![]() ![]() Ehrenreich getsĪ job at “Merry Maids,” a house-cleaning service, for $6.65 an hour. That if the supply of labor is low relative to demand, wages should rise. She finds this startling because logic holds Learn that jobs in Portland do not pay any better than in Key West. She encounters more “opinion surveys,” which try to gauge her potential as an employee. Something cheaper, but she could not afford to continue paying $59 a night for a hotel room.Įhrenreich applies for many jobs in warehouse and nursing- home work, manufacturing, and even at Goodwill. She realizes if she spent more time looking she may have found After numerous disappointing attempts to secure housing, Ehrenreich finds aĬottage for $120 a week and decides to take it. However, when she sees the deplorable, probably illegal livingĬonditions, she decides to pass. Housing in Old Orchard Beach for $65 a week. Which becomes her base from which to seek employment and more-permanent housing. Work-force, where she notes there is an abundance of work available. Ehrenreich moves to Maine next because of the large number of white, English-speaking people in the low-wage ![]()
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