Ehrenreich Interview in Money Magazine
by Jennifer MerrittMoney Magazine, May 24, 2007
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“(Money Magazine) — Writer Barbara Ehrenreich may be best known for chronicling the troubles of low-wage earners in her 2002 bestseller “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America.”
But these days she’s putting her consciousness-raising to work for a less obviously needy group: white-collar workers.
Why? As Ehrenreich sees it, outsourcing, downsizing and increasing Wall Street pressure have made them as disposable as blue-collar workers. In September she launched United Professionals (unitedprofessionals.org) to support these “unemployed, under-employed and anxiously employed” Americans. …”
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Tags: barbara_ehrenreich, downsizing, money_magazine, United-Professionals, white_collar_workers
September 15th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
I have written my story for United Professionals. I am now a Women’s Studies Major, and I am curious if the stories of downsizing, outsourcing are related to more men than women? I am just trying to research a pattern for equality for both men and women, but it is hard to see if this problem has affected both genders equally as some choose to unidentify themselvesin stories. Patricia Siefert