There is a rather alarming disparity in the average incomes of white and black families. ... Costing 7.5 million black families $120 billion dollars, the income gap between white and black families rose by five percentage points between 1970 and 1989 (Economic 27). One factor contributing to such a large income gap between average incomes is the minimum wage. There are more black families making minimum wage than there are white families making minimum wage. As a result, a minimum wage increase would serve to raise the average earnings of black families. ...

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Since I plan on not starting a family until later on in life, I want this job to have very good hours and when I plan to start a family I am hoping to have flexible work hours. ... The median household income is 81,349 the average rental cost is 1,349, and to buy a house the average cost is 575,100. ... The average salary of a sales representative is 59,000 dollars. ... The average salary for a design assistant is 42,000 dollars. ... A buyer's average salary is 47,000. ...

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(womensorg) The gap in average wages between men and women workers has been gradually narrowing, but very gradually. ... Women 25 years of age and over have been with their current employer 4.4 years, on average, compared to 5.0 years for men. ... DeLauro emphasized that the wage gap affects a woman's livelihood and her ability to support a family. Two out of five women in the paid workforce are the sole providers for their families. ... For Ireland once stated that, "When women win equal pay, their families and communities benefit. ...

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The questionnaire consisted of 3 categories - work, family and issues. ... Under the family category the questions asked if there was an O.K. balance in their life today between career/job requirements and personal and family obligations, if the rewards of marriage/family life today equal the obligations, and if having children (now or in the future) was an important part of their family life. ... In the family category, 60% of the people interviewed felt there was a good balance in their life between their career/job requirements and their personal and family obligations. ... The questio...

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The most recent data released shows that the average hourly earnings have increased by 1.5 percent during the time period of December 2013 to December 2014. This combined with a 1.2 percent increase in the average workweek, resulted in a 2.6 percent increase in real average weekly earnings in this time period (U.S. ... With the drop in gasoline prices the average American family will have roughly $850 to spend per a year (Defterios 1). ...

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For example, "51.6% of lone parent families headed by women are poor" (Morris, 2014, para.4). ... For example, "women with disabilities under 35 had an average income of $13,000, and women with disabilities over 55 had an average income of under $14,000" (para.10). ... In Canada, "the average annual income of Aboriginal women is $13,300" (Morris, 2014, para.13). ... Similarly, (Morris,2014) finds that women of color have lower income than Caucasian women, as "the average annual income for a woman of color in Canada is $16,621, almost $3000 less than the ave...

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Many fans these days have become outraged with the high priced contracts given to professional athletes, and who can blame them, as many athletes are making more money in one year than the average fan will make in their lifetime. ... What the average fan does not realize is that the high priced contracts are not the only thing that drive up ticket prices. ... Nowadays only a wealthy man can take his family out to the game, but as long as we have such ruthless sports agents, there will always be big contracts. ...

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This wage still keeps most workers unable to provide for the basic needs of their families. ... Some families have both parents working so the kids are left unattended and end up getting into trouble. ... In 2000 Holly Skylar points out that the average CEO made as much as 1,223 minimum wage workers. ... Those employees who have families still struggle and most still cannot afford health benefits. ... Todays minimum wage is not working for many working families. ...

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She is young and, often, missing the chance for an education because she must work long hours to support a family. ... Workers in Vietnam average $0.12 per hour, and workers in Honduras average $0.60 per hour. ...

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With today's opportunities that the United States provide, more and more illegal immigrants find a way to get here to have a better future not for themselves, but for their families. ... This is because an average American likes to be seen 'clean' and 'spotless' since they want to keep their reputation up as they think that they are in a "upper class" country as Kendall mentioned (333). ... These immigrants who work in the kitchens of restaurants do not care how much they make owing to the fact that they know that they are not as skilled and they won't...

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The most difficult one is the decision between work and family. Especially in Mexico where family is the most important aspect of life. ... While the minimum wage for an average Mexican worker is $4 per day, a Chief Officer may be earning close to $490 per day. ... These economic inequalities have increased the labor movement of men across the border for better paying jobs leaving two out of three families in rural Mexico without any working men at the home (LA Times, P. ... The presence of unions and laws governing labor relations is consistent with one of McGregor's Theory X assumpti...

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The family desperately desires higher wages and true freedom. ... When the family finally makes it to America, their funds are very low. ... Jokubas takes the family to the meatpacking factory. ... The family finds an advertisement for a housing complex that is very cheap. ... A Socialistic style government would average the monopoly of power between the two classes. ...

