Low Wage Workers This paper expands on a statement by Barbara Ehrenreich that the system mitigates against the interests of the working poor because the employers distrust and fear those workers and keep them in a cycle of poverty that prevents them from gaining ground and attaining a living wage, with mechanisms like the minimum wage seeming to assist the working poor while actually keeping them in line. Pages: 3 Bibliography: 3 source(s) listed Filename: 20726 Price: 26.85