Blue-Collar Workers: Now Temporary in Permanent Poverty (for 12/20/11)

Today's blue-collar workers get temporary work and face permanent poverty. They get paid low wages from firms that staff temporary workers for big-box retailers. High unemployment means little job security for these workers as replacements are immediately available to start in place of unproductive workers. They also do not receive medical benefits for doing hard, tiring, back-breaking work. In one example, Asian and European student workers walked out in mass on a Hershey's plant to protest working conditions, including lifting heavy items and deportation threats. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/20/new-blue-collar-temp-warehouses_n_1158490.html