The unions actually brought two union members to the Casino Love Fest from Atlantic City to testify and proclaim the Wonders of It All and the great life they have.
The only Senator who asked a question????
Right on if you guessed Senator Tucker who asked what their starting wage was.
After some sputtering among the panelists, one finally acknowledged it was about
$10 an hour
...in 1999 the city’s poverty rate was 23.6 percent, while the national rate was 11.3 percent; unemployment stood at 12.9 percent in 2000, compared to 5.8 percent in the nation.3 The city’s poverty rate is actually a bit higher than before the beginning of legalized gambling in 1978, when the city was in sharp economic decline, following its loss in popularity as a beach resort in the mid-twentieth century.4 The research conducted by the Philadelphia team sheds light on the workforce paradox of plentiful jobs co-existing with high rates of poverty and unemployment.
...the low-skill service jobs available in casinos or other industries may not provide enough income to escape poverty. Residents often noted that they or someone they knew held two or three casino jobs in order to make ends meet.
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