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Even though many women know of the pay gap between men and women they still continue to work in these environment despite the poorer pay because the job that they are offered offer them flexibility in order to manage both the family and job responsibilities 3. ... On average for ever dollar man a earns a women has made 73 cents in 1998. ... Because women are usually known to trade off higher paying jobs for one that offers a range of flexibility to be able to juggle work and family responsibilities (GAO p.16) therefore when it comes to management they are also offered lower pay because they ...

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They were forced to do un-human things to keep themselves and their families alive. ... In 1910, 70% of all American industrial laborers worked an average of 54 hours a week. The 10 hour, 6 day a week became the average working period in U.S. and European factories. ...

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Doctors, for example, have an average minimum career of 15 years. The average maximum career in the NBA is about 6 years, and in the NFL, it is half that number. ... They have to support themselves and their families. ...

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Social security is a program in the Unites States that pays cash benefits to workers and the families of those workers, who suffered loss of wages from death, disability or retirement. Savings and pension are two other ways of retirement that are supposed to be used with social security, however people often rely on social security to take care of all of there expenses. 537 dollars a month is the average benefit for a low wage retiree, which is clearly not enough money to live comfortably with. ... This system should also include a family allowance, and the whole system should be financed thro...

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It is not just between women and men but also from single women with no kids to single moms trying to make ends meat to support their family. ... The average childless woman makes about 90 percent of what men do for the same job, qualifications, and experience. ... I know some establishments believe that having children can prevent a mother from giving her best, but mothers also have to support their family so it is in their best interest to work their hardest and give their best performance at work in order to keep that job. ... Another issue we face in the work place is that companies are ...

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Poverty stricken families or individuals live their lives daily dealing with this problem and find it difficult to maintain their livelihood and has disrupted their view on the factors of economy. ... As days have passed, the times have been harder and have not gotten any easier after the great depression leaving several families in difficult situations that has led many talented and deserving individuals homeless. ... Equal Housing lenders have provided households with minimum wage opportunities to live in standard or above average living conditions without paying the standard payment that an...

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For example, in the article, "Raise the minimum wage", the author describes that more and more families than ever are relying on low-wage jobs to make ends meet. ... First of all, college is tough to afford with no financial aid or help from family. ... This proves that adults in college will receive benefits for college from the minimum wage increase because they are the average age of college students and most received from minimum wage. ... From the article, "Productivity and Compensation: Growing Together", James Sherk states, "Accurate and careful comparisons show...

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The popular TV shows were mostly westerns and family oriented shows. ... The average "American Dream" consists of getting married, having a family, getting a job that is enjoyable, and making a difference in the world. ...

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Our journey was aboard a crowded ship, and we were barely able to afford the third class tickets for my family. ... After they had been done with inspections, I spent hours looking for my family. ... "The average wage for industrial work rose between 1870 and 1900. ... My families' efforts paid off in the long run. ... We worked hard, lived well, and my family became stronger. ...

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They use it to cut down the cost of production, and many workers in developing worlds are happy to be able to work and provide for their families. ... However the lives of the families of the workers that lost their jobs to offshoring have changed irreversibly. ... While offshoring stimulates the economies in developing countries, it is robbing middle class families in America of their American dream. ... In 1990's jobs in IT were sent to India, Malaysia, and the Philippines, where workers received on average 13 percent of an American IT specialist's salary ("Offshoring "). ... Acco...

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Raising wages for farm workers will not affect an average American. Americans spend very less amount of their income on food, the average American family only spends ten percent of their income on food. ... As, Philip Martin, a labor economist at the University of California- Davis explains, "A 40 percent boost in wages would cost the average American household only about $15 a year" (Smith). ... But the unions make sure that workers improve their working conditions, they can raise their families, buy a safer place to live, overcome discrimination and have a respect in society. ...

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The story is about a man named Jurgis and his family coming to America. ... Jurgis and his family took a tour of Packingtown. ... But, misfortune falls upon the family again. ... The rest of the family is stricken with numerous illnesses. ... History has always stated the deplorable conditions of the average worker at the turn of the century. ...

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The problem is that such said employee will only make an average of $16,800 a year. ... The average hourly worker receives $18,000 yearly working for a company that earned $6.6 billion in profits in the year 2002. ... Many of these employees do not speak up for many different reasons, from fear of unemployment, the necessity to work and feed their families, and some, simply because they don't see an end to corporate injustice in general. ...

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