages and stagnant or falling wages coincide; that the world low-wage workers face challenges our claim to be a full fledged democracy; that the U.S. has developed a “culture of extreme inequality,” that government has been engaging in a cowardly retreat from taking responsibility for people caught in this situation, that attempts at self-help such as union organizing drives bring on severe retribution, that the working poor are often “invisible” to wealthier people due to lack of social contact anymore; and finally that the working poor are actually the “major philanthropists” to our society — they are the major “givers” who ensure the material comfort of others while getting next to nothing in return.
Her perspective is a strongly held one, with a great deal of evidence and logical argumentation behind it. As you read her analysis, consider the viewpoint of those who disagree with Ehrenreich. Certainly many politicians would disagree strongly with her; to them, the “free” market is setting everyone’s wages fairly and efficiently; any improvement in the lot of low-wage workers is entirely their own responsibility, they would claim. This debate raises deep questions about what kind of society we desire and what degree of inequality we are comfortable with. Think about these questions as you do the reading.
The “Afterword” and the video begin to look at solutions to the problems Ehrenreich uncovers. Living wage campaigns, unionization, increases in the minimum wage, healthcare for all, affordable child care for all; affordable housing for all; tax policies requiring the rich to pay a greater share of society’s expenses (according to “ability to pay”), public awareness and community and workplace organizing to empower workers, and above all “social movements” that put all the above on the public agenda, are the types of things advocated by both Ehrenreich and those in the video. Again, of course, those on the right of the political spectrum would absolutely oppose all of these things. Think hard about the arguments and evidence for both sides as you do the readings and view the video.
Ehrrenreich’s book has “touched a chord” with millions of people and opened a debate about the treatment of America’s working poor. In this class, I want you to engage in that debate.
The following is a link to a video related to the module:
http://online.fiu.edu/videos/?vivoId=94d69fd8999c45b5a5f7bf9cc2f81c7f
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