Barbara Ehrenreich Explored Some of the Issues of Power and Service

Multiple Choice

Barbara Ehrenreich explored some of the issues of power and service work in her book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (2001) . As research for the book, Ehrenreich took minimum-wage service jobs as a waitress, a hotel maid, and a Walmart employee. What was her main finding?

A) She found that jobs that gave opportunities to be paid "under the table" were better for individual economic stability.
B) She found that service workers often worked three jobs to make ends meet.
C) She found that service workers in these types of jobs are likely to be exploited in a number of ways.
D) She found that service workers' families suffered the most due to their absence.