On the other hand, the people who obtain these jobs dislike low-wage work, yet they know without these jobs they would have no income and could possibly be living on the streets. ... Because of that, they can not obtain high paying jobs that require strong knowledge in a particular field. ... Without education, a better job is impossible so around the vicious cycle we go. A solution to this would be to simply pay them more; to raise the minimum wage. ... This makes harder for people to climb the corporate ladder in low-paying jobs. ...

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Jobs that are rewarded with higher pay are the ones with the rarest skills. ... They also believe that the less you get paid the less important your job it. ... They do not get paid as much as a heart surgeon or pediatric surgeon, but their job is still extremely important. ... Symbolic interactionist believe that by blaming the problem on the victim, as a society we are not looking at the whole picture like lack of good jobs, low pay, and pre-existing inequalities. ... I also strongly believe that the important jobs are not always the high paying jobs, teachers, soldiers, police officers, t...

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Soon after the wedding, Ona and Jurgis have many great debts to pay due to both the wedding, and a large debt that Ona's father left them after he died. ... For months and months, Jurgis works very hard to pay for the families travel to Ona and Jurgis" new hometown, Chicago. ... Jurgis's father, Dede Antanas, is promised a job by a grubby worker, but only if he pays that worker one third of his wages. He takes the job despite the disgusting working conditions and his low pay. ... Marija, Ona's cousin and Jonas, Ona's step brother, both get jobs, but neither one holds th...

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However, this internship is without pay, and six months of training is required for Gardner to be in consideration for the job. ... This is shown specifically in the job interview scene, as Will Smith's character shows up in a tank top, not having time to change after being arrested for failure of parking ticket payment the night before. ... In response, the supervisor tells Gardner he can pay more for 'better' daycares close by. ... Raising his son by himself, Gardner's hard work and determination landed him the well-paying job. ...

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More than 20,000 of the lower class workers were eliminated from their jobs. ... In "Roger and Me," a woman name Rhonda, who was nicknamed the "Bunny Lady," sold rabbits as pets or meat in order to pay her monthly rent. ... Fred Ross, a deputy, evicted the jobless people out of their homes because they were not able to pay rent. ... This idea is similar to the film because most of the jobless citizens were evicted from their homes simply because they could not pay rent. ... The women thought that the people were just lazy because they did not have jobs. ...

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Manufacturer jobs earned hundreds of dollars a year more than farmers. ... Most of the well paid skilled jobs were reserved for Protestant whites; skilled northern European immigrants filled most of the middle class positions, while the lower class was made up of all different nationalities, cultures, and religions, specifically from southern and central Europe. Blacks had the lowest-end jobs reserved for them, as it was usually the best they could get from their white employers. Also, children and women often had to work to support the family, working long hours, but for considerably less pa...

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Harwood Industries shut down the sewing department putting 120 people out of jobs. ... " 120 people were left without a job and all the company is really worrying about is the consumer? ... They are driven by the fact that they won't make as much money if they will be paying minimum wage to workers, so they go and pay less than a dollar to someone outside of America. ... El Chacal was demanding $500 apiece, whereas the Cuellos were willing to pay only $350. ... How much more important is a person's life, or a person's job, or a person's education than money? ...

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For example, the son of a janitor has 1 chance in 8 of getting a job that even has median income. While, the son of a lawyer is 27 times more likely that the son of the janitor to get a job that pays in the top 10 percent of incomes in America. ...

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Conflict Statistically, the highest ranking jobs, best paying jobs are given to men. The lowest income jobs are commonly performed by people of color. ... In general women make less than men and have jobs with less prestige. ...

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It is possible that because of new laws passed or other regulations that they lost their jobs. ... There needs to be some limit set to how many people can live in a house, How much a person is allowed to work and how much his or her employers pay him. ... They should be given fair pay and safe conditions at the very least. ...

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She now has no husband, no job, but still has to raise three children. ... Back then women couldn't find jobs just anywhere, affirmative action didn't exist and when they did find a job it was usually for very little pay. Even if it was a job that men would do the women were still paid less. ... Even when the town's aldermen came to tell her to pay her taxes she sternly told themI have no taxes?. Also being financially stable she didn't need to go through the hardships of looking for a job. ...

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This job gave him the inspiration to write The Jungle, which soon became an instant success to the public. ... Through the workers" long hours, low pay, and horrible living conditions, it is easy to see that in the early 20th century, the working class was severely mistreated. ... To keep up with all the payments, every family member has to get a job. Jurgis's old and weak father, Dede Antanas, got a job at the meat plant, and soon worked himself to death. ...

