Who Speaks for The Working Poor? Essays from Inside The Big Box

"Who Speaks for the Working Poor?" is a collection of essays written by a big box employee exploring the title question while illustrating what it's like to work inside the big box.

Would the answer to that question be the politicians, the clergy, the charities, the working poor themselves?

Most of the essays address the, often conflicting, interweaving interests of the Working Poor and pretty much everyone else. That includes the people we casually refer to as the Rich, the literal handful of ultra-wealthy people who use the Rich to achieve their aims, the middle class, politicians, media, corporations with allegiance to profit but not country, and others. Hopefully, you'll be inspired to question the way you look at yourself in relation to others as citizens of the USA and the world.

These essays reflect an unarticulated point of view from a segment of society that is too often misunderstood, often demonized, and mostly invisible. These are not just the people who work for the familiar “big box” stores, thus the subtitle; but also any one of many many impersonal multinational corporations or familiar chain operations making minimum wage or thereabouts so that their shareholders and top executives can earn scandalous incomes and live lavish lifestyles unimaginable just a generation ago.

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Who Speaks for The Working Poor? Essays from Inside The Big Box

"Who Speaks for the Working Poor?" is a collection of essays written by a big box employee exploring the title question while illustrating what it's like to work inside the big box.

Would the answer to that question be the politicians, the clergy, the charities, the working poor themselves?

Most of the essays address the, often conflicting, interweaving interests of the Working Poor and pretty much everyone else. That includes the people we casually refer to as the Rich, the literal handful of ultra-wealthy people who use the Rich to achieve their aims, the middle class, politicians, media, corporations with allegiance to profit but not country, and others. Hopefully, you'll be inspired to question the way you look at yourself in relation to others as citizens of the USA and the world.

These essays reflect an unarticulated point of view from a segment of society that is too often misunderstood, often demonized, and mostly invisible. These are not just the people who work for the familiar “big box” stores, thus the subtitle; but also any one of many many impersonal multinational corporations or familiar chain operations making minimum wage or thereabouts so that their shareholders and top executives can earn scandalous incomes and live lavish lifestyles unimaginable just a generation ago.

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Who Speaks for The Working Poor? Essays from Inside The Big Box

Who Speaks for The Working Poor? Essays from Inside The Big Box

by Eugene Ortiz
Who Speaks for The Working Poor? Essays from Inside The Big Box

Who Speaks for The Working Poor? Essays from Inside The Big Box

by Eugene Ortiz

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"Who Speaks for the Working Poor?" is a collection of essays written by a big box employee exploring the title question while illustrating what it's like to work inside the big box.

Would the answer to that question be the politicians, the clergy, the charities, the working poor themselves?

Most of the essays address the, often conflicting, interweaving interests of the Working Poor and pretty much everyone else. That includes the people we casually refer to as the Rich, the literal handful of ultra-wealthy people who use the Rich to achieve their aims, the middle class, politicians, media, corporations with allegiance to profit but not country, and others. Hopefully, you'll be inspired to question the way you look at yourself in relation to others as citizens of the USA and the world.

These essays reflect an unarticulated point of view from a segment of society that is too often misunderstood, often demonized, and mostly invisible. These are not just the people who work for the familiar “big box” stores, thus the subtitle; but also any one of many many impersonal multinational corporations or familiar chain operations making minimum wage or thereabouts so that their shareholders and top executives can earn scandalous incomes and live lavish lifestyles unimaginable just a generation ago.


Product Details

BN ID: 2940045338356
Publisher: Eugene Ortiz
Publication date: 10/06/2013
Sold by: Smashwords
Format: eBook
File size: 469 KB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Eugene Ortiz is a freelance writer, rhetorician, and technical communicator currently living in Lockport, IL. He began teaching undergraduate writing in 1993, has presented papers on the subject at academic conferences, and was a pioneer in using online communication as a heuristic for undergraduate writing students.

Before he began teaching undergraduate writing, Ortiz was Editor and Publisher of The Writer's Nook News, a nationally circulated, quarterly newsletter for freelance writers.

Trivia: Ortiz has a black belt in Aikido and occasionally does background acting (a.k.a. 'extra' work). While living in Texas, he had a recurring non-speaking role as a Houston police officer on the hit NBC show, "Chase".

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