Critics tell fast-food workers to stop complaining about their extremely low pay because that's just the reality of an entry-level job. Get a better job, the critics say, and you'll make more. The trouble is, there aren't any better jobs available. Since the recession, low-wage work has made up an increasingly large share of new jobs in the U.S. economy, according to . That’s due to a troubling recession and recovery trend of middle-wage jobs disappearing and low-wage jobs filling in the gap. (Story continues after chart, courtesy of the Alliance for a Just Society.) For every job that pays there are 7 job seekers, the report found. The study defined a low-wage job as one that pays less than...
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