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CBS: Homeless Children: The Hard Times Generation

by on July 1, 2011 at 10:19 pm · Filed under employment, informationalism, infrastructure, labour, link, poverty, security, us, youth

> From the story: “… it is estimated the poverty rate for kids in this country will soon hit 25 percent. Those children would be the largest American generation to be raised in hard times since the Great Depression.”

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Dept of Labor: 2010 Characteristics of Minimum Wage Workers

by on June 8, 2011 at 5:42 pm · Filed under 2010, informationalism, labour, link, minimum wage, us, youth

> From the report: Workers under 25 represented 1/5 of hourly-paid workers but they made up 1/2 of those paid the Federal min wage or less. Among employed teens paid by hour, 25% earned the min wage or less, compared w/ 4% of workers 25 and over

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