Working in the Shadows
A Year of Doing the Jobs (Most) Americans Won't Do
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- On Sale
- Jul 12, 2011
- Page Count
- 336 pages
- Publisher
- Bold Type Books
- ISBN-13
- 9781568586380
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$15.99Price
$18.50 CADFormat
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- Trade Paperback $15.99 $18.50 CAD
- ebook $10.99 $13.99 CAD
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As one coworker explained, “These jobs make you old quick.” Back spasms occasionally keep Thompson in bed, where he suffers recurring nightmares involving iceberg lettuce and chicken carcasses. Combining personal narrative with investigative reporting, Thompson shines a bright light on the underside of the American economy, exposing harsh working conditions, union busting, and lax government enforcement — while telling the stories of workers, undocumented immigrants, and desperate US citizens alike, forced to live with chronic pain in the pursuit of 8 an hour.
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