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Note To Paul Ryan: There’s No Dignity In Low-Wage Work

Hey, Paul -- if low-wage work is so fulfilling, why aren't you doing it?

Via Moyers & Company:

The fast-food workers’ “Fight for 15″ campaign — a series of one-day strikes — was never only about low wages. It was also about dignity at the workplace — not being forced to work in harsh conditions, or being given unpredictable and constantly changing schedules or facing disciplinary actions for minor mistakes or retaliation for organizing.

At The Huffington Post, Emily Swanson and Arthur Delaney compare the realities people at the lower end of the labor market face with Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) rhetoric about the joys of making $7.25 per hour as a fry chef or a

dishwasher. 

They writ...

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