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He went on to say that he plans to lower the cost of community college to zero to make earning an Associates degree free, similar to obtaining a high school diploma, implying that providing affordable education can lead to Americans being more skilled, and in turn taking on more high wage jobs. ... However I found there may have been a mixture of narrative genre because he discussed the three "categories" to form what middle class economics in our times requires; 1)helping working families make ends meet, 2)helping Americans upgrade their skills, and 3)keep providing high wage jobs ...

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Furthermore, most of their parents worked in low paying factory or service jobs. Often times they have a hard time holding onto their jobs. ... The Hallway Hangers have connections through family and friends who sometimes tip them off to a job in construction or some menial job. ... This is reflected in failures trying to find and secure a job later on in life. ... Meanwhile, the Hallway Hangers feel animosity towards other ethnic groups for taking away all the jobs. ...

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Many employers do pay atleast ¾ of their employees insurance. ... According to the CNN article, " Since 2000, the annual premium payed by employees to insure themselves an their families has increased nearly 49 percent. ... Nearly 4 out of 5 workers must pay a deductible before their health plans will pick up any expenses. ... It isn't fair for those who are of the working class community to always take the heat and have to pay for those who are extremely fortunate and those who have nothing. ... On a macro level a functional theorist would believe that health care benefits society by p...

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Jaggers's reputation is obviously great, from the constant pleas for help by people on the street and also the tone with which he speaks of his job. However, Joe is obviously academically uneducated and his job of a blacksmith isn't one that could get him into a high social class However, Joe is clearly a kind-hearted person that isn't put down by Pip's belittling behavior. ... These people pay no attention to material things, but abide closely to their own morals. ...

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According to Macionis, middle-class people generally accumulate a small amount of wealth over time, such as a house, the household income for this class usually falls between $40,000 and $80, 000 a year, and average-middles typically work in less prestigious white-collar jobs (Macionis 205). ... My father is currently taking classes to attain a doctorate degree in counseling in order to obtain a higher paying job. ...

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I shall also pay attention to how these theories and concepts relate to the current situation in Australia, with a focus on work/occupations as well as gender differences. ... To attract the talented people to the valued occupations, they must therefore hold higher rewards such as a larger amount of prestige, greater pay, and more social privleges. ... The occupations of the people in the middle class are largely varied, but are basically occupations which require intellectual thought, and are therefore non-manual jobs. ... This is due to the fact that occupations within the middle class...

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I believe that this is detrimental to the social improvement of some minorities because younger children of those minorities buy into the image of becoming a professional athlete as one of the few high paying jobs that are "appropriate" for their ethnic group. ...

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The household would not have survived if it were not for the men, who went outside the home and worked (for a payed wage) to provide for the family. While the men were at a paid job the women stayed home to care for the family. ...

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Whilst they claim that a meritocratic society gives high reward (financially and status-wise) to motivate the most gifted and inequality means those disadvantaged wish to improve on their position, there is much resentment over "fat-cat" pay packets in today's world. ... Women make up a reserve army of labour, hired when the economy is booming, then freely made redundant later with the ideology suggesting that they have gone back to their "proper jobs", i.e. homemakers. ...

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The change of nature of the domestic economy, from manufacturing to service jobs is a main reason for the growth of income disparities in the United States. ... Increased U.S. imports have contributed to the decline in manufacturing, the sector that helped to restrain earnings inequalities by paying higher-than-average wages. ... Immigration contributed to rising income inequality in United States as the majority of the immigrants is low skilled and compete with the unskilled native population for the shrinking pool of decent low-skilled jobs. ...

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Injustice happens in every system, all around the world. Some injustices are more severe than others. In India, there is a huge discrimination problem against the social class Dalits. The way their society is run, by the caste system, these people have no way out and no way to help themselves. They ...

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This will affect the way the students view themselves hence if they're labeled 'thick' they may act accordingly and give up, therefore increasing the social class difference as the students will evidently fail in education and therefore will not be able to aim for high pay jobs. ... As a result of labeling the boys in his study rejected school's values and created an anti-school subculture and as a result of this they end up with working class jobs. ...

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A family and house was very important to the Victorians, they took much pride in both their family and their house. The Victorian era was rich with elegance, splendor, and romance. The Victorian period was a time of the lush, abundant, cluttered look that most of us associate with the term "Victor...

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