HOW THE UNITED STATES TURNS ITS BACK ON THE WORKING POOR An astonishing 35
million Americans work full time but do not make a living wage. They are nursing
home staff, poultry processors, pharmacy assistants, ambulance drivers, child
care workers, data entry keyers, janitors. Indeed, one in four American workers
lives in or near poverty. Despite the great wealth of the United States, these
low-wage employees have lower living standards than comparable workers in other
industrial nations. Beth Shulman spent several years traveling across the
country talking to those living on low wages. In writing The Betrayal of Work,
she provides the fullest portrait of America's working